"Snowed In," by Catherine Walsh

Audience: Adult

Genre: Contemporary/Romance, Holiday Fiction,

Overall Content Rating: Unclean

Content Warnings

Crude Language

A few mentions of female private parts

Explicit Romantic Content

Full detail sex scene

Lots of suggestive content

Handsy moments

Mentions orgasmic activity

Moderate Profane Language

d-k

sh-t

God's name in vain

LGBTQ+ Topics

Lesbian relationship

Substance Use

Alcohol: (much of this takes place in a pub)

Drunkenness

Mentions of whisky, wine, beer, and champagne

Smoking:

Mentions of being tempted to smoke (cigarettes)

Overall Review

This book was cute and all, but it got suggestive sometimes, more than I thought was needed. From the beginning, we're introduced to the two characters Christian and Megan, who we know, based on the style of the book, are going to somehow fall in love. From the beginning, there's flirting from one party but nerves on the other side, but as they're pushed together by circumstances of their own making, things get pretty intense. I won't rehash the whole content warning section, but it did have a lot of explicit romantic content by the end.

I went into this thinking it would be just another innocent sweet Christmas story, but boy was I wrong. Yes, it took place around Christmas time, but innocent and sweet it is not in the slightest. While I understand that this kind of book might be appealing to some people, I really didn't appreciate just how intimate things got and how fast they ramped up physically. A lot of it seemed really... obviously sex-centered, even at the beginning, and it just wasn't appealing to me how they were so public about that. Even from the beginning, there's talk between two characters about one being out with sex in mind.

The plotline itself was a classic trope of fake dating turned lovers, but the main piece of the story is them getting snowed in just the two of them. And while it could've been cute and innocent, especially when one of them gets sick... it wasn't. And that was hard for me to read since that's the kind of romance I tend to look for in a book.

Overall, I definitely wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless they're specifically looking for a steamy Christmas read. I was disappointed with this one overall and there's no reason for me to ever look back before getting rid of this one.