For the last 10 years, Molly & Andrew have been on the same flight home to Ireland for Christmas. This year, a Chicago storm has their plane grounded. Andrew is a BIG fan of Christmas, and although it's never been that important to Molly, Andrew IS important to Molly. She decides on the spot that she WILL get Andrew home for Christmas. What follows is a crazy trip by plane, train, and ferry to get them home in time for Christmas.

I really enjoyed Walsh's book, "The Rebound," but this one just didn't hit the mark for me. At 60% of the book, they had shared a few kisses, but nothing overly romantic or swoon-worthy. I just needed a little more swoon along the way.

What a cute holiday romance!! The story is about two people who become friends after numerous times of being on the same flight home for Christmas together. The friendship has built up over the years and the readers are taken through some of the previous flights while the main focus is on the 10th flight together. I thought this was a cute idea for the plot and was a new twist on the holiday romance. I think this is a perfect read for over the holidays. Would be great to pick up to read on your flight home!

Love Love LOVED this Holiday Romance!! I loved the short flashback scenes, the slow burn, the romance, the little bit of spice. I loved how Molly and Andrew's relationship started and developed over the 10 years as flight friends! And when they met each others families...I wanted to be a part of the families!

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

• fun holiday romance spanning time
• great characters
• funny and different

Romance tropes are here, but they're done in a refreshing way. Add this one to your holiday TBR!

🗣️ Thank you to @netgalley and @bookouture for the opportunity to read and review this book via gifted eARC! All opinions are honest and my own.

I absolutely loved this book.

I devoured this book slowly as it was the perfect read.

The way the story goes from past to present flowed so well and I absolutely loved the journey between Molly and Andrew. Not the biggest fan of friends to lovers however this was just perfection.

Let me tell you I have never been like this is my book boyfriend but when I tell you I want a boyfriend like Andrew... I want an Andrew. His speech to Molly at the end of the book made me so happy and giddy and I swear only women can write men like this.

Absolute smashing read. Perfect for Christmas... might be my fave book this year!

This is definitely a case of Bookstagram made me read it. I saw lots of positive reviews of this and decided to check it out. I'm so glad I did.

Molly and Andrew are both Irish and live in Chicago. They've been flying home together for ten years. He loves Christmas and is always eager to go home. Molly goes because she feels like she should- bit because her family are big Christmas celebrators. This year there a huge storm that cancels many flights. Andrew is heartbroken and Mollys determined to get him home.

The chapters alternate from present to past Christmas travel trips. And we get to see the evolution of their relationship. It was like a ten year slow burn romance. I loved Molly and Andrew and their increasing awareness of each other. I also loved the crazy trip they took to get home. This was a lot of fun to read- perfect for the season!

This romance was perfection!!

I love everything about it. This is one of the best friend-to-lovers books I have read. And that is saying a lot!

Would I change anything from the storyline?

NOPE, nothing, nada, zilch.

So what is this fabulous romance about?

Molly and Andrew meet on a plane flying home back to Ireland but they already know each other.
Lucas is dating Molly's friend and he is excited to have her as his next seat passenger. Molly is mortified because she knows her best friend wants to break up with him. She is avoiding talking to him about her when her friend texts him and breaks up with Andrew. An awkward situation can't even begin to explain it! Then, the year after, they meet again on the flight before Christmas. Soon after, it becomes their yearly ritual to fly back to Ireland together.

A decade has passed and on their tenth flight, the chocolate and the first-class tickets are ready when a storm cancels their trip. Mollie knows how important is for Andrew to spend Christmas with his family. Molly will do anything to get him back home and to see her twin pregnant sister before she delivers.

I loved this book so much!! Both characters felt real to me, the same with their ordeal. Who's flight has not been canceled around the holidays due to a storm? I'm raising my hand real high here.

I also fell in love with Andrew's family and Molly's twin sister. I wish they could get their own books. It will be so worth it.

Cliffhanger: No

5/5 Fangs

A complimentary copy was provided by Bookouture via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was absolutely adorable! I loved every minute of it. Read it in a flash.

It's got everything you could hope for, and everything a good rom-com Christmassy book should have.

Friends to lovers, cute, hilarious banter... It's heart-warming with a hint of spicy towards the end.

But it also doesn't leave out family, or Christmas dinner out of the equation.

It's not overly dramatic or overly corny, which I was afraid of. I was worried that the one misunderstanding that happened would be over the top, but it wasn't. I loved, loved, loved it.

I will definitely recommend this to all my friends who want to hear me, in fact, I already recommended it to my bestie halfway through.

Unfortunately, this really wasn't my thing. The friendship, romance, and basically everything in this book stuck out as odd and uncomfortable to me.

I get that MANY reviewers have loved it and found it cozy, uplifting, and perfect. So I guess you could like it, but I really didn't *_*

I received a complementary copy of this book from the publishers. All opinions are purely mine

Andrew and Molly both live in the same town and they take their yearly flight to their home country at the same time. This has been going on for the past 10 years. Despite they live separately in the same town, they stay in contact and supported each other in both their relationship. But this year their 10th year of flying back together, plans didn’t go as planned due to a winter storm. Molly realise how important Christmas is to Andrew and is determined to get both of them home to their respective family come what may.

I love the characters very much. They are funny and playful together. It is a lovely story and perfect for this seasonal read


*Review post scheduled to be posted on my blog on 10/12/22*

Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy.

Holiday Romance was a cute and quick rom com that was the perfect book to read over the Thanksgiving rush. Molly and Andrew both live in Chicago and are both from Ireland. Andrew happens to be dating Molly's friend, who she knows wants to break up with him. When Molly gets on her plane home for Christmas, and finds out her seat mate is Andrew, it's the beginning of a 10 year tradition of flying home together - and that eventually turns into a friendship, and then more.

This has a few fun tropes, friends to lovers, forced proximity, plus Andrew loves Christmas and Molly is meh about it. The dual timelines that take us to each one of their flights plus the current year gives the reader the backstory we need.

Molly's and Andrew's families might be my favorite part though. They are both totally different and totally adorable.

Check this one out for a fun holiday romance!

Loved this book!!! This friends to lovers tale was absolutely adorable. Molly and Andrew have a tradition of flying home to Ireland together every Christmas. On their 10th Christmas a massive snow storm cancels their flight, and Andrew is devastated that he wont be able to see his family. Molly makes it her mission save the day and these two embark on a new adventure to get to Ireland and in love.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.

Who else is their worst self in an airport? I am a people-hating monster when I fly, because people are dumb and I am the most perfect, flawless person in the airport. And don’t even get me started about the people who dress like they’re ready for bed when they fly- with their pillows and flannel pajama pants, I am so triggered by their slobbery.

So why on earth would I read a romance that takes place almost 75% in an airport around the holidays – full of dumb dumbs and flight delays? Well, my friends, sometimes you have to do hard things and in this instance, I’m glad I did, because this little holiday romance was a goddamn delight!

Andrew and Molly are both Irishmen living in Chicago. 10 years ago, they incidentally sat beside each other on their flight home to Ireland for Christmas. Now, they have become friends and it is a tradition that they fly back to Ireland together every year. And while these two have both friend zoned each other it is clear that they are both in love with each other, but refuse to admit it. The book shifts back-and-forth from prior flights to their current trip back to Ireland, which is full of flight cancellations and rerouting and long security lines and lost luggage and and the body skank associated w 48h of travel- you know the stuff that romance is made out of!

Despite the TSA Boner killer, I really loved this book. It was darling. I loved watching Molly and Andrew figure out their feelings for each other as they fell in love. Strangely, there was no mile high club or midflight hand job under the blanket, but all is forgiven. #missedopportunity

Smut- 2 stars
Romance- 4.8 stars
Story- 4.7 stars
Adults dressed for bed in the airport- neg 937 stars

Thank you Bookouture for the gifted copy of this book!

Hellooooo perfect holiday romance. This book is SO STINKIN CUTE and focuses on a friends-to-lovers trope between Molly and Andrew. For ten years, they’ve been catching flights back home from Chicago to Dublin for Christmas… but this year, a storm throws everything into a tizzy. The alternating timelines between past flights and the present is perfection and totally had me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen in the present timeline. The tension is built perfectly. The families, gift-giving, and declarations of love in this book are just amazing, and I loved that the main conflicts were super reasonable and made a ton of sense with the storyline. This is literally the perfect holiday read.

I absolutely loved this read! With Christmas just around the corner, it was the perfect read to cosy up with next to the Christmas tree with a hot chocolate. I completely fell in love with the characters and was rooting for them from the get-go. I literally read this book in less than 24 hours, it was so easy to read and I could not put it down. With the right amount of Christmas dazzle and cosy vibes, it really is a fabulous holiday read.

This was hands down THE best Christmas rom-com I've ever read. And maybe even one of the best rom-coms I've ever read. I adored this book, I adored Molly and Andrew and their banter and their history. For ten years they had been sharing the same flight home to Ireland for the Christmas holidays, never anything more than friends and flight companions. But things start to change on that 10th flight when the two run into snag after snag trying to get home. A little homage to Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and I was worried it was going to become cheesy and way too far fetched, but I'm glad to say it didn't.

It was just sweet, adorable and pretty damn believable. I loved how much the characters actually TALKED to each other (and not just played guessing games in their minds). I loved the parts that took place in Ireland, and I loved their Irish families. Even the typical "problem that may not make this relationship work out after all" near the end worked for this book. There's a little bit of steamy scenes near the end, but I felt it was done tastefully if that's not really your thing.

If you love holiday rom-coms, you need to add this to your list! If you love rom-coms, you need to add this to your list! This was everything I expect in this type of book and now I want a movie version haha!

What a fun read!! I loved everything about this book. Molly and Andrew were so adorable. This is a closed door romance which I ,I hope prefer than open door romance.

I do recommend this book. Thank you for my copy for my review.

Can I gave a book more than 5 stars please? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. Holiday Romance is told in both present day and flash backs and it is such a great story. I love these two characters - Andrew and Molly and I love their families and their story through the years. Someone make this into a movie immediately.

This book was adorable! Perfect way to top off Christmas TBR... a endearing friends to lovers story ❤️

Molly and Andrew's witty banter kept me giggling. I love how well rounded Walsh wrote Andrew to be. He was a dreamy guy - could crack a joke, have candor, and make it steamy! And his family reminds me so much of a Weasley type family. Definitely a quick, enjoyable read to pick up this holiday season.

I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this.

Molly and Andrew have been taking the same flight home to Ireland for Christmas for the past ten years. When a snowstorm grounds their flight, Molly, knowing how much Christmas means to Andrew, pulls out all the stops to get him home in time for Christmas. And so begins a wonderful journey involving multiple flights, sleepless nights, ferry rides, lost luggage, a stopover in Paris and realizations of what they mean to each other.

THIS IS SO CUTE! What a lovely festive story for the holidays. It brings all the warmth and good feels. Molly and Andrew's banter is absolutely adorable and really brought their characters to life. Super sweet like a pile of pancakes at IHOP with a huge sprinkling of humor. GET THIS BOOK. This was my first read of Catherine Walsh's and definitely won't be my last.

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture & the author for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.