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The Christmas Clash
The Christmas Clash | Suzanne Park
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Who's naughty and nice at Riverwood Mall? In this hilarious YA holiday rom-com, two rivals get together to save their families' livelihoods, and Christmas, too! Chloe Kwon can't stand Peter Li. It's always been that way. Their families don't get along either: their parents operate rival restaurants in the Riverwood Mall food courtKorean food for the Kwons and Chinese food for the Lis. Now it's the holiday season and Chloe's the photographer at the mall's Santa's Village, and Peter works at the virtual reality North Pole experience right across the atrium. It's all Chloe can do to avoid Peter's smug, incredibly photogenic face. But it turns out the mall is about to be sold to a developer and demolished for condos. Eviction notices are being handed out right before Christmas. Their parents don't know what to do, and soon Chloe and Peter realize that the two of them need to join efforts to try to save the mall. Just when it seems like they can put aside their differences and work closely (very closely) together, they discover that the Kwon and Li feud goes far deeper than either of them realize...
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OriginalCyn620
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Chloe and Peter have never gotten along-a result of their parents long-standing feud. But when they learn that the mall in which both their families restaurants are located is slated for possible demolition, they come together to try to save their family livelihoods. This was cute but predictable, and I would‘ve liked more holiday festiveness. Soft pick.
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Eggs
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Chloe Kwon and Peter Li don‘t exactly get along well…even their parents are hostile to each other. The 2 families are barely making it financially at their respective shops at the town mall. Then they‘re notified that their shops have to leave; so Chloe and Peter work together to save the businesses…between a pick and a so-so
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kimmypete1
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This was a book club pick and I hate not finishing the book club books but this one (and this author) just isn‘t for me.

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LibrarianRyan
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3.5 ⭐ This is a fun and cute read. It is a YA romcom. While it is set at Christmas, this book could be placed at any other time and the story would still be the same. I think selling it at Christmas is more of a marketing ploy, then integral to the story. This story is about two teenagers, whose families do not get along. It‘s not quite a Hatfield and McCoy type thing, but there is a business deal gone wrong decades ago. ⬇

LibrarianRyan These two teenagers have been raised very similarly. They have both been raised in the food court of the mall where both their parents‘ run restaurants. However, malls are a thing of the past and many are closing down, disappearing, being torn down, etc. and this mall is no exception. However, these two teens are going to find a way to save the family business and save the mall. This book was a bit of a slow start. It sets out to make you think it 2y
LibrarianRyan it‘s going to be an enemies to lovers trope and it‘s not. This book is one that many will read for the holiday cover and title, but it will be a flash in the pan that is not found on library shelves in a few years. Overall, I did like it, but I would‘ve taken the Christmas out of it and set it at a different time. Say the end of the school year. and in all honesty, On my Hallmark movie scale, this is pure Nickelodeon. 2y
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julesG
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Panpan

YA romance
Enemies to lovers? The two MCs got on well early on. 🤔

Not for me.

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sebrittainclark
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3.5/5

Chloe and Peter's families are restaurant rivals in the Riverwood Mall food court, but with the mall facing potential demolition, Chloe and Peter have to work together to save the mall by Christmas. This is a very fun holiday read. I enjoyed all of the side story lines and how everything went together in the end.

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AshRaye
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Mehso-so

There wasn't really anything special about this book. It was just okay, but it isn't the worst thing I've read. I wish there had been a little more of a Christmas feel to it.

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TheBiasedBibliophile
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I will say that many of the characters were well-written. Sadly, I was expecting more from this story than it offered. It‘s clearly supposed to focus on the enemies-to-lovers trope, but I felt like neither the enemies aspect, nor the lovers aspect, were done well. While I read an ARC version, a lot of the writing was incomprehensible, which drew my attention away from what was happening in the novel.