Blog tour ~ book review: My Secret Snowflake by Kathy Strobos

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3.5⭐
Genre ~ romantic comedy
Series ~ New York Spark #3
Others in the series ~ My Book Boyfriend, Love Is an Art
Setting ~ New York
Publication date ~ September 12, 2024
Publisher ~ Strawbundle Publishing
Est Page Count ~ 310 (37 chapters +e)
POV ~ dual 1st, present tense
Featuring ~ workplace drama, cybersecurity, lawyer, slow burn, no steamage
Author Content Warning: She has an ex who cheated on her, but that’s not on page

Iris & Sebastian are coworkers in different departments at the company Dream. Both are fresh off of a bad breakup and not looking to jump into a relationship and want to remain single. Since their best friends are in a relationship they run into each other quite frequently when not in the office, so their attraction towards each other grows.

There is much more on the workplace drama front as a company then there is on workplace romance. The romance is pretty slow burn, but not so slow that we don’t have a dreaded conflict. Both characters frustrated me at times, but they were cute together. I enjoyed it when they did the scavenger hunt because there was a perfect balance of who knew what in order to complete it. There are a great group of side characters, and some not so great, of course, that do a good job of rounding out the story.

All in all, I enjoyed it, I just wish it wasn’t the first book I’ve read in the series.

Series notes:
Book 1 and 2 characters make quite a few appearances, so I’m not happy that I didn’t read them first because now I know what’s up with how their lives play out. Also wondering if Iris and Sebastian were in the previous books with their exes.

Book blurb:

Burned by love, Sebastian has sworn to remain single, but he may have just met his match.

Sebastian: Being single is under-rated. No inexplicable mystery of love for me. I admit I’m attracted to my co-worker Iris—and not just because she was wearing glowing cat paw underwear. But even though she’s breached my first line of defense, I’m set in my Grinch ways.

Iris is the Secret Snowflake for her perfect man—who is definitely not Sebastian.

Iris: No more naughty heartthrobs for me. Catching my rock star ex cheating cured me. All I’m asking Santa for is my work bonus and a nice—dare I say boring?—guy. And that’s my Secret Snowflake recipient: Ernest. But now our company has been hacked, and secrets abound. I’m working around the clock to figure out who and why—with our aloof, but oh-so-attractive company counsel, Sebastian—before I get a stocking filled with coal for the holidays.

The last thing I should also be trying to decipher is him. I know I can trust Sebastian to help me. It’s trusting my heart that’s the problem.

When things are definitely not what they seem, sometimes it takes the light of the holidays to reveal the clues to love.

Purchase Link – https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Kathy-Strobos-ebook/dp/B0CZK66BP1

https://books.apple.com/us/book/my-secret-snowflake/id6480318813

Author Bio – Kathy Strobos is a writer living in New York City with her husband and two children, amid a growing collection of books, toys, and dollhouses. She previously worked as a lawyer before switching careers to write romantic comedies full-time and get in shape. She is still working on getting in shape.

Born and raised in Manhattan, she loves writing about New York City and her smart heroines who live and fall in love there, amidst its vibrant energy and the aroma of homemade chocolate chip cookies. She is the award-winning author of: A Scavenger Hunt for Hearts, Partner Pursuit, Is This for Real?, Caper Crush, My Book Boyfriend, Love Is an Art and My Secret Snowflake.

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