***1/2
From Kensington Teen:
Holly Dayton is about to go way out of
her comfort zone…
Spending Christmas vacation on a cruise
with her two cousins from hell isn’t Holly’s idea of a good time. And when in a
moment of seasick-fueled desperation she lurches into an open suite—she’s
greeted with an eyeful of pepper spray. The culprit? A gorgeous guy calling
himself Nick. But when Holly goes to make her exit, she gets the shock of her
life: a corridor crammed with screaming teenage fans. Because Nick just happens
to be Dominic Wyatt, drummer for ReadySet—one of the hottest bands in America.
Suddenly rumors are swirling, and
Holly’s face is captured on countless phones and plastered all over the
Internet. But the band can’t risk a scandal destroying their family-friendly
image, so Dominic convinces Holly to be his fake girlfriend—just for two weeks.
How bad could it be to be fauxmantically involved with one of the cutest
rockstars on the planet? Holly’s about to find out…
Decked With Holly is
a very Cinderella story, complete with a wicked step-mother, horrible
step-sisters and loveable orphan Holly.
In our story, Holly lost her parents as a baby and was raised by her
aging, but loving grandfather. Holly’s
wicked step-mother is actually her Aunt and her female cousins play the role of
the step-sisters. And they are completely
horrible people lacking any redeeming qualities. And
while Grandpa is old, there’s no excuse for him not telling his daughter and
granddaughters to shut the hell up. And
the other men/guys in the book all sit silently by while the Aunt and cousins
put the meanest of “mean girls” to shame.
Our rock star Nick isn’t exactly charming, but he is a modern day prince
as the drummer in an uber-popular boy band.
Decked With Holly is hilarious, which I wan't expecting. I haven’t giggled that much during a book
since Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich.
While the supporting characters are exaggerated, Holly and Dominic feel surprisingly
honest in their one-on-one interactions.
I enjoyed Decked With Holly and think it should be on everyone’s holiday
reading list this year. I haven’t read
Bates’ debut Awkward, but I am definitely going to pick it up.
~Shel
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