All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can't Love (All I Want for Christmas, #4) by Chelsea Bobulski

All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can't Love (All I Want for Christmas, #4) Reviews

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  Maren’s Reads

  Is love a curse or a cure? All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love tells the story of a boy with so much love to give and a girl who doesn’t believe in it. From the moment she aggressively attacks a vending machine over a bottle of water, Jordan knows Savannah is different. Their friendship quickly deepens, but the more Savannah feels a connection to Jordan, the more she pulls away determined that there is no such thing as love, but rather attraction and biology disguised as such. Having grown up with nothing but a family curse that wreaks havoc on the relationships of her family members, Savannah is determined that love will never be a part of her life. Jordan, on the other hand, despite having already had his heart broken, is ready to risk it all again. Paralleling Jordan and Savannah’s story is the equally epic love story of William and Bex, a revolutionary soldier and the woman he loves.
  
  I wasn’t sure what to expect with this book. After reading the provided summary, I knew it was the kind of story that was right up my alley. Within the first few pages I could quickly tell it was better, much better than what I had been anticipating. This was the first book I’ve read from this author, but it definitely won’t be the last. The complexity of her writing, her character development and her plot line all held my attention until the very end. Right from page one, I was lost in the world of Savannah, Jordan and the infamous curse, and then equally lost in the tale of William and Bex told entirely through letter format. Every scene felt like a movie, so well described it was as though I was right there with them.
  
  My only mistake was having read this book first instead of the four that came before it since it is a series. However, it does work as a stand-alone as well and I can easily go back and read the ones that came before.
  
  A charming story that makes you believe in love and magic, this is a perfect book to sit and read by the fire with a cup of cocoa and a cozy blanket. I highly recommend it.
  
  Thank you NetGalley and Wise Wolf Books for providing me with an arc in exchange for my honest review.
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  Alissa J. Zavalianos

  4 stars!
  
  Wow, what a final installment to a wonderful series! This story was sweet like all the others, but it also felt different because of the dual timeline/letters interspersed throughout.
  
  I think even if you aren’t into epistolary writing, this story can still be enjoyed!
  
  The selflessness of Jordan was so sweet. He took care of Savannah so well 🥺 I will say that due to the nature of the plot, I felt a little irritated with the constant back and forth motion of Savannah’s emotions. I know she had a difficult past, so it makes sense, but it was frustrating to read at times. Jordan was amazing, almost too perfect, and honestly deserved the world. But I love how it ended and was SO happy for a church scene with Christmas hymns.
  
  Oddly enough, this story felt the heaviest out of the four. Maybe it was because of the estranged mother-daughter relationship, or the lack of believing in love. Regardless, I adored this story and only had some qualms about a few things.
  
  My favorite part was probably the epilogue!! I miss all those characters 😭
  
  Content:
  A lot of cute!
  One pretty steamy kiss which includes the removal of a guy’s shirt, but nothing beyond that.
  Some minor-semi/strong cursing which felt stronger in this book.
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  Dona

  In the last installation of this series set in the charming Christmas, Virginia, we have a case of a relationship in which only one lover is feeling it. Savannah has been raised by an emotionally unavailable, verbally abusive mother who is obsessed with the fact that she can't keep a man. Is it any wonder Savannah wants nothing at all to do with romance? Jordan, on the other hand, is a preacher's son from a stable family, and feels firm in his relationships both with his parents and sister and his church. There's really no chance these two opposites can make it work...or can they?
  
  The last installation of the series wasn't my favorite, but I really connected with the fmc, Savannah. She's just trying to protect herself without realizing that her enemy radar gear is on the fritz. So she lashes out at Jordan every time she feels vulnerable. This is definitely a case of Grumpy Sunshine and it's pretty adorable! Jordan is a super reliable character, so he's a really good foil for Savannah.
  
  One of the things I love about this entire series is that they all include some kind of serious subject matter that the young characters need to tackle, and I don't mean an election for class president or studying for SATs. Those are important, but they're ho-hum. I mean really important matters-- kids living with addicts and dealing with the law, looking at foster care. Kids with neglectful or abusive parents. Kids who have lost their parents. Kids living in poverty. Kids working full time while attending school. These are issues that deserve time on the page and Bobulski gives it to them. Bravo times a thousand. We need way more YA fiction like this!
  
  Rating 😫🌞😫🌞.5 / 5 grumpy sunshines
  Recommend? Yes indeed
  Finished: January 25 2023
  Read this book if you like:
  😫🌞 Grumpy sunshine trope
  🪢 Complex characters
  💗 YA romance
  🚪 Closed door romance
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  Erin Phillips

  This one 😭 I loved it so much and it wrapped up the collection so beautifully! I loved how it addressed generational curses!
  Savannah was so relatable, how we can be afraid of hope and our need to control often leads to our fears controlling us.
  The historical angle was also so much fun! I loved the letters between William and Bex, and the mystery of their life.
  Overall, exceptionally heartfelt and sweet without losing authenticity. Can’t wait to read this collection again next year!
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  Lindsay Guin

  Cute (and super quick) Hallmark-movie-style holiday read. This is, technically, book 4 in the series, but because the characters were in college, and I purchased the series to potentially add to my school’s library collection, I felt this one might have an issue with content that I should preview. Luckily, it is a fairly clean read. I am sure my 8th-grade Jenny Han book lovers will fall in love with this series.
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  Rose (Adventurous Bookworm)

  WOW!!!
  This book was fantastic and I couldn't put it down.
  I loved seeing the sidestory about the Revolutionary War couple. I really hope there will be a spinoff novel just about them, how they met and all the small details this book did not get into.
  This was by far my favorite book of the series and I cannot wait to see what Chelsea publishes next.
  
  Content: some language, references to mistakes made in past relationships, one intense kissing scene
  
  *I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required.
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  Marisa

  Cute. Loved this installment.
  
  Sad to see these characters go
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  Rachel

  4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.
  
  Let me start by saying that All I Want For Christmas Is the Girl Who Can’t Love is the fourth book in a series. I didn’t know this going into the book, so I read it as a standalone. But even without reading the previous books, I really enjoyed this book. I think this can be read perfectly as a standalone, though I’m sure there are references to previous books that I might have missed reading it this way.
  
  All I Want For Christmas Is the Girl Who Can’t Love is a college-aged, slow-burn romance. Savannah Mason arrives at college as a freshman who doesn’t believe in love, believing that she’s never going to fall in love. She meets Jordan Merrick, a junior, the day that she’s moving in, and as they run into each other a few times, they quickly become friends. As the semester continues, Savannah finds herself helping with Jordan’s archeology dig on the weekends, and Jordan pulls Savannah into his investigation on old love letters written between a Revolutionary War solider and the love that he left behind to fight the war. I’m not going to go further into the plot than that, because it’s a joy to discover for itself.
  
  There’s so much that I loved about this one. Savannah has dyslexia, and I loved that representation in the book and how it showed the difficulty of managing college classes with it. Jordan was my favorite from the beginning. He’s a history nerd in the best way, and the way his friendship develops with Savannah is heartwarming and beautiful. The addition of the Revolutionary War letters and the investigation into what happened to the writers of the letters were a great addition to the book and just as memorable as the story between Savannah and Jordan. The romance was slow burn on this one, and I didn’t mind at all. I had a hard time putting this book down, and this is a book that had me laughing and crying.
  
  I expected this to be more of a Christmas focused romance, based on the title and the description, but the book took place over the college semester, so most of the book happened outside of the holidays. It didn’t make me love those moments in the plot any less, but it wasn’t what I was expecting in the timeline.
  
  Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
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  Angelica Bailey

  Chelsea Bobulski’s All I Want for Christmas young-adult contemporary series comes to an end with this wonderful holiday romance that focuses on exploring the hope and magic of unforgettable love.
  
  Savannah is a college freshman, and doesn’t believe in magic or true love. What she believes in is science, and her beliefs on love coincide with that of what science paints it to be which is just an impulse to reproduce. She has also had to witness every woman in her family ending up broken hearted and insistent on blaming a mysterious, vengeful curse.
  
  But Savannah has determination to rewrite her story, and as far as she’s concerned, she’s never going to fall in love. But everyone's defenses can crack someway by someone. She just hadn't come across him yet. That is until she meets Jordan.
  
  Jordan is a junior at William & Mary and on the fast track to obtaining his life’s goal: becoming the next Ron Chernow. A part of him distantly dreams and imagines that, someday, he’ll have a wife and kids. But his drive at the current moment is to accomplish his goals as quickly as possible. Love can come another day once his career is secure and cemented. But just like Savannah he never expected to come across the one person that could have an affect on him like no one else had.
  
  When they keep crossing paths on campus and Savannah finds herself helping at Jordan’s archaeology site, all their reasons for putting love on the back burner start to blur.
  
  Forged together, they investigate Savannah’s family’s curse on love and explore a collection of love letters between a revolutionary soldier and the girl he left behind. But when they come face-to-face with the truth about themselves—and with the truth about what they’ve become to each other—Jordan’s outlook on love starts to waver, and he begins to wonder if he can convince Savannah that love is real. But will Savannah run before her heart is able to let go of cynicism and believe in the power and magic of love?
  
  This college romance hit me right in the feeling constantly throughout the entire book. This series is truly wonderful, and I think this was a great story to end the series on.  I'm so thrilled to see where the authors writing goes next. Thank you NetGalley for an arc of this book.
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  gabby ✿

  “She laughs—it’s a tiny thing, there and gone, but it makes my heart soar anyway, because I can tell Savannah Mason isn’t the type to laugh just to make a person feel better. If she laughs, you’ve earned it.”
  
  Savannah Mason doesn’t believe in true love or curses, but she believes that love is a science and it’s nothing more than a biological impulse to reproduce. All the woman in her family hasn’t had the best luck with love and ends up being heartbroken which isn’t a problem for her because she has no plans to fall in love. Until she meets Jordan Merrick. A young man that’s always looking on the bright side of things. Savannah and Jordan are complete opposites yet can’t seem to stay away from each other. He wants to prove to her that love is real. Will Savannah be convinced that it’s real and be able to love, or will she end up being heartbroken like all the women in her family?
  
  I’m sad that this was my least favorite out of the whole series ): I wanted to like this book so badly especially after reading the book description but Savannah’s character really bothered me. Her mixed signals towards Jordan and the fact that she kept hurting him, but he still wanted her. Her talk about “love is not real, it’s just science” was infuriating. But Jordan was the best, he was my favorite!
  
  ✨READ IF YOU LIKE✨:
  - dual POV
  - opposites attract
  - unrequited love
  - heroine that doesn’t believe in love x hero that sees the good in anything
  - witty banter
  - family curses
  - dyslexia representation
  - archaeology
  - systems & routines
  - 250 years old love letters
  
  cw: mentions of divorce, death, abandonment, guilt tripping, derogatory comments about women, miscommunication, guilt tripping, emotional abuse
  
  Thank you to @chelseabobulski & @wisewolfbooks for the advanced copy! All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love is available on December 22, 2021!
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  Keeley

  Received from Net Galley for review
  
  RATING: 3/5⭐
  
  REVIEW
  
  I am so glad that I received this entire series from Net Galley. They were all so much fun. The books go along so well together and each book follows a character we have already met before. It is also fun because we get to see the characters from the previous books and see what they are up to after their story. This book followed Savannah, a girl who does not believe in love. I wasn't super excited to read from her because she is my least favorite character in this world. However, I am in love with the love interest, Jordan, and it took me SO long to realize that we saw him in book one.
  
  I love the writing in this book, as well as the rest of the series. Chelsea Bobulski's has some beautiful quotes that I would definitely underline if I had a physical copy. I really want to read more books from her.
  
  This book was fun and the love story was cute, but as stated previously, I am not a fan of Savannah so I was really reading for Jordan. This book also started in September so it took quite a while before it turned into a Christmas story. I definitely wish there had been more winter and Christmas vibes. The epilogue was GREAT, and I am so glad I read this series!
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  Susan Ballard

  In this fourth and final book of the series, independent and head-strong Savannah Mason is excited and nervous about being a freshman at William and Mary University.
  
  But she’s got her work cut out for her, as her dyslexia makes studying all the more challenging. When a Junior named Jordan offers to help her by reading and recording her chapters for her, she wonders why he would be so kind.
  
  Savannah spends time working with Jordan on his history project, an archeological dig site, and the two become friends, poring over old, historical love letters they have found. But Savannah has to stop her feelings from growing, because, well, she doesn’t believe in love; it’s not scientific. Jordan is set on proving her otherwise.
  
  I’m really sad to say goodbye to all the friends from Christmas, Virginia. This entire series was so fun and heartwarming; I highly recommend it!
  
  Thank you to @wisewolfbooks and @chelseabobulski for the gifted books.
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  Natalie

  Oh my goodness that was so sweet! It actually starts in September so the Christmassy elements didn’t come in until the second half of the book or so, just be aware of that going in.
  
  I really liked that this was upper YA (the main character is in her first semester of college and the book begins with her moving into her dorm all the way to the end of the first semester). The depictions of college life seemed more realistic than other books I’ve read too. Jordan was a sweetheart. I liked that he worked in a house museum and loved his job (I have such a soft spot for house museums!). There was no instalove. Instead, there were plenty of sweet moments and a wonderful friendship between the two of them. These books aren’t particularly long, but they pack a punch. I liked seeing Savannah overcome her insecurities and open up to love.
  
  Such a cute read!
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  Kacie

  Thank you to the publisher for sending this book to me in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Really love the characters in this book!! Our MC’s were perfect for each other and I loved all their interactions. The college setting was fun and I love the archeological/history elements. The historical romance love letters were so sweet and made it like two romances in one. Definitely a go-to YA holiday romance for me.
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  Sierra

  
  * releases December 22 *
  
  Reader’s Notes:
  
  – this book is best read after reading all the others (but especially book one!) as we see all the characters again at the end -a year later- and some characters are brought back in this book that we see in book one
  
  – this is told by both Savannah and Jordan (Savannah is now a freshman in college and Jordan is a junior in college)
  
  – the story spans from the start of college (late August/early September) to Christmas Eve
  
  – there are about 10 curse words
  
  – there is a scene where Jordan’s shirt is taken off by Savannah and she almost takes her own off as well (during kissing)
  
  Review:
  
  I did almost take a star off for the shirts coming off (I’m not a fan of it), but in the end decided against it with how short the description of it was.
  
  I liked Jordan’s personality and how we saw that he used to be a different person and worked his way to being better. Chelsea showed this by having things make him think about how the old Jordan would have reacted in certain situations that he encountered and how he chose to do something else to prove that he was different (to himself). I also really liked how Savannah referred to her childhood dreams/wants as her younger self having a fit when she wanted to believe for a second that something was real despite it feeling like a dream. Sometimes we have those dreams that we push back because we allow what the world (or our circumstances) says to affect us and what we’ve dreamed of doing. And at times those dreams can come back like a little person whispering or beating on your heart making it ache over the past hurt of letting it go/wanting to believe again. Overall, this whole book was just plain awesome in how it portrayed a person and their conflicting emotions/thoughts. ❤️
  
  The story…
  
  Savannah refuses to believe that she will fall in love. She knows that love can be explained by science, and that it can be controlled. Which means she doesn’t have to fall in love, nor be a possibility of a ‘victim’ of the ‘curse’ that the women in her family believes plagues them. The curse she never believed in, no, she doesn’t want to fall in love because she saw how love affected her mother when a relationship went bad.
  
  Jordan isn’t looking for a relationship. He was badly hurt by a girl prior to graduating high school and had recently stopped his bad habits that he had used to try and numb the pain she caused him with her actions and words. These habits almost cost him his dreams of studying history in a great college and starting a career of studying history, and he doesn’t want to jeopardize it again with a relationship that could end up hurting him like the last one.
  
  With one chance meeting after another, Savannah and Jordan choose to become friends. Together they get hooked on a history created in love letters from two people during the Revolutionary War. It excites them and makes them wonder what happened past the letters? As time goes on, the two of them start to realize that maybe they like each other a little bit more than friends (which Savannah really struggles with). Jordan takes the opportunity that the letters provide him to try and prove to Savannah that love is more real than the science that she believes.
  
  Will he succeed in convincing her? Will she be willing to let herself believe? What happened to the authors of the letters? Find out by reading!
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  Kaye

  This is the fourth in a clean, YA, holiday romance series. In this one Savannah Mason is starting as a freshman at William and Mary's in Williamsburg, VA. She meets junior Jordan Merrick on her first day moving into her dorms. He is the sweetest guy. Thoughtful and kind, he helps Savannah with her studies when he learns she has dyslexia. Some of the plot involves him trying to convince her that love is real, not just a biological reaction as she believes. Her family life is not a shining example for her. Another part of the story has him researching and looking into a Revolutionary War romance based on letters found in an archeological dig.
  
  The Williamsburg setting is perfect for looking into 1700's. And Savannah is great at being the struggling freshman getting use to roommates and working with her learning disability. (I wish she'd sought out help as there are accommodations that can be made.) The time frame covers the start of school ending on Christmas Eve. I particularly like the epilogue because it catches you up all all of the couples. This is my favorite book in the series. I appreciate NetGalley and Wise Wolf Books for making the entire series available in exchange for honest reviews.
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  Kelly May

  I fell in love with Jordan after the first chapter and im not sure how Savannah was able to hold off on admitting how she felt about him for so long. This book was AMAZING and drew me in so quickly I had read the whole thing in one sitting. Jordan is the ideal love interest to me and he had the vibes of a genuine nice guy who had older values of looking for someone to love and bring a lot of romance to the relationship. I love how the book ties in a lot of the information taken from the classes Jordan and Savannah have to have the history classes and interests play a huge part in their story. It was very new to see people fall in love alongside finding and analyzing love letters from the 1700's. As much as this book is not too much of a christmas vibe so it's perfect any time of year, it was adorable and I can honestly say i'll probably find myself reading it again and telling others to get a copy of this book ASAP.
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  Meredith

  Well, well, well, if this isn't an absolutely adorable book!
  I love nice guys and Jordan was such a nice guy. Savannah was frustrating at times but the author did such a great job explaining her motivation when we were in her head that it made it okay. Mostly. I still had moments haha
  I loved the letters and the parallel they played. I loved his experiment to prove love is real. I liked that they were in college and actually in college. Sometimes I read books and no one goes to class. Uhm, yeah right.
  (PS there is language and some pretty intense kisses)
  Anyways, it's great, comes highly recommended! 5 plus cups of cocoa!
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  Katie Belle

  Cute holiday story about a girl who believes she is cursed to never find love. 4th book in the series and I personally liked it the best. Fun, easy, fast read.
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  Laura

  This fourth book in the All I Want for Christmas series. This time is it Savannah who gets knocked off her feet.
  This was a delightful selection. I really enjoyed the setting in Williamsburg.
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  Danielle Leigh Rose

  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
  
  **I received this book as an ARC for free from NetGalley. All of these opinions are my own.**
  
  College Freshman Savannah is practical, realistic, and self-sufficient. She comes from a long line of women that had their lives torn apart of the mythology of love and Savannah won’t be part of it. To her, love is a false tale of magical nonsense that is better explained by the science of attraction and evolution. She has plans for her future, and the false myth of love will not be part of it. But when Junior Jordan offers to help her carry a mattress into her dorm on move-in day, suddenly she finds herself in uncharted territory.
  
  Jordan is kind, sweet, caring, and compassionate. After a series of bad choices following heartbreak his freshman year, Jordan sets out to not repeat his mistakes, working hard to make the most of his education. He has his future planned out: graduate early, get his PhD in early Colonial Studies and become the next Ron Chernov (author of the book that inspired the musical “Hamilton”). However, meeting freshman Savannah has suddenly rocked his plans.
  
  As Savannah and Jordan get to know one another, they find themselves sharing secrets, building trust, and slowly becoming best friends. But getting too close will have consequences, and Savannah can’t risk her carefully planned future on a biological impulse that won’t last. But Jordan won’t give up on the one girl that has suddenly set his world on fire.
  
  This novel was sweet, endearing, and touching. The characters are developed well, and their backstories unfold in a natural way without overwhelming the reader. The dialogue is well written, realistic, and flows with authenticity. I found this to be refreshing, because many times YA Romances are the opposite. Although this novel is the last in a series, I don’t think you need to read the previous novels to follow this one; the epilogue is the only place I felt a little lost because I didn’t know most of the characters. The only two things that I didn’t like were the ending because it wraps up all the conflict way to quickly and neatly in a very rushed fashion, and that it’s really not a Christmas story. Most of the story takes place between August and November, with only a tiny bit at Christmas. There were some heavy emotional things occurring that get wrapped up quicker than Christmas presents—and I found that disappointingly unrealistic for a novel that I found refreshing BECAUSE it was realistic. But, overall, I really loved this book and it made me want to go back and read the others.
  
  
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  Dallas Tenn

  Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love in exchange for an honest review!
  
  This is the fourth instalment in the All I Want For Christmas series. Overall, I enjoyed these books and had a fun experience reading them. There were things that I really liked in this book and things that I wasn’t sold on. Firstly, Jordan, Savannah’s love interest, was perfectly written. I fell in love with that character from the first moment he stepped into Savannah’s life. He was completely charming, caring and he was a complete catch. I found myself getting frustrated with Savannah more and more as she continuously pushed Jordan away because of her outlook on love and her belief that it doesn’t exist. Apart from this, I thought Savannah was a great character. She was extremely relatable and funny, and it was cool to see someone with a learning disability get recognition as a main character. It truly seemed as if both of these characters would do anything for one another, and we see this when Savannah comes to Jordan’s aid at the dig site during the storm. This scene was super intense and I think the author did a great job of creating suspense on whether or not the Jordan would find the hidden love letters and make it out to tell the tale.
  
  I’ve always loved how the books in this series cross over and feature some of the characters we’ve seen before. I did read these four in order, but I liked how each of the books were independent enough that they can be read out of order and the story doesn’t necessarily get impacted. I think that this fourth book was very cute and I loved seeing how the two main characters interacted with each other throughout the story, whether meeting for study sessions at the library or working together at the dig site.
  
  I’m happy to have read each of these stories and would recommend them to fans of young adult small town romance novels. I appreciated that each of these stories were fairly short and easy to get through. I would definitely read more content from this author in the future!
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  Jessica

  A heroine (Savannah) that doesn't believe in love. Plus a hero (Jordan) who can't let himself get distracted by love; not again. Throw in a two-hundred-year-old love story that's ending is a mystery? Sounds like a Hallmark movie, and honestly, this book gave me the same good feelings that those movies give me. There is nothing I like better than curling up on my couch and turning on the Hallmark Movie channel during Christmas and getting to enter the world of Savannah and Jordan was just as good.
  
  Savannah and Jordan felt like a real couple, in the sense of their meeting and how they progressed from friends to that unknown in between of friendship but maybe something more was realistic. Savannah while a little too perfect in the descriptions of her appearance, Chelsea humanizes her with the addition of a character that many people face and struggle with on a daily basis. And I think she handled it in a respectful way that describes it in a way that makes it understandable to those who don't have it. The plot didn't feel rushed or forced, the internal dilemmas that they faced over working through their respective feelings felt natural and not like they were added in to draw it out or create unnecessary drama.
  
  When I first picked the book up I didn't realize that it was part of a smaller series, but until the epilogue, it reads as a stand-alone, and even the epilogue blends all the other stories together. So you can read them as standalone, but I think after this I'll go back and read the others in the series.
  
  Overall, it was a sweet and cozy read to prepare for the holiday season.
  
  I received a copy of this book from Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own, and I am writing a voluntary review
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  Andge (Down the Rabbit Hole)

  Rating: 3.5 stars
  
  It’s not often I find a protagonist who dislikes love as much as Savannah did in All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love, but I can understand why she has guarded herself from the emotional/higher power aspect of love beyond the scientific mechanism of hormonal chemistry in our bodies if it meant losing herself seeing how her mother does with each boyfriend.
  
  I really enjoyed the dual POV between Jordan and Savannah. If I wanted a cute, romantic story that showed us love can be more, can actually be like magic, then this is the one to read. Jordan can definitely woo a girl and has the maturity of the college-age boy that he is, which is rare in YA novels.
  
  The archaeological aspect where the two of them try to figure out the mystery behind a couple from the Revolutionary War era was a great way to look at history in the beautiful colonial Williamsburg (which I really need to visit someday) and to showcase love beyond genetic survival. As a scientist, I can understand how some people may like to think of it in this way, but as a hopeless romantic, I am 100% like Jordan too, rooting for love in every way.
  
  One quick shoutout for the rep in highlighting Savannah’s struggle with dyslexia that cannot stop her from pursuing her dreams to be a travel writer someday. I love that it focuses on how studying can be hard for her while also not letting it be a foregone stumbling block to her dreams.
  
  The ending wrapped well, with plenty of faces from the whole series that connects us full circle. I love seeing everyone together. Also, Jordan made a cameo in book 1 (that was SO cool) so it really is a full circle moment and I’m super glad I read this series in time for Christmas.
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  Ria Sharma

  Can you imagine a sweet and christmasy love story where the main character doesn't believe in love? And not just in a I don't want be in a relationship I'm happy single way....she believes that love exists but it's not just what everyone claims it to be and at some point she'll even have you convinced that it's all just science and hormones!! And she's not completely wrong is she... There is lot of science involved with love maybe that's why this book was so captivating, enrapturing curiosity spiking and easy to read!
  
  Personally I could really relate to Savannah and the struggle she was facing, everything she was going through was really relatable! Don't get me wrong I do believe in love infact I love everything about love and still I could see myself in Savannah so that's saying something!
  
  Jordan... Ahhh I don't have words for that guy he's just perfect the perfect gentleman! He really did belong to different time!
  
  I definitely wasn't expecting to have the pleasure of reading not one but two love stories through this book! Specially one filled with mystery and heartbreaks!
  Jordan and Savannah's obsession with those letters made me obsessed with them too! And the somehow magical way savannah kept stumbling across those clues? If that doesn't make you believe in magic idk what will.
  
  Also, the way their story connected to Graham and Piper's? I mean I knew there was a relation but watching everything come together with all the stories connecting and the Epilogue!!!!! It was so sweet. I'll be re-reading this whole series a lot of times for sure because I'm just not ready to let them go!
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  Lucy (LucysLumos)

  "What chance does a guy like me - dependable, strait-laced, boring me - have with a girl who could make the stars stand still at the mere mention of her name?"
  
  In this fourth installment of Chelsea Bobulski's "All I Want For Christmas" series, we follow Savannah and Jordan through Savannah's first semester of college as she struggles with adapting to dorm life, new roommates, and juggling a college course load while managing her dyslexia. Jordan steps in to help Savannah with her history work and also takes on the task of proving to her that love is real - not just a product of biology and hormones, but also a magical feeling. Savannah resists Jordan's help - both in love and history - as she cringes from the idea of love and the family curse on love her mother believes haunt the women of her family. As Savannah helps unearth the secrets of Jordan's archeological dig site, Jordan helps unearth the magic of the love they feel for each other.
  
  A cute story about young love, interwoven with a historical love story that Jordan and Savannah follow as they discover hidden love letters from an earlier time. I enjoyed their banter and their opposing views on the magic of love.
  
  Check this one out if you are looking for:
  - a light-hearted, Hallmark love story
  - YA/college romance
  - grumpy / sunshine dynamic
  - historical love letters with declarations such as, "When others lean away as if I am the oddest creature they have ever had the misfortune of encountering, you lean in, as if I am the most fascinating woman to have ever walked the earth."
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  Beckah brooks

  Thank you Chelsea Bobulski and Wise Wolf Books for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my thoughts. Where do I even begin with this book, it was amazing!
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  The plot of this book was so interesting and really kept me glued. I needed to read more, needed to stay up late until I could finish it. In this book, Savannah, who we have had the chance to hear a little about in Bobulski’s companion novels, is off at college doing her very best. She struggles to keep up because of her dyslexia. However, a cute, romantic boy named Jordan had shown up at the right time and is always willing to lend a helping hand. It all seems so cute, but there is a hitch. Savannah doesn’t believe in love. She views it as something completely scientific, avoidable. So Jordan sets out to convince Savannah that love is real.
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  As the weeks at college pass, we get to see so much. There is romance, college work, an archeological dig site, 200-year-old love letters, Christmas, cute banter, self-realization, friendship, and so much more.
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  I never wanted to put this book down. I wanted to sit by the fire with a cup of tea, and this book all day. But I managed to go about my business, sneaking in reading as often as I could. When I did finish the book it felt so gratifying. The story wrapped up so nicely, I was legit squealing. It not only wrapped up this book, but it wrapped up the other three novels in this companion series. It has been a dream to read about the people of Christmas, Virginia.
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  Dani Martinez

  The perfect book for the holiday season. Or any season honestly.
  Met and exceeded the expectation I had.
  The girl who can't love and the guy who is more than willing. The perfect combination for a heart-felt quick read.
  I love this combination, I'm used to the locked-up boy and the girl that melts his heart but this is so much better.
  You know a book is good when a character's actions have you on the edge of your seat on the verge of throwing the book across the room. This book had that and it made my heart warm in all the right places, and it also made me mad for all the right reasons. I was feeling everything these characters were feeling, frustration, hurt, fun, happiness, love. Frustration again. Fear.
  Fear.
  I could FEEL Savannah's fear through the pages. If there's one thing that I absolutely loved and appreciated in this book is the character's development and reasoning behind their actions.
  Gut-wrenching, honestly. But beautiful.
  And can we please talk about the historic passion this guy has? Because I was genuinely invested in the letters.
  A love story within a love story.
  Perfection.
  And the fact that he was more than willing to help her read the textbook.
  This is why I like fictional men better than actual men.
  4.6/5 Would recommend
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  Cassey

  I received a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
  
  This was my least favorite of the series. I didn't find Savannah as charming as some of her predecessors. She is a much harder character having dealt with more childhood difficulties, such as a whirlwind mother and believed curse of the family. It is the most "adult" of the series. I say that meaning that Savannah is in college, not in high school. She doesn't believe in love. The women in her family have a supposed curse to never be able to stay in love. She strongly believes in the science behind strong connections, but that is put to the test when she meets Jordan. They have a strong connection and he pushes her to really feel for the first time. But she continually pushes him away. I think there would be many a people who would relate to Savannah and her continuous trials. She struggles and that is so many people's college experience, even though it might not be to the level that Savannah is dealing with. I will say I did really like the historical mystery that Jordan is trying to resolve. It was a nice story within a story. In the end, Jordan and Savannah really worked together but I didn't find myself cheering as hard as with other characters in the previous books.
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  Sarah Evans

  Book 4 in an interconnected series of contemporary young adult romance novels with a Christmas theme. Each novel highlights the importance of understanding yourself when entering a relationship, having a supportive circle of people in your life, and that true love is bringing out the best in each partner.
  
  Savannah has made it to the prestigious William & Mary campus, determined to create a successful future for herself, one based on logic and science and not tainted by the "love curse" that the rest of the women in their family blames for any problems. But the independent Savannah soon finds that building her future may require relying on others. Enter Jordan, a successful upperclassman similarly driven to be a world-renowned historian. Their paths keep crossing just when Savannah needs help the most and Jordan's kindness surprises and warms her. As they work together on an archeological site from the Revolutionary War, a love-story from the past may light the way towards a new love based on friendship and mutual respect. But can Savannah and Jordan trust each enough to try? Highly recommended for ages 12 and up.