I felt a pang of longing in my chest. This was the kind of familial bond I’d always yearned for, the kind of connection I’d seen on screen in Mistletoe Hollow.
And now, somehow, I was a part of it.
Have you ever wished you could live inside your favorite movie? Matthew Harrington has and it looks like this Christmas he’ll get his wish when an incident with a potentially cursed VCR player ends up with him being sucked into Mistletoe Hollow and right into the arms of his longtime fictional crush, Ben Clark. Logically, Matthew knows this can’t be possible but the way it feels when Ben touches him and the looks of love in Ben’s eyes whenever Matthew is around doesn’t seem fake. Will a little holiday magic allow this city boy to find his happily ever after in the last place he expected to find it?
If someone had told me just a few days ago that I’d be having dinner with Ben Clark in Mistletoe Hollow—hell, that Mistletoe Hollow even existed—I would’ve laughed it off as an absurd fantasy.
Yet here I was, living an impossible dream.
This was a great book to round out my holiday reading for the season. The magical aspect was fun and Matthew’s reactions to finding himself dropped into the town from his favorite Christmas movie were entertaining. He had no clue how he got there – was he dreaming? In a coma? Something else? I loved how easily he just went with the flow, though, and figured he might as well enjoy himself while he was there.
He and Ben hit it off right away and things got steamy pretty quickly – there was a very creative use of a candy cane! Ben knew what he wanted and didn’t hesitate to take it. Things played out like they might have in a movie – Ben fell fast but it wasn’t totally insta-love because Matthew had been in love with a version of Ben for years. But I enjoyed seeing Matthew discover sides of Ben that were new to him. And it was fun trying to figure out how Matthew got there and whether or not he’d be able to stay.
The book was cozy, charming, sweet, and spicy with practically zero angst – everything I’m looking for in a holiday romance!
I’d only known Ben for twenty-four hours according to the clock on the wall, but it felt like I’d known him my entire life.
And in a weird way, I kind of had.
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