Romance

Review: You Feel Like Christmas by Christine Drummond

November 3, 2026

Synopsis:

She fixes everyone’s messes.
Coming home means facing the one man who never needed fixing.

Charlotte “Charlie” Hayes has built a career out of fixing other people’s disasters. As a music publicist, she can spin a scandal, save a reputation, and make the messiest men look good—even the one she’s dating.

So when her famous boyfriend’s career implodes days before Christmas, Charlie throws herself into saving it—until Brent cancels their lease without a word and vanishes on tour. Homeless and single, Charlie is forced back to the small Connecticut hometown she thought she’d escaped, complete with holiday cheer, painful family memories, and Hunter Wells, the maddeningly good best friend she’s been avoiding.

Hunter has spent years loving Charlie quietly because he knew she wasn’t ready. But now she’s back, and he’s done waiting. With a thriving dog-walking business and a life rooted in Pinegrove, Hunter doesn’t need saving. He just needs Charlie to stop running long enough to imagine the life she never let herself one with him.

But as Charlie manages her ex’s high-pressure tour from afar, small-town Christmas starts to feel less like an escape and more like a beautiful mess—one she doesn’t have to clean up alone. Hunter will always belong to the town she spent years outrunning, and Charlie can’t build a future with him without facing the past that drove her away.

For their love to last beyond Christmas, can they make room for both their dreams—and a version of home Charlie is finally ready to trust?

Review:

If there is one holiday romance I was looking forward to the most, this one takes home the prize. That cover did something to me, and it also takes home the prize for being the most gorgeous one. But did it deliver on its promise, though?

I could make it very short and simply state: YES. Add a few ahhhhhhhhhhs and ohhhhhhhhhhhhs to it, and we’re done. But that wouldn’t do it justice. It is a book that felt very close to perfection to me, and it’s been a while since I enjoyed two friends taking the plunge after many years as much as I did with this one. Charlie and Hunter were written as such lovable and complex characters in their own unique ways that they simply made sense together. I didn’t doubt for one second that these two would be endgame. Did it take quite a long time for Charlie to finally get there? Yes, but this is what I was here for. Her finally understanding that she is allowed to be happy, and that running away from the past is simply avoiding it and preventing herself from moving on, was exactly the growth I wanted to see.

Overall, this was such a lovely read, and if you are looking for some holiday romance inspiration, go and pick this one up. Enjoy the journey and grab a hot beverage afterwards.

🌙 Recension: You Feel Like Christmas by Christine Drummond
📚 Genre: Holiday Romance
📅 Release Date: November 3, 2026
📱 Read as: Kindle
📗 available in various formats – included in Kindle+
💸 I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
🗣️ Language: English
📆 Pages: 446
⭐️ 4.5/5