𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 🎄🎁

Title: All I Want Is You
Pub Date: 9/24/24

This 256 page book was so quick, and fun to read! Our two main characters, Nick and Jess — I’m just now realizing the potential New Girl reference? — are both romance authors at the same imprint. But they’re also exes and rivals. Now Nick wins an award and Jess is asked to present it to him. What could go wrong?

They get snowed in at a cozy inn (lol) and are forced to confront their pasts… if you know me, I love second chance stories. And forced proximity is also one of my favorite tropes🤭 The chemistry between these two bursts off the page, you just can’t deny it.

Plus, I love a good Christmas romcom — in movie and book form! This dual POV holiday novel is bound to boost your spirits and get you in the Christmas mood🎄I really have no complaints!

3.75 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam books for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Super cute enemies to lovers holiday read. Gave me "Beach Read" by Emily Henry vibes but in a snowed in cabin holiday vibes. Nick wasn't my favorite character, but he grew on me and in the end I was rooting for them both to end up together. Love that they both were writers in the same genre, but had very different paths. Wrapped up very nicely in the end and all around a great cozy Christmas read with a little bit of spice!

There has never been a Falon Ballard book I haven't liked and this book continues the tradition. This is a short and sweet second chance romance with a wonderful one bed trope.

Nick and Jess (yes, they mention the New Girl reference) are romance authors signed to the same publishing company and former lovers. Nick is the industry darling despite never writing happy endings (necessary for the genre) while Jess is worried about her sales. When they end up snowed in while at an event for their publisher, they reignite some lost sparks.

I don't always love a holiday romance but this hit all the marks for me. It was cozy and warm, meant to be read in front of a fireplace with a mug of hot chocolate. If you're looking to be put in the holiday spirit with a quick read, this book is for you.

Falon Ballard does it again! I love her writing and how fun her characters are. There’s just something about two characters with tension getting snowed in together right before the holidays that really gets to me. Such a fun and funny read for the holidays! 4 stars.

I love Falon Ballard sooo much! Definitely one of my favorite romance authors. This holiday themed romance is perfect for any Hallmark Christmas movie lover!

I thought I had read a book by Falon Ballard before, but it turns out All I Want Is You is my first! I immediately went to her books on Goodreads and added them to my want to read list, and I have a feeling she could easily become one of my favorite authors. I loved that the setting is around Christmas, though I do wish she had leaned on that a bit more because I didn’t get the amount of Christmas cheer I was really hoping for from a holiday romcom. That being said, the tension and forced proximity trope were on point, and I also loved the addition of only-one-bed. Nick and Jessica (thank you Ballard for the New Girl reference!) had lots of chemistry, and it was so palpable that it jumped right off the page.

The audiobook is quite lovely as well, and something I would highly recommend. Sarah Naughton voices Jessica while Marwan Salama voices Nick and they were both excellent for their characters. We also get Ballard reading her own dedication and acknowledgements which was a real treat for me. All I Want Is You would make a wonderful Hallmark movie minus all of the spicy scenes which I swear take up a huge section of the book if we went by percentage. Since I was listening to audio, I felt like I was constantly listening to sex scenes, and it was honestly a little weird. 🤣 I would have liked a bit more substance than spice with this one, but it was a fun read, and Nick is lucky Jess forgave him for his reason for leaving. Just saying. Read this if you like books where the steam takes center stage, adorably tearful endings, and not-so-perfect leading men.

My Spice Rating: 🌶🌶🌶.5/🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

This was a quick and cute holiday read. I love the way Falon does a lovers to enemies to lovers romance here, and I love how much sexual chemistry the characters have.

If you’re looking for a cozy holiday rom-com this year, this one is it! I absolutely loved this book and it’s definitely ranking up there as a top holiday read of mine. Both of the main characters were funny and sweet (I definitely had Nick and Jess from New Girl in my head while reading this!), and I love that we got to read both of their perspectives. All my favorite tropes were in this book and so well done. I’d definitely recommend!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Putnam books for the ARC! ❤️

Longer review coming tomorrow but holy smokes I love love love loved this book!!!!! Absolutely adorable Christmas read about two writers and also it’s a second chance Romance. Perfect combo of holiday spirit and romance. Def one of my favorite Christmas romance books!

Review posted to ig and goodreads:

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All I Want Is You
Author: Fallon Ballard
Christmas Romance!

I can’t recommend this book enough! Thank you so much Netgalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this ARC! I have read other books by Fallon and I absolutely adore her writing! It’s the perfect romance books that are not too cheesy or corny and warm you from the inside out! Exes and rivals, Jess and Nick are both writers of romance novels with one key difference.. Jess always writes happily ever after while Nick does not. They end up at an event and when Jess gets snowed in, she is pretty much forced to share Nicks room at the adorable inn 🫣. It was a great blend of fall things Christmas, while also being a sweet romance read. The characters were both adorable and I can’t recommend this book enough. If you want a cute holiday romance do yourself a favor and read this one this holiday season! 🎄

A cute, spicy, quick read of a holiday romance!! I was surprised how much emotion the author was able to cram into less than 200 pages, but was very happy to be able to see the characters go through hard things. The ending does feel a bit rushed and I would have read another 50 pages if it meant we got to see their issue resolved a bit more wholly, but all in all a very good book to get you in the Christmas spirit!

A short and sweet holiday romance. Second chance romance as well as forced proximity. It has flash backs of past Christmases as you slowly learn why they broke up in the first place eventually leading them back together at the perfect time. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

If you are looking for a second chances holiday romance, look no further that All I Want is You. Two "romance" writers with the same publishing house get a second chance to correct the mistakes of their past. Jessica and Nick will have you falling in love with them both from the beginning. This funny, spicy holiday romance will melt the ice from any heart.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to review this book. It is a cute, cozy read. Exes that ended up at the same event and get snowed in. Forced proximity (have to share a hotel room/bed) nudges them to fall in love again. The biggest question throughout the book was why Nick broke up with Jessica. Nice winter read, some spice and a happy ending.

Many thanks to Netgalley for the e-arc!

OMG whatever Fallon Ballard writes I will read and love. I've read all her books so far. I did feel that the ending was a little rushed but other than that a great fun steamy romance!

This story was very cute and full of banter, I loved the premise of ex’s both secretly writing about a second-chance romance after encountering the other for the first time in years. I usually am a bit biased against second-chance romances, thanks to my toxic exes haha, but this one was worth it! There was forced proximity, one bed, allllll the good tropes. I liked the involvement of the romance fans and genre lovers, a sweet little nod to us readers. Definitely made me a bit hesitant to stay at an upstate inn during a snow storm, but all-in-all, I loved their ending!

Fallon Ballard and a one-bed trope, what more could you need? This is a perfect holiday read for someone looking for a sweet but spicy romance!

who doesnt love a holiday romance? this was fun, not her best but I overall enjoyed it and was the perfect read for this time of year

I have conflicted feelings about this book. I was having a good time reading this book. The banter was good and the writing really just pulled me in. I loved everything to the point where we find out why nick broke up with the Jessica. It made me mad and annoyed. I feel like it was an insane reason for him to break up with her. I don't know how she looked past that and got back together with him.

All I Want Is You by Falon Ballard is a second-chance romance infused with sugar, spice, and everything nice!
Five years after the breakup that Jess never fully understood, she is forced to reunite with Nick at their publisher's holiday ball. Adding insult to injury, she is there to present an award to Nick as Romance Author of the Year. He doesn’t even write HEAs??? Straight white men can really get away with anything in publishing. Their reunion was frosty, literally… because the cozy inn they’re staying at is hit with a huge storm and ends up snowed in. And *gasp* the inn can’t find Jess’s room reservation! Will the forced proximity spur their hearts to reopen for each other?
This relatively short romance was full of wit and warm, fuzzy feelings. I easily finished this book in a day (with the help of a phenomenally narrated audiobook). The epilogue, in particular, had me swooning. All I Want Is You is a Christmas romance for those who appreciate the art of creating a spectacular romance book (me, and probably you if you got this far).

Okayyyyyyy after really disliking her last release, I’m happy to say Falon Ballard is back, baby! This was so cute and sucked me right in. Read most of it in the middle of the night. 😅 I adore a second chance romance. It’s like just the second half of the third act break up, which is obviously the best part. I do have ONE complaint, which is that there are two flashbacks both of which were thrown in for no reason other than to insert a spicy scene. I was so annoyed. I like my spice to be earned and yearned for. These were like 🎉 free spice!! 🎉 and felt deeply out of place. No other complaints. Perfect holiday read. Solid 4 stars.