A review by maggiestraveledbookshelf
Same Time Next New Year's by Lorissa Padilla

lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

๐Ÿ“– Same Time Next New Yearโ€™s 
โœ๐Ÿป Lorissa Padilla
โ˜‘๏ธ Contemporary Romance
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๐Ÿซ‘

โ€œ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™„โ€™๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™™๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™„ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š.โ€

A sugary sweet New Yearโ€™s Eve novella! 

Overview:
โ€ขWintery Novella
โ€ขWrong Number 
โ€ขSerendipity 
โ€ขTaking Chances 

๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

This book was the perfect read for the end of the year, combining the weight of a harder year and the hope of starting anew. 

From the very first text conversation, Leo and Jo had an adorable, instantaneous connection. Their easy banter and earnest demeanors had me rooting for them through the whole book. 

โ€œ๐™„ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ?โ€
โ€œ๐™‰๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก, ๐™…๐™ค.โ€ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ. โ€œ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ.โ€ 
๐™„ ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™š. โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ?โ€ 
โ€œ๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ž๐™™๐™™๐™ฎ.โ€

Itโ€™s definitely a little corny at times, but I genuinely believe we all need a little lighthearted joy in our lives - and this served that right up. 

I highly recommend this novella during the last weeks of December and the first weeks of January for full immersion impact. 

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