Synopsis:
Last year, Rachel Bacharach met the man of her dreams at a Hanukkah party — and then her outgoing best friend Tamara swooped in and “called” Oz Caplan for herself. It’s a typical outcome for the dependable, bookish Rachel, who is never able to extinguish the spark she immediately felt for Oz. But being secretly in love with her best friend’s boyfriend all year hasn’t been easy.
As this year’s party approaches, Oz and Tamara break up. It’s a worst-case scenario when Oz asks Rachel to help him write Tamara love letters to win her back in time for their Hanukkah anniversary. Rachel’s been writing love letters to Oz in her journals for a year; she knows all the words he would need. But will Rachel be able to hide her true feelings from Oz any longer? And might this year’s party finally be Rachel’s chance to trust her heart and put everything on the line for love?
Review:
I’m writing this review within a few hours of finishing the book and I legitimately can’t remember what happened. Not a good sign for the rating of this book.
I have to write about spoilers to give my actual opinion on this book, I’m so sorry if you were planning on reading this and I’ve now ruined it for you. But also, I don’t think I’d recommend this anyway so it doesn’t really matter.
If you wanted Rachel and Oz to get together, why bother making him date her best friend for a year first? Just make it unrequited until one of them realises their feelings. It’s just messy otherwise. Even if you had fallen out of love, it’s still weird to allow your best friend to date your ex within a week of you breaking up.
I’ve had a realisation that I’m much harsher on audiobooks than I am on written books. I think having someone read it to me makes them seem cringe-worthy, however, if I were reading it myself, I don’t think it would bother me as much. It’s the random moments of ‘I’m going to say something objectifying or sexual’ that really make me cringe. I’ve never had these types of thoughts, do other people?
I do enjoy that this is a book based around Hannukkah though. It’s the second one I’ve read this year and while it wasn’t the main focus of the book, I do like that it was included.
Eight Winter Nights definitely hasn’t been the worst festive audiobook I’ve listened to this year, but it also isn’t the best.
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