GRR Reviews Blue Christmas by Diane Moody

Blue Christmas reads a bit like a fan's fantasy, and the author's notes explained it did originally start as fanfic for a boyband. The polish and expansion into a full romance novel was well done, and serves as inspiration on how not to look like an amateur.

Hannah was called in to help run the store when her boss was called away on a family emergency on Christmas Eve. Her parents were out of town, and with no one around, she accepted the kind older woman's invitation to her Christmas dinner. She had no idea this woman is the mother of Jason McKenzie, lead singer of "Out of the Blue", the hottest boy band and Jason was Hannah's childhood idol. Meeting Jason in person was a dream come true, and Jason turned out to be so unpretentious, Hannah was smitten. And Jason returned the sentiment. When tragedy struck the band, and one of the band members were admitted to the hospital in grave condition, paparazzi stalked the corridors, looking for ANY bit of news. Hannah now fully realized the pressure when the eyes of the world were upon the band... and that includes her...And that pressure challenges her beliefs in faith and love. Are Jason and Hannah too different to stand a chance at loving each other?

It is quite charming, and the meet-cute was done properly, as it's "just plausible enough" and yet fantastical. The complications provided some good tension and ratcheted up the pressure on their relationship, but you know there's an HEA at the end of the book.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Young woman on Christmas Eve met her childhood idol and star singer; and he liked her back! But can they be a real couple?

Tropes: different worlds, performer, holiday

Overall Rating:  4/5