A Very Merry Ex-Mas by Kimolisa Mings

Holiday Tale Left Me a Little Cold

In this story about Travis and Aijah, the college sweethearts are brought together in an unlikely circumstance near Christmas. Aijah’s boyfriend recently broke up with her, and she is spending the holidays separate from her family because she doesn’t feel like facing them after another failed relationship. Travis has come to the cabin in the woods to ruminate on his decision about whether to move forward in his relationship with his longtime girlfriend or break it off. Their past relationship was undone by heartbreaking misunderstandings and a lack of communication. When the truth comes to light, will they rekindle their old relationship?

I found this book a little confusing because of the weird names that the author uses for some of the characters and because the author had so many characters both from the hero’s and heroine’s past and present. I felt like I had to use a scorecard to keep track of everybody and what role they functioned in the story. I felt like this novel could have used some tightening to make it a little better as parts seemed repetitious. Having just read a lovely little holiday romance, I found this one left me a little cold.