a cross country christmas by courtney walsh

Lauren helps him upstairs and Will kisses her. Will: RUN AWAY THIS CHICK SUCKS!!!īig spoiler here, though, for the main reason I couldn’t rate this book above 2* – this didn’t come out until almost the end of the book – if I had known it from the beginning I really probably would have DNFd it – the whole reason Lauren is mad at Will is because TEN YEARS AGO when they were both around 20 they are at a party and Will gets completely trashed. She just assumes that Will is “being a player” (he and Lauren aren’t even dating!!!), storms back upstairs, refuses to talk to Will, and gives him the cold shoulder for who knows how long – literally for NO REASON because Will did NOTHING WRONG and Will has NO IDEA why she’s upset because she won’t USE HER WORDS. Does Lauren go up to them and say, “hey, what’s up?” Does she even sneak a little closer to eavesdrop and see if they’re flirting? No, no she does not. When Lauren comes down to the bar to meet Will, he’s talking with a random (attractive) woman. At one point, they are starting to get along better and they stop at a hotel and the hotel is having a fancy party and they decide to go. Hello? HE is doing YOU a favor you don’t get to act all indignant that he isn’t following the route you want? I should have bailed RIGHT THEN because that set the tone for the ENTIRE book, with Lauren making genuinely unreasonable demands and then acting like a brat if it didn’t go her way. Meanwhile, Lauren starts the entire trip by getting in the car and telling Will she’s planned out their route for maximum efficiency, and then gets pissy when Will says he has a different plan. Will is unfailingly polite, kind, patient, and friendly. The problem is, Lauren is a spoiled, whiny, bratty bitch for the ENTIRE book. Basically, Lauren needs to get home for Christmas (California to… Illinois, I think?), and through a series events manages to hitch a ride with her brother’s best friend, Will, whom she hasn’t seen in years. I kept reading this one thinking it was going to get better, but then something would happen and the main character would act like a bratty child AGAIN and tick me off. Okay, maybe “fun” isn’t exactly the way I would describe this one LOL Keep in mind that this book has an over 4* rating on GR, so apparently I am way in the minority on it. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews// Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge).

A cross country christmas by courtney walsh