Kind of odd to say, but this was just a little too short, sadly.

Ah, right, I actually made random notes as I read.

"She had barely recovered from Thanksgiving before they managed to pull another surprise on her." (Kindle Location 37). - Hate comments like that. Makes me paranoid that I missed a story or something. I keep glancing over at GoodReads to see if there was some Chase & Rowan story I missed. I know of no story that includes Thanksgiving.

"As for the St. John family, everyone— and he did mean every one, was expected to pack up and head out to Arizona to spend Christmas with Stacie and Maria." (Kindle Locations 42-43). - Oddly, that very very vaguely pisses me off. It doesn't lead me to think "ooh, being allowed in on family stuff because you be family now" but leads me instead to "you do this, you have no say in the matter; this and nothing else is your only option. DOOO ITTTT." But it's only a vague wiggling of my ears, ready to be all annoyed. Chase is acting too goofy and smiley for it to annoy me too much, though.

So. Two notes I made. I very wordy, me. heh. Usually Christmas-y stories, and family gatherings make me all happy and tingle, and give high ratings. This time it, and maybe this is a credit to the writers, maybe, this time it felt too real. heh. Like, I don't actually like family gatherings in real life. And that bit about how everything was basically scripted out, without a script, at dinner was just annoying. Claustrophobic. And the oddly fighting siblings, and the . . well, I stop now. Just certain things annoyed me. ( )