**I voluntarily read an early copy of this title courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review**

Holidate is the third book in the Dating series and we met the heroine, Candice, in book two, as she is Jared's sister. I so enjoyed the first books in this series, so I was excited to get my hands on this one!

Candice Gaines loves Christmas. She is involved with just about anything she can be in order to bring Christmas cheer to those in her hometown. She is able to focus on giving back due to the fact she inherited a large sum of money from her late mother and she's a very generous soul.

On the flip side, Charlie Sullivan is not a fan of Christmas, yet his family owns a Christmas Tree Farm, so he has no choice but to be immersed in it! He much prefers to stay behind the scenes, to run the farm and avoid the commercial elements, yet his parents are getting to the age where they are wanting to turn over more of the responsibility to him and have him be more visible.

Charlie's Mom decides to take matters into her own hands and enlists Candice to help get him more comfortable with being more in the public eye. As the two begin to spend more time together, will Candice be able to turn "the Grinch" into a Christmas loving guy or will it totally burn out like a string of Christmas lights?

This was a quick, easy read, but it was really great. This is one instance where the old adage "opposites attract" really was the recipe for a fantastic couple and an engaging story!

A great festive read.

Candice is helping out Charlie as a favour to his mother. She loves christmas and he hates it, but as you get to know them you realise they both have their reasons for feeling this way. Will they still be together when Christmas is over?

I liked how the book is told from both of their points of view. It was good to catch up on the stories of Candice's friends and brother, who featured in previous books in this series.

Looking forward to the next book in this series.

I feel like I really could have loved this book, especially now I'm over my first person narrative phobia but the main character, Candice, was SO irritating. It was like reading about a happy bouncy 16 year old.
I don't know if it's because she was in the category of "new adult" and that's not really my bag but I found that I just couldn't get into this because she just got on my nerves so much.
The writing wasn't bad and I liked the idea of the plot but unfortunately I just couldn't get past Candice's annoying personality. 1.5 stars.