Charlotte Lane can't seem to escape her past as a child actor in an iconic Christmas film. Not only does Charlotte not act anymore, she hates Christmas and now she is being blamed for the cancellation of a second Christmas movie. She can't wait to get out of NY for the holidays and spend time with her sister in London. Unfortunately, she finds herself living out her Christmas RomCom nightmares when she accidentally visits a house that was used in the film she starred in as a child. Its not all bad though, the owner of the house very attractive, bespectacled man. When he hires Charlotte to create a collection of illustrations of Iconic movie sites, Charlotte jumps at the chance to miss out on some of the Christmas outings her family has planned for her. As they visit adorable towns, villages, and hamlets, Charlotte and Graham find that they might have more holiday spirit than they first thought.

A light-hearted but emotional romance, with Waters signature wit and humor. I enjoyed Charlotte and Graham's quick banter and the growth both characters seemed to gain over the course of the book. An all around cozy, fun Holiday romance.

What is your favorite Christmas movie? I have so many favorites! My overall favorite Christmas movie and just one of my favorite movies of all time is It’s a Wonderful Life.

As a nine-year-old, Charlotte starred in what would become a classic Christmas movie. As an adult, she has tried to distance herself from it and become an artist on her own merit. On a visit with her sister in England, she ends up at Eden Priory and recognizes it as a setting from the movie she starred in as a kid. She runs into a man changing into a reindeer costume, Graham, and they strike up a friendship based on a mutual dislike of Christmas. Graham and his family commission Charlotte to create iconic Christmas scenes into illustrations to display to help keep the historic home running. Will Graham and Charlotte have their own Christmas romance?

My thoughts on this novel:
• I loved the look into Christmas romance movies and their tropes. They experienced so many of the tropes including being stuck in an inn with only one room left.

• I enjoyed that slowly through the book, despite hating Christmas romance, Charlotte and Graham soon find themselves living in a Hallmark movie.

• I loved the trips the two main characters take to Christmas locations around England.

• Charlotte and Graham have great chemistry.

• I would love to see this as a movie!

• I have enjoyed this author’s Regency romance, and I thought this contemporary romance was just as fun.

• I also always like love stories that include saving an old historic home.

Overall, Christmas is all Around by Martha Waters was a fun contemporary Christmas romance. I highly recommend it.

Thank you Netgalley for an arc of Christmas All Around. This was a cute holiday rom com. I really enjoyed it. I needed more holiday reads to add to my tbr and this was perfect. I rated this a 5 stars and I would recommend reading it.

This British holiday romance has a dry wit, and some truly quotable lines. I thought it was going to be a second chance romance but instead it was a meet cute take on a Hallmark story.

This book is just what you would expect. It is sweet, simple, and full of Christmas vibes. I really enjoyed our main character and love interest. The only thing that could have made this one better would be dual pov

This is a book I frankly picked because I love Christmas and loved the cover. I ended up loving the characters and their banter around Charlotte and Graham. I’ll plan to reread this one for fun next Christmas!

This is one of my favorite Christmas books out this year. I liked the characters, (the baby and her sister are funny!) and the London and English country manor settings make it feel extra Christmassy.

Charlotte Lane is an artist in NYC. When she was younger, she was in a now-classic Christmas movie that people want to remake, but she’s not interested and she’s getting criticized online. She goes to England to vacation with her sister’s family and draw locations from holiday movies.

When she gets Eden Priory, where “her” movie was filmed, she meets Graham, current owner of the house that’s been in his family for generations. Graham is trying desperately to keep the house going, but money is tight.

As Charlotte and Graham spend time together, they develop serious feelings. Will Charlotte use her celebrity to help Graham? Can they ma a long distance relationship work?

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This is the Christmas book for the casual to indifferent Christmas enjoyer who just wants to try something festive. The main character, Charlotte, had a small role in a beloved Christmas movie as a child and has been running into some issues when it comes out that she has passed on a sequel for it. Since being in this movie, she is a certified Christmas grinch. Unfortunately for her, her sister Amy has roped her into a lot of Christmas activities on Charlotte's visit to England. They accidentally end up at the house where a key scene from the movie that Charlotte was in as a child was filmed and as she is hiding, she runs into Graham, one of the owners of the house. The story goes from there. It isn't overly Christmassy, which is perfectly fine with me as I'm not a huge Christmas person. I thought the romance was cute, though I felt like at moments the two got a little serious in their conversations in a way that seemed kind of forced to me. That could just be because we were kind of in a time crunch with the vacation and there is a little bit of a countdown in the story. Overall, though I thought this was an enjoyable, cute little holiday romance.
3.5 Stars rounded to 4.

I was such a big fan of Martha Water’s Regency Vows series, so I was very curious to see how her writing translated from Regency-era romance to contemporary romance, especially a holiday romance. I have to say she delivered for the most part. The premise of this book is so unique and unlike anything I have ever read: a disgruntled child star who hates Christmas. I also found the love interest of Graham to be very unique and interesting. Not only was he a cute man with glasses, but he was fighting to preserve the home that his family-owned. This storyline was one of my favorites in the book. I love how much Graham's dedication to the house was a representation of his feelings towards his late father. This was expertly done!

I am always very weary of female main characters who are artists as they always seem to be very corny and lack any type of connection to being an artist, the only purpose is to serve as a foil to a corporate girl boss persona. But I found that I really enjoyed that Charlotte was an artist, and that is actually what brought our two main characters together, which served as the reason that they had to continually spend time together. The whole thing felt very much like a holiday movie, and I enjoyed this book as a fun holiday romance. That is until the third act breakup, which I found to be annoying and silly. I am always a proponent of a third-act breakup and a bit of miscommunication as we are reading to see our characters work through conflict and be able to choose each other after it and become stronger on the other side. But, in this case, I felt as if the third-act break was so silly, only served to create a break in the relationship, and didn’t really help our characters. I think there were much better ways for Charlotte to resolve her feelings around the film and also for Graham and her to create a strong foundation for their relationship.

Despite my gripes with the ending, this was a fun and self-aware holiday book that I would recommend!

A little steam with an adorable story!

This was so cute! The main characters were easy to like, even though we only get one POV, and I loved the tour and all the little Christmas spots they visited. The markets, the stores - this story is amazing about getting someone into the holiday spirit! I also love that one main character is tied to a holiday movie. It's a cute read - a perfect Christmas read!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

Christmas is All Around was a delightful holiday read. It was fun to see Charlotte and Graham’s relationship build, along with a cast of interesting side characters and British Christmas time antics. The frame of child star Charlotte who hates Christmas making peace with Christmas movies and her feelings about her early stardom while helping Graham move forward to save his beloved family home. The story was very charming!

In Christmas Is All Around, a former child star of a movie like Love Actually who hates Christmas heads to London to spend the holidays with her sister when she somehow ends up at the location where that movie was filmed. All while she is trying to never think about that movie again and to escape the drama surrounding a possible reboot of the movie.
This one was cute. I loved all the references to the different holiday movies. I loved the sweet romance. I loved the holiday traditions. And the in-laws made me laugh. Did it blend into all the other holiday books that I read? Absolutely. But was it fluffy and light and a good escape after long days and nights at work?

This book is just awful for me. There was no chemistry between the characters. It was just an absolutely boring book.

Thanks to the publishers for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, all words are my own.

I love that the main character, Charlotte, is a former child star in a Christmas movie who now despises the holidays because of that experience. This story just had all the Halmark-y Christmas vibes and wasn't shy about making that clear. I don't think it's one I would read again, but it was cute and I loved the London setting too.

Thank you to Martha Waters, Atria Books and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Christmas Is All Around:⁣
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Thank you @simon.audio @atriabooks for my gifted copies.⁣
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I started this book during my birthday holiday and really enjoyed it.⁣
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For those that don’t do over the top holiday reads but want a bit of holiday cheer, this is the one for you.⁣
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It definitely gives you the Love, Actually vibes that I so needed. It’s one of my favorite holiday movies and the parallels were great. (Stares in Christmas, Truly) I felt like the chemistry was very organic and I enjoyed all the side characters like Charlotte’s sister. ⁣
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Audio was wonderful. It’s actually just one reader, Nikki Massoud, and I highly recommend the audio. ⁣
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I really enjoyed this author's writing. I haven't read anything by them before, but I really got into the story and the pacing of it. The characters were well developed and lovable.

This book is probably for younger readers but it wasn’t good and kept me entertained. It also helped me get into the Christmas spirit

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for a copy to honestly review.

🎄 M E R R Y M O N D A Y review 🎄 featuring “Christmas Is All Around” by Martha Waters!

BOOK REVIEW: 🖤🖤🖤/5

Charlotte was once a child actor starring in a beloved Christmas movie. Her fans have never forgotten her iconic part in the movie! Meanwhile, Charlotte hates Christmas and just wants to move on from her past fame! This one hit wonder is the definition of Scrooge and the Grinch all wrapped into one! Bah humbug!

When word gets out that Charlotte shot down the idea for a sequel of the movie, she flees to London to visit her sister and escape her angry fans. While visiting, she meets Graham who may be exactly what Charlotte needs to get into the holiday spirit!

Read this if you enjoy:
🎁 grumpy/grinch MC
🎁 forced proximity
🎁 witty banter
🎁 Christmas town setting
🎁 Hallmark vibes

Thank you kindly to @marthabwaters @atriabooks @simonschusterca @netgalley for my #gifted digital copy in exchange for my honest review! This book is out now!

This was a super cute, quick, and fluffy Christmas read. I enjoyed these characters and Christmas movie plot! Very fun for Christmastime.

I loved this! I’ve read all of Waters’ regency series and I loved her first contemporary. The setting was perfect and I loved the holiday movie connections. Super fun and festive!