Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced copy of this book.

Natalie and Dean, who are done with serious relationships spend the end of every year gate crashing Christmas parties to get them through the holiday season. Free food, free booze, lots of single lonely people. Dean's usual wing man is his brother and Natalie’s is her best friend and roommate Rose. This year however, both sidekicks are otherwise busy so Dean and Natalie decide to crash the parties solo. But when they start crashing the same parties, the war begins…..

Really likeable characters and great fast paced story. A little predictable in places but definitely worth a “festive” read.

I can't believe I'm admitting it, but I actually liked a Christmas romance novel.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with Christmas. No particular reason other than years of working in customer service for online retailers, it just somehow sucked the love of Christmas right out of me. I never got to enjoy the holidays in the way that other people have. So, this year, with no longer working in retail customer service I decided to put my Scrooge feelings aside and jump on the Christmas bandwagon and with that I decided to pick up a Christmas themed novel. After reading a review from my friend Ashley, this novel piqued my interest. I'm very glad that I gave in and picked up this novel from NetGalley. It was so much fun. This novel in many ways reminded me of Wedding Crashers, but with the opposite sex. While I was reminded of Wedding Crashers, it has it's own originality to it.

Natalie Taylor is an Event Coordinator/Party Planner, and this gives her access to all the best holiday parties of the season. There's just one problem, if her boss, Mick the Dick, ever found out she would never work in the party planning business again. So, she has to be vigilant and follow very careful rules to avoid being detected, the first and most important is to always stick to her alias, Nicole Porter; never share personal details. Her best friend and flatmate, Rose, sadly did not follow this rule, that's how she met her fiance, Tom. This year, things are different, with Tom in the picture Nicole no longer has her crasher in crime. This year, she's flying solo. It won't be easy for Natalie, this time of year never is. After losing her Mum just minutes before Christmas morning, her and her mother's favorite holiday, she has guilt of enjoying anything Christmassy. Party crashing is her only way to enjoy the holidays guilt free... as Nicole Porter, not Natalie Taylor.

Dean Fletcher, a wealthy and successful IT software developer, is also hip to the party crashing scene. He's the developer of the software used to create the guest lists. This makes it easy for him to add himself to the guest list. This year, Dean is also flying solo, his brother is also recently engaged. This is not a problem for Dean, he's a ladies man, and flying solo is definitely his thing. After being left at the altar 10 years ago as a young man, Dean has sworn off being attached and ever getting that close to a woman again.

It's the first party of the season and Nicole is stuffing her handbag with free food ever so discretely, or so she thought, as she's looking around she catches the gaze of a guy across the room. "Busted" but the guy just smiles and shakes his head in amusement. "She waited for him to wave over security, or maybe even a waiter, but all he did was eye her from her silver pumps, all the way to the sequinned neckline of her royal blue dress. He lingered on her chest and she told herself that the increase in her heartrate was down to the stress of almost getting caught plundering, or maybe even indignation caused by the way he was ogling her." As if being caught stuffing food in her handbag wasn't embarrassing enough, on her way out, she runs into Mr. Perfect and a pretty, petite redhead coming out of the men's room. In order to catch herself from falling, she drops her handbag full of canapes. The redhead leans down and picks up her bag and hands it over. 'Sorry, I don't mean to be rude', the redhead said wrinkling her nose, 'but did you know you smell a bit beefy?' Dean can't help himself, and he bursts out with laughter.

What a nightmare, the first party of the season couldn't have been worse, determined to put it and her flatmates new engagement out of her mind, Natalie is going to make the best of the next party. That is, until she sees Mr. Perfect (Dean) there. It's at this point that Natalie and Dean both realize that something is up, what are the chances that they would both be attending the same party again? They are both crashing, and someone is bound to take notice. Dean is claiming his turf, but Natalie is not giving in. "I didn't see you pee on the walls so what makes you think this bar belongs to you?" And so the war begins. Dean and Natalie set out to stake their claim at party crashing, neither determined to lose. Only, neither realize they're in over their head.

This novel starts out with a lot of fun while the war is on, but even has things take a turn and become more serious, there is still some lighthearted humor in there that continues to make the novel flow. It's very much a romantic comedy. I found the characters to be very endearing and the dialogue genuine. There was only one thing about the novel that irked me if you will, and that's the unspoken connection between two of the main characters that is later revealed in the storyline. It's obvious early on in the story, but it's not revealed until later. I'm not sure that this worked to add much to the storyline, other than some unwanted eyerolling. Personally, I would have rather there been a couple more chapters of pranks between Dean and Natalie. All that aside however, I did really enjoy this novel. I even shed a tear for Natalie during her struggle to get over her Mums loss. It's a very touching story of love and loss. I'm definitely interested in checking out some more of Aimee Duffy's work.

I want to thank NetGalley, Harpercollins UK, and Aimee Duffy for the chance to read this novel in exchange for my review.

The Office Christmas Party was the perfect feel-good book for this time of year. It was warm, romantic and essentially wrapped up everything with what Christmas is all about - spending time with your loved ones and opening your heart to new experiences and people, to let any old hurt go. I'd recommend it for light festive reading.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was a wonderful and light-hearted read. I loved the characters and it truly was a fabulous escape. I would highly recommend this book. It follows Natalie and Dean, who both have been hurt by their past. Natalie is an events organiser and to get through the Christmas season, crashes events she has planned. Dean is also a party crasher and their paths cross.. It was so wonderful to see how these characters eventually learn to trust again.

Natalie works for a company that organises events and parties and is very undervalued and underpaid. She loves to gatecrash the parties that she organises and enjoy all the special details. She gets to meet another person who seems to be gatecrashing the same parties. Although she isn't instantly drawn to him- the spark soon hits them and it's great to read about the parties they go to and as they get to know each other better they are really drawn to each other.
Dean was left by his fiancee on their wedding day and it has made him wary of commitment and as they get to know each other better will it be the stumbling block. As you read you have the feeling you know where a certain storyline is going to develop but it is still great to immerse yourself in the story and enjoy the read.

Although I’ve seen the author’s name before, this is the first book by Aimee Duffy that I’ve read. I will definitely look out for more books by her.

The plot – and how Nat and Dean meet – is a novel idea, and one which really worked. I suppose we guess quite early on that Nat and Dean will probably end up together, but that happens a lot with this genre and isn’t unusual!

Personally, some parts of this book were difficult for me because I have a terminally-ill parent, so part of me wishes that I hadn’t tried to read it, but the book had gripped me early on so I wanted to finish it. I’m glad that I did, because it was a great story, but if you have lost someone close around Christmas, then you might be better reading it at a different time of year (you don’t have to read Christmas books at Christmas!).

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperImpulse for an ARC in return for a fair and honest review.

Nat and Dean meet when they keep crashing the same christmas parties. Instant attractiosn but they are both with baggage so how long will this last?

A well written Christmas romance. I enjoyed the plot, characters and the author's style of writing.

I chose this book because I wanted an easy read with a Christmas feel to get me in a festive mood. This book did exactly that. Although some parts of the story were a little predictable, I didn't mind as the characters were mostly well drawn. There were a few shades of grey which took me a little by surprise but in all, I enjoyed this book. I would look for more books by this author if I was in the mood for some frothy escapism. Thanks NetGalley!

Natalie is an event planner and despite being unable to celebrate Christmas after her mother’s death, she loves crashing office Christmas parties. Tech whizz Dean has created an app which controls guest lists at events, and often adds his name to the list so he can pick up women. The pair run into each other after both crashing the same party and sparks fly.
This has an interesting premise but develops into a super-cheesy read. Both characters over-explain their reasons for party crashing and the situations they find themselves in result in more groans than giggles. Great cover though!

If you like cute christmasy books, you will love this book! It was cute, fun, and very enjoyable. The story was really good. I really liked the characters. It made me feel really warm and cozy. I'm really glad I gave it a chance. My only problem was that it was predictable.

What a funny book, if you like unusual but funny books and not so much women's fiction but you need something to laugh at, this is that book....
I would like to thank Netgalley for the chance of reviewing this as well.
So, we have two single people Natalie and Dean who do not know each other of know of each other. To get through the season of Christmas both tend to gate crash Christmas weddings..... But each of them take their side kicks but not this year so they find themselves gate crashing at the weddings but come to realise each other are doing the same thing.....
Now firstly, these two hate other, then it turns to lust and then they're in love. You can get what happens next in reading a few pages but it depends on what kind of book you enjoy. It was very funny and some jokes that they played on one another had me laughing so hard.... So funny, Christmas gaming book, a really giggle fun read.

Heads up for those who want a spicy Christmas novel. Nat and Dean meet, well, cute, when they are both gate crashing Christmas parties. You can guess what's going to happen but that's ok because Duffy has written a hot fluffy rom com. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. This is a fast, entertaining read that's perfect for a rainy day.

Its cold outside and I wanted nothing more than to snuggle up with a warming Christmasy book and this book was just perfect. I read it in two sitting because it was that good.
Natalie and Dean have had their fair share of heartache over the years, so when it comes to christmas they find the best way they can to get through it, they gatecrash Christmas parties. They have this amazing fun chemistry together that makes the read enjoy watching their relationship develop. They also work very well alone and both are very likeable characters.
This kind of book is perfect for a cosy run fill romance with a saucy twist, that separates it from run of the mill christmas stories.
Lighthearted and fun, its ticked all the boxes. The cover is great but could also be read as a saucy romance at anytime of the year, the chrisms feel just gives it that extra bit of sparkle.

This was a light-hearted read typical of the genre. A nice, Christmassy read!

Fun romantic Christmas read. A quick read that will put a smile on your face. I loved reading this and got me in the holiday mood. It has touching moments. Definitely add this to your Christmas reading book list.

This started off well for me but barely a third of the way through wandered way off track. What began as an entertaining, if predictable, romance novel went all 50 Shades of Grey on us, I liked the tension between Nat and Dean when they first met, each crashing Christmas parties to assuage their own demons, but the moment they actually got together, it all went sideways. I really struggled to get to the end of this one.

If you love fifty shades of grey you will love this book. I couldn't put it down, I loved all the characters in this book especially the intensity between Dean and Natalie. This book will have you welling up with tears in one chapter and laughing in others. I was willing for them to get their happy ever after. It is a little predictable but that didn't bother me especially when all the characters are so easy to love. A great book to read and one for the bookshelf.

If you like your Christmas romance to be sensual and spicy then you will definitely enjoy this festive offering. The office Christmas party gets a 21st-century makeover. Both Natalie and Dean crash other people's office parties as someone else. It's a way of escaping the problems in their past that seem so much worse at Christmas.

The storyline is simple and the characters are glamorous but there are poignant sentiments under all the glitz and beautifully written cameo characters, the horrible Mick a is a particularly nasty boss and Dean's mum is certainly lacking in maternal instinct.

The festive season polarises happiness and sadness more so than any other time of the year and this story explores why this is for Natalie. The dialogue is natural and contemporary and the romance sizzlingly. Definitely, something for the Christmas stocking to warm you up.

I received a copy of this book from Harper Impulse via Netgalley in return for an honest review.

It's unclear when this book is due for release especially in digital format but hopefully, it will be soon.

I enjoyed this great feel good book.
We meet Nat who can’t face Christmas so she gate crashes Christmas parties throughout the party season thinking she’s the only one to do this, soon enough she bumps into another gate crasher Dean who has his own reasons for gate crashing these parties. The trouble is is there enough room at these parties for both of them, or will they get more than they anticipated.
A will they or won’t they fab read.