Helena Greer

In this book, the heroine is content with her life as a destination inn co-owner until the hero returns back home. The hero is a famous celebrity chef that wants to make amends to the important people he left behind, but he has a lot of obstacles along the way. The heroine and the hero must learn lessons from their pasts to have their happy ending. Hopefully a customer's wedding and five dates will be the start that will help them in this journey.

This is the sequel to another Helena Greer book focused on the other pair of owners of the same destination inn that this book's couple also inherited. To truly have a whole image of the important figures in this series, it should be read in order even though each book gave enough information to enjoy each book by itself. Even with information provided in each book, I still wanted more details added to get a better understanding in certain areas of the book. I liked the focus of mental health discussion and the various representations shown in the book, but I felt a little dissatisfaction with certain aspects that could have been explored a bit more. There was a nice set of characters within the book, but some personalities were not as favorable reading about in the story. Overall, it's a nice book but it did feel like it needed something more in my opinion.


** Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions and thoughts in the review are my own. **… (más)

When her aunt dies, Miriam Blum goes from her perfect new life in Charleston, SC back to upstate New York to see her long-estranged family. Noelle Northwood had carved out a comfortable niche for herself at the Christmas tree farm of Miriam’s aunt but that all comes crashing down when the two women find the farm has been left to …. Both of them? How could a bisexual Jew and a lesbian alcoholic-in-recovery possibly run a Christmas tree farm-slash-inn together when they can’t stand to even be in the same room???

Not particularly strong characterization and definitely not my favorite romance, but you know what? I read the last 2/3rds of it in one sitting and I haven’t been able to do that in years so that’s worth a whole extra star.… (más)

"You were sleeping, in a castle. And you were behind all these obstacles, to keep yourself from waking up"
"And now I have to decide whether to stay awake or go back to sleep"
If you are big on enemies-to-lovers stories that explores the themes of dealing with the ghosts of the past and found family, it is highly likely you will enjoy reading Season of love by Helena Greer.
The plot revolves around Miriam Blum, a bisexual woman who not only has built a successful life as an artist, but also is engaged to an equally successful woman who seems to be Miri's life partner. However, her world turns upside down when she gets a phone call saying that her Great-aunt, Cass, has died. As a consequence, Miriam has to go back to Cass’s Christmas Tree farm, Carrigan’s, to sit shiva where she has to deal with the ghosts of her past and the gorgeous farm manager Noelle, who hates her.
What I particularly like about the book is the author’s sparkling style: Greer's beautiful prose allows the reader to both get into the story and empathize with the characters. The less you know about what the book is about, the better since the story is full of unexpected moments the reader has to stumble upon while reading it. If I do have one minor criticism though, it is the length of the chapters. Were I the author, I would replace the dividers for a new chapter.
Long story short, I would highly recommend the novel to those who are looking for a beautifully written holiday romance novel. The reader is bound to devour it in the blink of an eye and be touched by some of the book's beautiful lines.

TW: mentions of alcoholism, parental abuse, grief, referenced antisemitism and biphobia.… (más)