Title: The Holiday Swap

Author: Maggie Knox

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021

Genre: Romance

Pages: 352

Rating: 4/5 stars

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When chef Charlie Goodwin gets hit on the head on the L.A. set of her reality baking show, she loses a lot more than consciousness; she also loses her ability to taste and smell—both critical to her success as show judge. Meanwhile, Charlie's identical twin, Cass, is frantically trying to hold her own life together back in their quaint mountain hometown while running the family's bustling bakery and dealing with her ex, who won't get the memo that they're over.

With only days until Christmas, a desperate Charlie asks Cass to do something they haven't done since they were kids: switch places. Looking for her own escape from reality, Cass agrees. But temporarily trading lives proves more complicated than they imagined, especially when rugged firefighter Jake Greenman and gorgeous physician assistant Miguel Rodriguez are thrown into the mix. Will the twins' identity swap be a recipe for disaster, or does it have all the right ingredients for getting their lives back on track?

A fun and madcap style holiday romance for this year. This was very predictable, but I still really enjoyed it. Sometimes what you need is a nice and predictable romance for the week. I really fell for Cass and loved following her storyline. Charlie has me annoyed at her as a few points in the story. She seemed to not take the assignment as seriously as her sister. But everyone and everything came together at the end. I just wish that we had a few more chapters to sit with the two relationships at the end of the book. (But that’s really my constant complaint about these types of books.) Overall, a lovely Christmas romance and I need to watch the movie version soon.

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