I received a copy of this audiobook from NetGalley and Piping Plover Press in exchange for an honest review.
At just over 3 hours this was a nice short holiday romance that had a somewhat Hallmark feel to it. Mostly in that it was a closed door romance taking place in a relatively small snowy mountain resort town just before Christmas.
While I always appreciate a main character who doesn’t fit the common mold - I.e. our hero is overweight and out of shape and meets the heroine as his physical trainer following a back injury. I feel like an opportunity was missed to deal more fully with this concept though as a novela I can understand we’re on limited time here.
Things I liked -
The hero has 2 cats.
The jam in the title refers to literal strawberry jam etc.
The hero has a loving family - parents/siblings.
The “villain” is somewhat redeemable.
Things I did not love -
The conclusion felt slightly rushed/quick/easy but again - novella.
We open with a cooky old lady side character who talks to fairies. I can get behind cooky old people side characters in small towns but I need a little more back story to support their character development to make it feel less out of left feel.
Narrator and sound quality were good.
Overall a solid sweet closed door Christmas romance novella.
4.5/5
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