The heartfelt holiday conclusion to the Kavanagh Legends family saga revisits all the couples that readers have fallen in love with throughout the series. An angsty and loving Christmas novella, it’s the perfect goodbye to these Irish MMA fighters and a glimpse into what the future holds for them.With the Christmas season fast approaching, the entire Kavanagh family is feeling anything but the … feeling anything but the holiday spirit. Commitments are questioned, relationships are tense, and bickering is nonstop.
However, when a crisis strikes and the family realizes that they might lose one of their own, they’ll come together to remember the reason for the season is first, and foremost, love and family.
NOTE: This novella contains a short story about Rory & Clare Kavanagh, plus two excerpts from other Sarah Robinson novels, at the end. The holiday novella itself is 35,000 words.
With their own heartwarming HEAs, Sarah Robinson’s Kavanagh Legends novels can be read together or separately:
BREAKING A LEGEND
SAVING A LEGEND
BECOMING A LEGEND
CHASING A LEGEND
KAVANAGH CHRISTMAS
“Fans of Lori Foster’s SBC Fighters series will love the MMA atmosphere of [Sarah] Robinson’s Legends.”—Library Journal
“This endearing story showcases Keira and Quinn’s easy banter, familiar warmth, and unquenchable heat.” – Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, on Chasing a Legend
“One of my favorite MMA books to date.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken, on Breaking a Legend
“Those Kavanaghs really know how to make a girl swoon.”—New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans
“Saving a Legend is a gripping and sexy MMA romance with characters you’ll be rooting for long after you finish reading. Buckle your seatbelts and get ready for one amazing and hot story from Sarah Robinson.”—New York Times bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills, on Saving a Legend
“Raw, sexy, and romantic, Becoming a Legend is another perfect, steamy read about the heartwarming Kavanaghs.”—Kate Meader, author of the Hot in Chicago series, on Becoming a Legend
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The perfect end to an amazing series
Having read all the books in the Kavanagh series and followed the highs and lows of their journeys to find both love and their place in the world. This Christmas takes place several years after the last book finishes and is the perfect way to wrap the series.
I can’t wait to see what Sarah Robinson takes us next
WHAT.AN.ENDING! Even though I shed some sad tears, this was a beautiful end to a fantastic series. Not only do we get to catch up with the entire family in this holiday novella, the author went even farther with adding an extended summary of where the family is in the future. I’m sad to be saying goodbye to the Kavanagh clan but they got the farewell they deserved.
***Spoilers please don’t read if you don’t like spoilers***
Well I have been putting off writing this review for 3 days now. I have been trying to decide how to rate a book that had me all over the place with my emotions. I have loved the Kavanagh’s since book one. All four of the books before this one and the novella got a 4 or 5 star from me. I was so looking forward to this book. I figured it would be a little cute Christmas novella that would make the way for Jimmy or Casey’s book, but nope. I was so disappointed to read at the start of this book that this would be the last book of the series. That this book takes place years after the last book and would touch on the whole family and then wrap up the series. I was really looking forward to Jimmy’s book and Casey’s. So I started this book on a bit of a sour note knowing I wouldn’t be getting two books I was looking forward to. A couple pages into the book and I was back into my happy little Kavanah world enjoying this big loud Irish family. I settled in for a nice sweet holiday story but instead I got some sweet with a lot of tears and heartbreak. Why Sarah Why???? I love Sarah’s writing style and her yummy heroes but I couldn’t handle all the sadness this book gave me. First off it felt like one long depressing epilogue. As this book starts years after Quinn’s and then covers 12 years into the future. Though there was good stuff in this read like sexy time with my favorite couples, New babies, and new relationships(Casey and Jimmy)the heart break overshadowed all my happy feels. This was suppose to be a happy Christmas read I didn’t want to read that Rory and Clare six year old son gets cancer and has to battle cancer for many years having to suffer pain and life long health issues from the chemo. Nor did I want to read about Seamus and Dee dying. OMG they are the heart of the family. I cried like for real I cried. I have fell in love with big gruff Seamus and super mom Dee. They have been a big part of every single book in the series they can’t die. They have to live forever and live HEA! Now because I did enjoy about half of the book I gave it 3 stars. But to be honest I felt sad and disappointed after I finished it and I really wished I hadn’t read it in the first place so Dee and Seamus would still be alive in my head. Don’t take my silly over emotional opinions on this book. I am definitely the minority in my rating and feelings since all my friends loved it.
Oh. My. Please, someone hold me up before I collapse and fall into the abyss!! Kavanagh Legends are over!!! *loudly ugly crying*
Kavanagh Christmas is the finale of this epic and most definitely favorite series whose stars were the swooning, panties-destroyers Kavanagh brothers. If you don’t believe me, all you have to do is start it and if you haven’t become addicted, then something’s wrong with you! Just kidding. Not. :p In this short book, the whole Kavanagh clan is gathered to celebrate Christmas. From Dee and Seamus to Rory, Clare, Kieran, Fiona, Kane, Nora, Jimmy, Sophie, Quinn and Kiera to all their Kavanagh heirs. And when they all gathered together, it’s sure that you are going to get a whiplash of emotions. There is not even the need to argue. It’s a fact.
And damn if I wasn’t breaking down bit by bit by the time I finished it. Honestly, don’t let the size of it fool you. Such a short book had my whole emotional defense destroyed and surrendered in seconds. But then again, when it comes to The Kavanaghs, all they need is only just a few pages to sweetly break you and make you theirs forever and ever. Chapter after chapter, I was gathering happy moments, steamy moments (Phew! These Kavanagh men know how to have me in knots!), heart-wrecking moments (s. Murphy, Seamus) and in general… MOMENTS!!! And then that Epilogue comes and I am left destroyed while crying happy tears. If that doesn’t make you want to start the “Kavanagh Experience” right away, I don’t know what can.
“We’re Kavanaghs. We can do it all”
All my all-time-favorites couples in one story. How more delicious can it get? Just hearing about all of them again after all this time, had my heart beating faster and faster with the excitement of the reunion. An excitement that I would never change for nothing on this world and one that 200000000% certainty I will miss so damn much! There is nothing worse for a book lover like me to realize that one of your favorites series, on which you surrendered your heart, has reached its finale. But all these Kavanaghs will in eternity own to its core a big part of my heart.
PS: I AM ALREADY PRAYING FOR MORE OR SPIN OFFS!!!
OK, I cannot tell a lie. I did not read the first four books of this series. Yes, I know, spoilers and all that. In my opinion this is a good thing regarding my review. I am going into this book totally blind, no preconceived perceptions of the book. This is the first book I am reading by Sarah Robinson, and let me tell you I am VERY MUCH blown away by the depths of her story. Kavanaugh Christmas is an EXTREMELY emotional read. There are many times that Ms. Robinson brought me to tears of anguish and happiness. One of my all-time favorite parts the graduation…. I cried like a freaking baby!!! Sorry, no spoilers. I fell in love with every single character in this book, so much so I WILL go back and read the first four books to find out how this wonderful series started.
I was gifted with a copy of this FREAKING FABULOUS STORY from the publisher via NetGalley.
Thank you for reading my review.
5 BEAUTIFUL KAVANAGH STARS!! A beautiful touching conclusion to the Kavanagh’s stories. I have loved the Kavanagh’s and sad to see it end, but what better way then a Christmas celebration. This book has all the feels and will pull on your heartstrings. If you haven’t started this series what are you waiting for. Sarah Robinson is one of my favorite authors and I can’t wait to find out what is next. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book from via NetGalley.
KAVANAGH CHRISTMAS is the fifth and final instalment in Sarah Robinson’s contemporary adult KAVANAGH LEGENDS romance series focusing on the Kavanagh family of MMA fame.
Told from several third person points of view KAVANAGH CHRISTMAS is a novella that follows the Kavanagh family as they prepare for the Christmas holidays. Seamus and Dee Kavanagh have finished raising three healthy boys, and a foster daughter, who have grown into successful men and woman with families of their own but life isn’t always easy as each son will continue to fight a personal battle-together and alone.
Sarah Robinson wraps up the Kavanagh Legends with a look at the individual families: their struggles; their successes; their dreams; their futures and their losses. An epilogue will fast forward the series twelve years; the author will wrap up the character development with a look at ‘where are they now?’. KAVANAGH CHRISTMAS ends at 51% in the ebook ; the author adds a short story/excerpt focusing on Rory and Clare set between Becoming a Legend (Book 3) and Chasing a Legend (Book 4), as well as a look at her latest release NUDES.
KAVANAGH CHRISTMAS is an emotional read, not only because it is the last in the series, but the author doesn’t hold back on the heartbreak, pain and potential grief of a family who has battled, lost and won, and who must continue to battle, once again. The premise is impassioned and dramatic; the characters are familiar, animated and energetic. A dramatic, reflective and intimate look at a close-knit Irish family.
OH MY! I’m not sure what I expected going into this book especially knowing it was the last of the series, but I can tell you that I didn’t expect my heart to hurt as much as it did.
This story starts off with Dee’s point of view, as the matriarch of the Kavanagh family she has always been the backbone that not only keeps the family going but the person that is the true heartbeat of the family. I love the Kavanagh family and while I love each of the couples for various reasons I absolutely love Dee and Seamus.
This story takes us on a holiday journey with each of the couples through various points of view, there are happy times, sad times, ecstatic times, and downright gut wrenching times, but through it all is the deep seeded love of the entire family.
I would advise you (the reader) to keep some tissues with in grabbing distance because there a few moments that just sneak up on you and before you’ll have tears streaming down your face just like I did, I also had a few hiccuping sobs at a certain point of the story (believe me you’ll know what I am referring to when you read the book).
I am sad that this series has come to an end but I can honestly say that Sarah Robinson did a wonderful job with wrapping up the series with Kavanagh Christmas, we find out what happens to each of the couples and get a little peak into the future as well. Please keep in mind that this series must be read in order with Kavanagh Christmas as the final book because it is a total spoiler for any of the books that have come before it.
**I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book**
So this is how a heart breaks. The Kavanaghs do everything big, including love. Therefore, it’s fitting that they would say their goodbyes the same way they waved hello. Loud and proud. Ms. Robinson created a family that is far from perfect and have seen their share of heartache, but are grounded by love. They need each other, just like fans have come to need them. Cheers to the love, laughter and hard earned happily ever afters.