Review: Snow Day: Heart of the Storm\Seeing Red\Land's End by Shannon Stacey

Snow Day: Heart of the Storm\Seeing Red\Land's End by Shannon Stacey 

Expected publication: December 31st 2013 by Harlequin (first published December 3rd 2013)

Paperback, 320 pages

Series: Stand-Alone

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Heat Rating: Kissing to somewhat Steamy-ish

Source: From the publisher through Netgalley in exchange of an honest review!
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Summary from Goodreads

Tucker's Point three-day forecast:  stormy with a chance of romance. Prepare to be...

HEART OF THE STORM by Shannon Stacey

Brody Rollins is back in tiny Tucker's Point, Maine, for the first time in five years, and now he can't escape...from former neighbours, old regrets or maddening glimpses of his ex-fiancée.

SEEING RED by Jennifer Greene

Stranded at her grandfather's seaside cottage, Whitney Carr prepares to face the blizzard alone. But unexpected help soon arrives-in the form of her secret high-school crush.

LAND'S END by Barbara Dunlop

Tessa Ambroise is desperate to ditch the charming, infuriating hotelier circling her late aunt's century home like a vulture. But the snow piling up outside the mansion puts both their plans on hold.

When a child goes missing, this perfect storm of cramped quarters and freezing temperatures brings old flames and new acquaintances closer together...but will they go separate ways once the sky clears?

Three different stories about different romances, all taking place during the general time at this little town called Tucker's Point.

A snow storm is coming and the little town is under emergency. People are getting snowed in, losing power, and a little girl has gone missing.

Cute. I read a book like this last year actually, that happened around the same event but was written by three different authors telling the stories of different people and what's going on with them around the same event. I really enjoyed it. Thought Snow Day was done much the same, I have to admit this was not my favorite of the two nor the favorite of the holiday's/winter reads.

Thought the stories were kind of cute, this book for some reason just did not work as well for me. I thought it moved a little slow and there just wasn't enough to keep me entertained. Thought I enjoyed the idea, I almost rolled my eyes when the second story of the book - the whole plot behind it felt like the first one. Both of the women got dumped by the love of their life out of the blue. Actually, kind to think of it. The third story is much the same, except the woman did the dumping.

Anyway, it didn't feel very original. I did like some of the characters, but nothing really stuck out to me. Especially not the reasons for the break-up. Take for example the last story, about Tessa and Colton. She broke up with the poor man after he proposed to her because he was way too perfect and she doesn't want him to be perfect. So she acts like a baby to prove her point to him, and in the end she was making my head swim with her excuses. Why let the relationship get that far then? The fact that she told him that she couldn't explain what she meant was making my head hurt.

It wasn't as Christmasy as my other reads this season and although this one stop short for me, I am sure other's would enjoy the slow but sweet romances.