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CHRISTMAS TREES & WEAK KNEES

KATRINA EMMEL
Big Sister
4/5 star rating

4 Stars

Paisley was born to be a song writer. After an unfortunate performance where her stage fright gets the better of her, she avoids writing music like the plague. Kash has a serious case of writer’s block. He’s been signed as a solo artist after being booted from the band he started. When the label pushes Kash and Paisley to work together, the two resist, but their shared love of music just might bring them together.


Christmas Trees & Weak Knees was a cute, young adult romance. I enjoyed my time reading it. I thought it was easy to read and the story flowed seamlessly. Paisley and Kash were both entertaining characters. Almost from the very beginning, I wanted them to succeed. Their passion for music was inspiring. I love a book with characters like these. The description of their songwriting process was really interesting. I know nothing about this subject, so I found it fascinating.  There were also many references to country music artists and their music, and as a fan of country music I thought that was fun.


I really enjoyed the enemies to lovers element to the story. I also really loved Paisley’s discovery of herself as she went through the process of writing music with Kash. As far as the Christmas vibes go, I’m going to give it a 3/5. Sure, there were holiday themes throughout the story. They were living on a Christmas Tree farm for crying out loud! Paisley spent a lot of time working on the farm and there were a few activities that took place, but the overall story didn’t scream ‘Christmas’ to me. The story was much more focused on the character’s music. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves country music and sweet romance.

Middle Sister
4/5 star rating

4 Stars

This was a really cute book! I was pleasantly surprised by the emotional maturity of our two main characters, Paisley and Kash. For a while I was severely concerned that we weren’t going to get a third act break up because they handled every situation before it like mature adults! Fear not, we get a third act break up, that I dare say was kinda mature.


I really enjoyed the song writing aspect of this book. After watching Songland and Hitmakers, I have been interested in the song writing process. It was fun to see that worked into the storyline of a book.


As far as Christmas spirit, I can only give this book 2 out of 5 Christmas trees. Yes it took place on a Christmas tree farm, they went caroling, cut down trees, had hot chocolate… but the bulk of the story was about song writing and could have taken place anywhere at any time of year and still been a great story. The Christmasy aspects were interchangeable. So if you are looking for a Hallmark level Christmas story, this ain’t it.


But, this is a fantastic book! I highly recommend it! And, I can’t wait to read more of her books!

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Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children’s Books, and Katrina Emmel for the ARC we received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are completely our own.

Content Warnings (may contain spoilers)
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CONTENT RATING

LANGUAGE

3 on a scale of 1 to 5

Moderate amount of swearing. No F words. No S words.

VIOLENCE/GORE

1 on a scale of 1 to 5

None.

SPICE

2 on a scale of 1 to 5

There is a male/female relationship with kissing.

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