Recently I read Tif Marcelo’s The Holiday Switch, a Christmas romcom published in October of 2021. I received it as a gift shortly after it’s publication, and while it took me some time to get to it, I read it relatively quickly. As usual I’ll list the pros and cons of this novel, and give my rating at the end of this post.
The Pros:
A responsible and hardworking, yet still fun and creative, main character.
A polite and funny love interest!
The MC is a book blogger! Not only that but she also utilizes what I like to call the “pros and cons format”, just like I do.
Lots of cute scenes between the MC, Lila Santos, and her love interest, Teddy Rivera.
The importance of internet safety!
Cons:
I found myself having a difficult time remembering and picturing what the characters looked like, and having to double check the cover art for reference. What I recalled off the bat was that Teddy apparently had nice muscles, and Lila had dark hair.
It seemed slightly improbable that Lila would not have noticed that they swapped phones, instead thinking that she had cracked her screen etc.
This book deals a lot with family, from secrets to resilience, traditions and new-forged paths, as well as with friendships new and old, all based around many’s favorite holiday, Christmas. Although, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, or it isn’t your favorite holiday, you could still enjoy this book as Christmas (and specifically religion) are not major factors that play into this book and how it unfolds.
Keeping this review short, I’ll leave you with my recommendation, and for the first ever Tif Marcelo book I read, an eight of ten star review (which translates into four of five for those of you on Goodreads). Well done, Ms. Marcelo, and thank you to fellow bookstagrammer Cynthia for gifting me this wonderful book.
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