Review : Ex-mas

Posted by kay on December 20, 2009 12:24 am in 3.5 stars reads | 5 comments

Ex-mas by Kate Brian
Pages : 216
Genre : YA, Holidays
My Rating :

From the back of the book :

Seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith’s parents just left for vacation, and Lila’s all set to throw the holiday party of the season. But when her Christmas-obsessed little brother, Cooper, discovers that global warming is melting the North Pole, he and his best friend, Tyler, take off on a runaway mission to save Santa.

Lila has to get Cooper safely home before her parents get back on Christmas Eve. But the only person who can help her is Tyler’s older brother, Beau — a.k.a. Lila’s musician, anti-everything ex-boyfriend.

It’ll take more than a Christmas miracle for Lila and Beau to overcome their differences and find their fugitive brothers. But could a journey destined for disaster help these polar opposites fall in love…all over again?

I’m supposed to be working on my last final right now, but I really wanted to write this review before Christmas (it is a Christmas book after all!)

There really isn’t much to say about Ex-Mas, except that it was a really cute story! It was exactly what I wished it to be : a fun romance with an holidays theme, a little humor and some “awww!” moments. While it didn’t reinvent the genre and was quite predictable, it was still entertaining enough to be a good read. I would describe it as a comfortable kind of predictable, and I really enjoyed it.

Cooper and Tyler were adorable, too, and I would have loved to hear their side of the story. I’m not sure how believable it is that those two little boys would get on a train and get this far all by themselves, but their quest to save Santa was such a sweet idea!

Brian’s writing was nice, too, all in simplicity. The pace felt just right, and reading the book was like watching a fun holidays movie – it’s also the perfect reading length to read on a snowy afternoon with a hot cup of cocoa!