The Brands who Came for Christmas is a bit of holiday cheer but the initial meetcute seems overly fortuitous, and the subsequent surprise baby trope seems a bit too conflicting. While the overall feeling is cozy, one can't help but to feel hot chocolate is just empty calories.
Caleb, running away from the path set by his father, had a flat tire in a small town Big Falls, and that resulted in one night of bliss with the small town beauty Maya Brand. But when his father had a stroke, he sped back to the city without a goodbye. But he can't get Maya out of her mind, but he can't disrupt her attempt to fit in as the respectable one... Eight months later, he received an anon photo of a very pregnant Maya. He sped back to town, intending to do the right thing... But Maya is not ready to trust the guy who left without a word... And neither is her family... How can he convince them he's not here to do damage control to his senate campaign, when he hadn't even decided he wanted to run? What happens when the gossip reporter found him in town? What will happen when a blizzard hit, stranding everyone?
Sweet, but this is almost pure "sudden baby" trope, shifting into "secret baby" trope. It is nicely polished with disapproving father, wise mother, a couple of oddball sisters, and a guy who can't quite express himself.. The blizzard seems to be a bit... serendipitous? fortuitous? whatever. But the initial meetcute is really... uh... doesn't make sense? As if both of them just, for no particular reason than they met, chose to throw out all they were for one night of bliss? And is the rest of the struggle really a struggle? It shows polish but for the initial meetcute brought it back down to a "meh". I really wanted to give this 4 stars, but I don't quite feel it deserved it.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Can a prospective senator do the right thing when he found he got a small town beauty pregnant? Will her family accept him?
Overall Rating: 3/5
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