3.5 stars

An easy listen. I enjoyed the first in the series more than this. I didn’t dislike The Merry Viscount. It was good, just not great.

It didn’t have as much of a Christmas vibe as I expected it to and hoped it would. I had purposely delayed reading this until December, with the intention of it getting me in the Christmas spirit. I don’t feel like this was achieved though. The plot could have easily worked outside of the Christmas aspect.

Definitely has the instalove trope. I don’t know if I am a fan of that trope outside of this book. I rather enjoyed it in this though. The story takes place over two-ish days, but it doesn’t feel like it does. I guess it helps that the main characters knew each other from childhood.

I think the one thing that held it from being a 4 star book was the repetition of certain facts, words, and phrases. It was overdone.

Overall, an enjoyable read, just not rave worthy.