My New Crush Gave to Me

Today's post is on My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff. It is 264 pages long and is published by Swoon Reads. The cover is red and the words are stitched like a sweater. The intended reader is someone who likes cute love stories and Christmas stories. There is mild foul language, no sex, and no violence in this book. The story is told from first person close of the main character Charlie. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Charlotte 'Charlie' Donovan knows exactly what she wants for Christmas: Teo Ortiz. He's the school's star athlete, in the National Honor Society, invited to every party, contributes to the school paper (where Charlie is co-editor), and is about to be featured as One to Watch in a teen magazine basically, he's exactly the type of guy Charlie s meant to be with. The only problem he barely knows she exists.
But Charlie is determined to be Teo's date to the Christmas ball. And she has a plan: To rig the paper's Secret Santa so that she can win his heart with five perfect gifts. But to do that she needs help. Enter J.D. Ortiz Teo s cousin, and possibly the most annoying person on the planet. He's easy going, laid back, unorganized, spontaneous, and makes a joke out of everything the exact opposite of Charlie (and Teo). But he's willing to provide insight into what Teo wants, so she s stuck with him.
Yet, the more time Charlie spends with J.D., the more she starts to wonder: Does she really know what, or rather who, she wants for Christmas?

Review- This was  just the cutest story to read over the holidays. Charlie is so cute, I just loved her. J.D. I had to warm up to, he is always late and he never listens to Charlie, so I understood how annoyed Charlie could get with him. But of course he has a pure heart and a terrible crush on Charlie. The writing is good, with good world building and lots of little details to make Charlie and her friends feel very real. The characters were the strongest part of the story with Charlie at the center but J.D. and her other friends being so believable and the Christmas tone of the story just adding sweetness to the plot. I really enjoyed in this novel and I look forward to reading more by Petroff.

I give this book a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.