Monday, December 3, 2012

Winter Haven Sleigh Tour/Review: Decked With Holly


Today I'm super excited to be a part of the WinterHaven Sleigh Tours hosted by WinterHaven Books. This week we are posting out choice of a Winter Book Review. To see who else is on the sleigh, go to WinterHaven Sleigh Tour for a list of participating blogs. 


Title - Decked With Holly
Author - Marni Bates
Series or Standalone - Standalone
Genre- Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Publication September 25th 2012 
(Goodreads) & (Amazon)

Synopsis 

Smartly blending of-the-moment pop culture references and timeless themes, Bates follows her YA debut, "Awkward, " with a hilarious, over-the-top adventure about a teen girl who becomes the fake girlfriend of a cute rock star.

Teaser
    
The Hot Guy from dinner thought I was growing a zombie baby. After having my family critiquing my stomach for hours, that was the last straw.
I dissolved into tears.
Not that I thought Pepper Spray Guy was concerned about my eating/exercise regimen. He was way more distracted by my resemblance to a flesh-eating monster. Which, after seeing myself in the bathroom mirror, I was willing to admit he might actually have a point about—the ashen tinge to my flesh gave me a very back from the grave look. But still. Who thinks zombie and then reaches for their handy bottle of pepper spray?
A total nutcase.

Review


Holly is your average teenage girl, her parents passed away when she was a baby so her grandfather raised her, so life hasn't been easy. When her grandfather wants to take a cruise for his birthday the whole family agrees to go along, including her evil cousins. In attempt to earn a little money for the trip so that she can get some new clothes Holly and her best friend Jen take jobs as elves for Santa at the mall. How was Holly to know that Santa would be a drunken guy who also happened to be a perv. It's not her fault he grabbed her but he deserved the slap he got, she maybe shouldn't have done it in front of all the Christmas shoppers. It's not every day you see an elf beating up Santa. After being escorted by security from the mall the job hunt is put to an end, not before her evil twin cousins can video the whole ordeal.

Now on the cruise she's forced to share a room with the evil twins, which she's not thrilled about but for her grandfather she will keep quit not wanting to ruin his trip. It's at dinner the first night that she sees Nick, but only because her cousin decided he would be her fling and she was curious. Nick is the drummer for a rock-band but he's on vacation to check out the ship for a future gig as well as enjoy a much needed vacation and when he catches the three girls checking him out he worries they might have figured out who he really is.

After being kicked out of her room by her evil twins Holly heads up for the deck to spend the night, but still being seasick and having to puke when the chance to use Nick's bathroom over the hallway just happens to show up she bolts inside but doesn't make it out before he catches her. What turns into a serious of unfortunate events for both of them only gets even more insane when Holly attempts to leave in the morning only to learn that Nick is Dominic the drummer in one of her favorite bands. The press catches wind that Nick is cheating on his girlfriend, and may have beaten Holly due to a few wild rumors.  However the guy’s spring into action in attempt to fix there imagines. Getting Holly to act as his girlfriend and deny that he was cheating or abusive. As the remainder of the trip the pair embarks on a mission to make the twins jealous, save Nick’s reputation and attempt to not fall in love.

I loved Decked with Holly it's a fun cute love story. I picked it up for the first part of the Winter Haven Sleigh Tour, and I'm thrilled that I did. I love Holly she's so girl next door, so easy to relate to, she's not fake like some girls. Nick's not bad either, he comes around as the book progresses I started to like him more. I found the book well written it's a fast fun easy read that anyone would enjoy I did. The author throws a lot of humor through the book which kept me laughing I had to share several parts with my hubby before he rolled over and closed his eyes. Then it was cover my mouth with a pillow and hope I didn't wake him up. I had such a hard time putting it down I stayed up super late reading to finish even though I had to get up super early. I honestly think Decked with Holly is one of my top favorites of the year, it's just a fun read that I really enjoyed.

5 out of 5 Stars

As part of the festivities, WinterHaven Books is hosting an international give-away that will include a copy of Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Signed by Levithan and Cohn) and a copy of Let it Snow to four lucky winners. Good luck and happy holidays. 


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3 comments:

  1. Awesome book choice! I am adding this one to my tbr for the holidays =) Thank you so much for joining in the fun!

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  2. Decked with Holly sounds so cute! And so is the cover. Thanks for the great giveaway too!

    Raffle name: Nikki O

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  3. Sounds cute. Have added this to my list of things to eventually borrow from the library.

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