Book Review: ‘The Ex-Mas Holidays: A Novel’ By Zoe Allison

In Scotland, it’s almost time for Christmas, for Maya it’s moving back in with her parents. She broke up with her boyfriend, and lost her job. Now she has to put up with her overbearing father, and her sister, who she has issues with. Sam is a ski-instructor, and works part-time as a naked waiter for parties. When Maya stops at her friend’s house on the way back, she’s shocked to see him working. He broke her heart ten years ago, and he claims she broke his heart. Turns out someone broke them up before they got started, and neither of them know the truth about what happened back then. Maya gets her out job back at the ski-resort, and she and Sam are together a lot, and become friends. One night when Sam is drunk, he blurts out his truth, and they soon compare notes, and figure out what happened back then. They decide to give each other a shot, but to do that, they need to put their current issues, and past issues behind them, and it could end up being a very Merry Christmas for both of them. This is a really fun rom-com, with two characters you root for to be together. Being in Scotland helps out the story (I love how they talk there), and there’s fun supporting characters. Fans of this genre, and Christmas novels, will love this one.

You can pick up The Ex-Mas Holidays in stores on Tuesday, September 26th from Berkley.