Book: Merry Ever After

Author: Tessa Bailey

Thank you NetGalley and Brilliance Publishing for an advanced audio copy. 

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Tessa Bailey is an author that I have not read any books by yet but have constantly wanted to check out. Unfortunately Merry Ever After was not the best book to show off what makes her a bestseller. 

Merry Ever After is part of the Under the Mistletoe series but except for the day being mentioned a couple of times I don’t know what’s Christmas about this story. 

Evie is a single mom who works in a thrift store. A local farmer Luke continuously comes in trying to find jeans that fit him but he is just too large. Evie volunteers to make clothes for Luke and she then hand delivers them to him which starts the awkward romance scenes. 

This book is a short story so I felt there were not enough pages to show how their relationship grew before it got to the intimate moments. The intimate moments came off very awkward. The actions and the dialogue felt forced and unnatural. 

The narration was great and kept me engaged, the overall story was interesting but the interactions between Luke and Evie just didn’t feel right to me. 

Final Score 3/5