One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery

This book was checked out from library by Traveling With T.

One Big Happy Family

Summary: Please don’t come home for Christmas…

Julie Parker’s kids are her greatest gift. Still, she’s not exactly heartbroken when they ask to skip a big Christmas. Her son, Nick, is taking a belated honeymoon with his bride, Blair, while her daughter, Dana, will purge every reminder of the guy who dumped her. Again. Julie feels practically giddy for one-on-one holiday time with Heath, the (much) younger man she’s secretly dating.

But her plans go from cozy to chaotic when Nick and Dana plead for Christmas at the family cabin in memory of their late father, Julie’s ex. She can’t refuse, even though she dreads their reactions to her new man when they realize she’s been hiding him for months.

As the guest list grows in surprising ways, from Blair’s estranged mom to Heath’s precocious children, Julie’s secret is one of many to be unwrapped. Over this delightfully complicated and very funny Christmas, she’ll discover that more really is merrier, and that a big, happy family can become bigger and happier, if they let go of old hurts and open their hearts to love.

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Susan Mallery books are ones I enjoy reading, but I usually forget most of the plot points in just a short time.

So, I really like picking them up from library!

This was my first Christmas themed book of 2024 and I did enjoy it.

One thing about Susan’s books, some of her characters drift into caricature form (very exaggerated characteristics) A mother of one of the characters was def like that and I will let you figure out who she is.

What I liked:

The cover was really cutesy and I felt it fit the book!

I loved the big cast of characters. Christmas books def intrigue me more when it’s a big cast of characters!

The HEA ending. It’s never a surprise, but a Susan Mallery book always has a HEA ending and I love it.

Bottom line: It’s cute and sweet and enjoyable. It’s like a big pile of marshmallow fluff on top of a perfect cup of hot chocolate.

*Traveling With T checked this book out from the library. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*