Enemies at Christmas...

Cat and Noah intensely dislike each other for no reason.
Cat is all HGTV and Noah is not in my town.
You;d think they would play and nice and work together. And they don't.
Not for a loooong time.
Easy reading, though.

This was such a sweet book — Cat is a HGTV-like reality star who’s fought for her success and excellent reputation. She can wield tools and wear heels- I’m in awe of her!

She also hates Noah, the town of Merry’s manager and a man who really dislikes her for no reason from the beginning. He thinks he’s protecting his town from the likes of Cat, and she only wants to help after a devastating hurricane— to get their annual Christmas festival on track in time for the holiday!

These two were fire together, and I loved seeing them go from each other’s throats to a different physical choice. But once they acknowledge their attraction, will Cat give up her no-strings lifestyle for a small town and a single father?

These two are just so darned lovable - if you want a Lucy Score book for the holidays, this totally delivers! I love the reality TV elements, the side characters, and our MCs. This is a slam dunk, and I can see myself rereading.

If you’re considering this one, go ahead and pick it up this holiday season!

The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score is the most charming holiday read I’ve ever read!
It’s amazing and swoony. It’s so heartfelt.
From the amazing characters to the phenomenal writing, this was exciting, entertaining, intense, and all kinds of sexy. There was a phenomenal build as everything unfolded. This was a wonderful read that had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
All the side characters were excellent too and I just loved every second of this book.
This book was pure joy and enjoyment. I couldn't stop reading.
A remarkable enemies to lovers, a small town romance that gives major Hallmark vibes.

Thank You NetGalley and Bloom Books for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score has quickly become a favorite holiday read. I have come to love anything by Lucy Score this past year, so I knew I would enjoy this one! Cat King is a reality tv star who is doing a Christmas special involving renovating multiple locations in the small town of Merry after they are hit by a late season hurricane and suffer catastrophic flooding. Or at least, Cat will be doing the Christmas Special if she can convince grumpy Noah Yates, the town manager, to let her do the show there. Cat is not one to back down from a challenge and soon has her crew starting production. Noah thinks Cat is just using his town to get viewers, but their hatred for each other soon takes a turn as they get to know each other. I loved these characters, but especially loved the character of Cat with her fierce attitude but soft heart. I see myself reading this fun enemies to lovers romance every holiday season from now on. Think: Hallmark Christmas movie but with some steamy moments thrown in. This book is #2 in the Fixer Upper series. I haven’t read the first one yet, but plan to in the near future!

**I would like to thank NetGalley, Bloom Books, and Lucy Score for an ARC of this book! This is available as of 10/10/23.**

At first, this book and I were not clicking. I think this may partially be because it's the second book in the series. This claimed to be a standalone so I went in without worries and with zero background. The way characters were introduced and some other details were explained as if you "already knew what was going on, so let's just gloss over it." I kept having to go back to see if I missed something. Overall, this wasn't a major problem in the long run.

Once I got to about 40%, I hit the ground running. I could not put the book down and almost finished it the same night (my 6am alarm was absolutely devastating and I've been slurping down coffee all morning).

When its done right, I love enemies to lovers and this was done RIGHT. The banter, the tension, UGH AMAZING. I ate this up.

How have I never read a Lucy Score book until now?

This book was great! It had the perfect mixture of holiday spirit, a little spice, and the homey vibes of a small town.

I found at some points there was just a lot of characters that were hard to keep track of, but I realized this book is actually #2 in a collection. I may have done better with the characters had I been familiar with book one.

Overall it was a great holiday read! I love the new cover, it was perfect for the season. I hope to pick up the physical copy of this one next time I’m at the bookstore!

Okay!!!! I liked this one so much more than I thought I would!! Which I don’t know why? because the Knockemout series is one of my favs from this year 😂

✨small town romance (the town name is Merry 🥹🥲 please that’s so cute)
✨single dad!
✨reality/HGTV star coming in to help rebuild the town in time for Christmas after a storm!
✨enemies to lovers
✨spiccyyy 🔥
✨dual POV
✨a strong independent smart sexy FMC 👏

Honestly this might be more 4.5⭐️? It was so fun and uplifting and the perfect mix between holiday and non! It’s technically part of a series? and I haven’t read the first (even though I own it…) and I don’t think I missed a thing! Highly recommend!

I was immediately drawn by the title. Who doesn’t love Christmas books ?!!! I went into this not knowing what to expect. I wanted the surprise. & I sure was. I love the characters and the story. This book had me turning page by page and I just completely was enthralled by this book. Definitely worth the read. The Christmas book you need !

4/5 ⭐️

Darling, Lucy Score can write a book! And the fact that she wrote a holiday book!

I saw Christmas and single dad and it had me from the very first moment! I trult thought this would be the equivalent of like a Christmas special on your favourite tv show, but I was pleasantly surprised that this book could hold its own!

Spicy and sweat read for the holidays 🫶🏽

Cat King is ready to save Christmas in the town of Merry, Connecticut. The only thing standing in her way is grumpy single dad/town manger. No surprise here these two will fall in love. This was a fun one, loved the town and loved the epilogue. I love a book that is tied up neatly with a bow and this had a great ending!
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Huge thank you to #bloom and @netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

✨ARC Review✨
📖: The Christmas Fix
🖋️: Lucy Score
⭐️: 5 of 5
🌶️: 5 of 5
💬: “I’m not sure where you got this impression of Cat, but it’s going to be very entertaining to me to watch you figure out how wrong you are about her.”

Tropes, Topics & Themes:
✨Christmas vibes
✨Enemies to lovers
✨Small town romance

I read the first book of this series so I had to grab the second one!🔥

The city of Merry has always held a special place in Cat’s heart. So when a hurricane hits, she wants to bring a Christmas miracle to the town.

Yet Noah, the city manager, is stuck in his ways about reality TV and Cat. He doesn’t want the town to be taken advantage of and make a profit while so many places are destroyed.

If you did not meet Cat in the first book, she’s now one of the highest-paid stars in Reno and Realty Network. She’s now calling more shots than she was before, producing, and she will make it her mission to get what she wants.

Noah is a single father to a 12-year-old daughter and she loves Cat. With him not wanting the influence to get to his daughter's head. He’s always strict about what she can do.

“She said she gave a ride to a few people, not saved actual lives. Between my wife, my sister, and my daughter, I’m going to die young.”

I loved that that Gannon and Paige are there to help and we get to see them again! Truly loved them in the first book.

“Shut up, Cat. You saved my life, and then you let me act like an ass.”

From fighting over changes in the city to attraction. Cat and Noah can’t stand being in the same room with each other while also wanting to continue to spend more time together as well.

Will Noah let Cat turn their town into the dream Christmas spot to be during the holidays? Can Cat let go of her dreams to follow her heart?

“For the boy who dreamed of light.”

Happy Christmas tears!🎄😭 I balled like a baby at the end. This was truly the best Christmas book I’ve read all year so far and I will definitely be reading it again.

Thank you, Lucy Score, and Netgalley for this EARC! As always, my review is my opinion and thoughts. This review will be shared on my Instagram @Alexandriavwilliams_ shortly.

This book is a follow-up to Mr. Fixer-Upper. I haven't read that one (yet) and thought this read just fine as a stand-alone. I will go back and read it just because I want more time with the King family.

This is a true enemies to lovers romance. Cat and Noah started off with a spark that turned into heater competition and wariness of each other. Mostly Noah, the city manager nicknamed Mr. No, was worried about what kind of chaos Cat was going to unleash on his town as she swoops in to save the beloved Christmas Festival. The town has suffered a horrible flood and needs lots of work. Cat has the green light for a holiday special and wants to help fix up Merry and won't take no for an answer.

I appreciated that the author took the time to help us move from enemies to lovers to friends with benefits to something more. At the beginning it was hard to see how it could ever work, but it did. I loved Noah and Cat, their family members, and the townspeople. This was a great holiday read!

Sad to say but I dnfed at about 20%. I just couldn’t do it anymore. Sometimes enemies to lovers are just too enemy to become lovers. They had no spark of sexual tension that makes this popular (and personal fave) trope work. Both characters had qualities that irked me so I didn’t feel invested in enough to stick around to see their story unfold.

❤️ The Christmas Fix Review ❤️
By Lucy Score
Fixed, Book 2
Interconnected standalone

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Adult • Romance
384 pages

🎄 enemies to lovers
🔨 small town romance
🎄 single dad
🔨 celebrity romance
🎄 no stringers to more
🔨 holiday romance
🎄 opposites attract

📍”If people wanted to keep putting her in the pretty Barbie box, she was just going to keep cutting and smashing her way out over and over again until they learned their lesson.”

I fell for Cat in Mr. Fixer Upper. But apparently I didn’t. Or not enough. Because I fell all over again with The Christmas Fix, in a way that is not even comparable. Strong, fierce, loyal Catalina. The woman with big dreams and who is not going to apologize for having them. But also the woman who realizes that maybe she was dreaming the wrong dreams. No. Not the wrong ones. Just not enough dreams. Just not the only right ones.

📍”I’m serious, Cat. You’re the color in a gray day. I don’t know how else to describe it. I look at you, and I see all this passion and joy and fun and excitement. I’ve never met anyone like you.”

Insert grumpy and safe city manager Noah and this was pretty explosive since page 1 😏 I love friends to lovers but there is just something about enemies to lovers that is unbeatable. The way they fight and “fight it” is just 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 chef’s kiss 💋

📍”You’re my miracle, Cat. You saved my Christmas and gave me the lights.”

But I can’t go without mentioning a very important character: Merry. The town. The people. The nosy, meddling and most caring small town USA. Merry was a character on its own way and because of that… thank you, Cat for fixing Merry ❤️

Another perfect romance by Lucy Queen… I mean Score. 😎

i’m not sure why i start christmas books cause usually i’m not the biggest fan and unfortunately this fell flat for me. i do have a love hate relationship with lucy score’s writing so this was just a recipe for disaster for me. highly recommend if you’re into christmas romances but if not i would skip

Lucy Score... You're my romance hero
I can't give anything less than 5 stars for anything Lucy has ever written. I'm not in a very Christmas mood and this helped me a bit. While I won't be decorating or shopping this year....I really wish I lived in Merry. What a great town! What a fun, romantic book. I'll be buying Mr. Fixer Upper...

Love you Lucy! Thank you for a great read!

Lucy score and small towns is a combination I’ll never get tired of. Add in Christmas… I’m obsessed. PLUS enemies to lovers?! I’m a frickin goner.

The Christmas Fix was the perfect holiday read. It literally had every single one of my favorite tropes. Oh, did I mention single dad?! Gahhh Lucy! What are you doing to us?!

As always, the added spice was much appreciated and didn’t disappoint.

This is the perfect holiday read if you love:
Small towns
Enemies to lovers
Single dad
Some spice

My first by this author and she definitely can write romance!! Has plenty spicey too, a bit much for me there but I loved the story of a town called Merry and the TV star Catalina Kind determined to save the Christmas festival after the river flood. She legit cared about the town, the people, the festival after doing a restoration for a local family there. Noah the town manager is the only thing standing in her way and she won’t let him stop her, there bickering scenes were a bit over the top also. Excellent romance for Christmas with plenty of spice.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks/ Bloom books for my electronic reader copy in exchange for my honest review!! All opinions are my own.

Cat and Noah do not like each other. Like at all. Cat is a reality star that wants to come in and shoot a Christmas special in Noah’s town after it is hit hard by a flood. Noah wants no part of it even though Cat tried to tell him she can make the Christmas festival in Merry better than ever before. They end up finding out that maybe they don’t hate one another so much after all….

Lucy Score can write a romance…and she can certainly add the spice! This one is no exception and a great little holiday read!

The Christmas Fix is my first ever Lucy Score book.

Now that you’ve gotten over the shock of that statement, Th Christmas Fix was like reading a Hallmark Christmas movie. This was adorable and got me in the holiday spirit!

I saw myself in both Cat and Noah - I can absolutely be Mr(s). No sometimes, while also being fiercely independent. The banter between these two had me laughing out loud - I absolutely loved them.

I did not realize this was book two in a series, and I was absolutely fine reading this without having rear Mr. Fixer Upper first (although I am definitely going back to read that one now!).

Thank you to Bloom Books for the review copy!