Robin’s Reviews – 2025

You’re probably thinking pumpkins, mums, and fall leaves, but a new romcom for the Christmas season was just released! If you like your romcoms with some spice, YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS by Sophie Sullivan is for you.

Book Summary

Maisie is a successful photographer from Seattle. She’s excited to spend Christmas with her family, something they haven’t done for awhile, and the invitation to stay at a Christmas tree farm sounds just perfect! Her brother’s husband has invited them to join his family at his sister’s house where she runs the tree farm. Maisie’s excitement is dampened when she runs into one of the other guests—Nick, a man who left her without as much as a goodbye after an amazing one-night stand six months ago.

Maisie already feels inadequate and thinks she’s disappointed her parents who don’t believe photography is a real job. Now she has to deal with her mixed feelings about Nick, too.

Nick, a professional hockey player, is working through issues of his own. The recent passing of his mother, even though he didn’t have a good relationship with her, has caused him emotional stress. He also feels guilt at not being around enough for his sister and nephew when she went through her divorce. Now add a recent injury that isn’t healing as quickly as he’d hoped. Nick finds himself spiraling out of control with occasional anxiety attacks.

Will the forced proximity of Maisie and Nick push them together or apart? Will a better understanding of what happened the morning Nick left Maisie give them a second chance at love?

A sweet and spicy romance, YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS is a light read that also brings a mental health issue into the spotlight through supportive and caring characters.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the ARC of this novel.

About the Author

Sophie Sullivan’s website tells us she is a Canadian author as well as a cookie-eating, Diet Pepsi-drinking, Disney enthusiast who loves reading and writing romance in almost equal measure.

She has won the Canadian Book Club Award for best romance twice, for TEN RULES FOR FAKING IT and HOW TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR. Her day job is teaching, and she spends spare time with her family watching reruns of Friends. Besides her Sophie Sullivan books, she writes cozy mysteries and romances under her alter ego’s name, Jody Holford.

If You Like…

If you like the description of YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS by Sophie Sullivan, check out my past reviews on these recommendations: FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY by Jennifer E. Smith, WAITING FOR TOM HANKS by Kerry Winfrey, and ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY by Susan Mallery.

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Robin’s Rave Reviews

Looking for a Halloween read but don’t like gory or scary? This is it! I picked up The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert when I was looking for a quick, light read. I got so much more than I expected with this rom-com!

Sabrina’s job situation forces her to return to her hometown at the Wisconsin Dells. The best job Sabrina can find is as a tour guide on the duck boats. To make her current situation worse, her boss is one of the girls who bullied her in high school who also happens to be engaged to Sabrina’s old boyfriend.

Living back in her childhood home is bad enough, but Sabrina also has to face ghosts. Real ghosts. The women in her family are magnets for spirits who have unfinished business and need help to move on. Whenever a ghost insists on her help, Sabrina appears to talk to herself. This was the cause of being bullied in high school.

The fun begins in the very first scene when a fight breaks out at a waterpark. A super-sized margarita flying through the air hits Sabrina. That’s when Ryan, the love interest, enters the scene. (How could I not be hooked with an opening like that?!) Sabrina never expects to see Ray again, but she keeps bumping into him. Ray moved to town to help his uncle with his supper club. When his uncle dies, Ray’s parents inherit the restaurant. He needs to make this restaurant work so they won’t sell it. Otherwise, he’ll have to return to NYC and his controlling parents.

Sabrina has a long-time friend in Molly, a spirit who can’t complete her unfinished business. Her presence causes awkward, humorous moments. On top of that, Sabrina is also navigating the deceased uncle who has unfinished business and his nephew who is romantically interested in her. While Ray pursues Sabrina, she attempts to hide the odd behaviors that got her ostracized in school. Readers are entertained with humor and joy as Sabrina learns that her “curse” may actually be a gift.

The Kindred Spirits Supper Club is an enjoyable read if you need something light and fun. You may find yourself wanting to visit the Dells, take a duck boat tour, and try out the cheese curds at the supper club!

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You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan

Robin’s Reviews – 2025

Book Summary

About the Author

The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert

Robin’s Rave Reviews