Bajo el muérdago

Escrito por Beth O'Leary

Narrado por Sara Gómez Alonso y Ignasi Burniol

La nueva novela de Beth O’Leary, autora de PISO PARA DOS, es un enemies tolovers lleno de humor y con un irresistible toque navideño.

Harían cualquier cosa con tal de salvar el hotel... salvo trabajar juntos.

Bienvenidos al hotel Forest Manor, un encantador establecimiento en el que tanto los huéspedes como el personal son como de la familia. Excepto Izzy y Lucas, claro, pues la rivalidad que hay entre ellos es tal que incluso les han prohibido coincidir en el mismo turno.

Tras dos años de penurias, tal vez haya llegado el momento de que el hotel cierre sus puertas para siempre. Pero entonces Izzy devuelve un anillo perdido a su dueño y la recompensa que recibe convence a la dirección de que tal vez hayan encontrado la solución a sus problemas. Quedan cuatro anillos más en la caja de objetos perdidos, y recae sobre Lucas y ella la responsabilidad de salvar sus empleos.

Conforme su amarga enemistad va tornándose en algo diferente (y mucho más complicado), ambos comienzan a preguntarse si podría estar en juego mucho más que el destino de su querido hotel... ¿Podrán salir de diciembre con el corazón intacto?

La crítica ha dicho:
«¡Beth O'Leary nunca falla! Me han encantado todos sus libros, y Bajo el muérdago es otra novela romántica maravillosa y evocadora. Beth tiene un don para crear personajes complicados pero sensibles, y después los sitúa en escenarios de ensueño y llenos de encanto de los que nunca quieres marcharte».
Carley Fortune, autora de Todos nuestros veranos y Te veo en el lago

«Esta delicia de comedia romántica enamorará incluso a los lectores más reticentes».
Good Morning America

«Una comedia llena de gracia y ambientada en un encantador hotel del sur de Inglaterra… Si a esto le añadimos un elenco de personajes geniales y un objetivo que es a la vez creíble y emocionante, el resultado es la tierna aventura moderna que los fans de Beth O’Leary esperan de ella».
Publishers Weekly

«Bajo el muérdago pide a gritos convertirse en una peli navideña».
Red

«Esta novela está llena de sentimientos, humor y un toque de magia invernal. Aunque es perfecta para estas fiestas, conquistará a los lectores que adoren el cliché de enemigos, y más con personajes secundarios que brillan con luz propia».
Library Journal

«Un nuevo ejemplo de la comedia romántica perfecta».
Woman Home

«Esta historia de amor entre dos rivales está llena de risas… ¡y pasión!».
The Sun

«Una comedia romántica llena de química, diversión y sentimientos entre una pareja de la que el destino no deja de reírse».
Daily Mail

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Penguin Random House Audio
• Traductor: Eva Carballeira Díaz
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 10 oct 2024
• ISBN: 9788419835345

Beth O'Leary

Beth O'Leary se graduó en Lengua Inglesa antes de dedicarse a la edición de libros infantiles. Su debut literario, el best seller internacional Piso para dos, ha sido traducido a más de treinta idiomas y cuenta con una adaptación televisiva. En tus zapatos es su segunda novela y será adaptada a la gran pantalla, al igual que Rumbo a ti. Sus posteriores novelas, tanto Tres citas con Carter como la comedia romántica navideña Bajo el muérdago, han conquistado también a miles de lectores. Beth vive en el campo, cerca de Londres, y ahora se dedica a la literatura a tiempo completo. Si no está trabajando, podemos encontrarla acurrucada en el sofá con una taza de té, un libro y varios jerséis de lana puestos (no importa el tiempo que haga).

[mickyfine · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

Izzy and Lucas have hated each other for almost a year, ever since last year's Christmas party. But when part of the ceiling collapses at the hotel where they both work, reductions in staff mean that they're constantly working together. The hotel is in wobbly financial shape and there's a good chance it will have to close after the holidays but when the return of a lost wedding rings results in the hotel being given a substantial reward, it motivates Izzy and Lucas to compete to return the other lost rings in the hotel's lost property box. As the pair work to try and save the hotel, they'll discover that maybe all that hatred is hiding another emotion.

A really charming romance from O'Leary that would make a great seasonal read but isn't overly Christmas-y, if that's not what you're in the mood for. Izzy and Lucas' romance is a fun one to follow and seeing how O'Leary manages to turn around the fate for the small hotel they work at is equally rewarding. Recommended.

[birdsam0610 · Calificación: 1 de 5 estrellas]

I found the characters wooden (Lucas) or immature (Izzy) and the plot barely moved in the first 28%. Cute premise, but I don't have the time to sit around waiting for the spark to occur between the characters (felt quite forced) and there really didn't seem to be much else happening than the 'find the lost wedding rings, get a reward and save the hotel'.

Disappointed as I have enjoyed other books Beth O'Leary has written.

[rmarcin-630843 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Izzy and Lucas work the front desk of a resort hotel. Izzy takes a chance and sends Lucas a note to meet her under the mistletoe at the Christmas party. When she shows up, he is kissing her roommate. So, Izzy decides that she despises Lucas. Meanwhile, the hotel is falling apart. When they find abandoned wedding rings, they compete to find the owners, and hopefully save the hotel by returning the rings. As they compete as rivals, they can't ignore the attraction - although they claim not to like each other.
Ultimately, as with any romance, they finally realize that there was a big mistake - and they put their differences aside.
Cute - but honestly, talk to each other instead of assuming things!

[n.w.moors-1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

I loved Ms. O'Leary's previous books, but this one was just okay. I almost DNF'd it as it seemed so slow and contrived, but I persevered to the end because I remembered not liking The No-Show for most of the book, but the ending made it my favorite of the author's books. I put this one down several times but finally finished it.
The setting is cute, but the enemies-to-lovers trope, especially with Izzy and Lucas having sex while still insisting they hated each other, didn't feel good to me. It was pretty obvious right from the beginning that this was all about miscommunication over Izzy's Christmas card, which honestly felt kind of stupid. I'm giving this a very generous 3 stars because I do like the author so much.

[amym3317 · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

Izzy and Lucas both work the reception desk at the Forest Manor Hotel. This season, after a collapse of the upper floor, the hotel is starting to show its age. The pandemic also brought a lot of hardship for the boutique hotel and this upcoming holiday season may very well be its last.

Well, not if Izzy and Lucas have anything to say about it. The two fight like cats and dogs but they can both agree that Forest Manor is like family and they won't let it go down without a fight. Doing everything they can, they begin to sell off any extra items the hotel has acquired over the years, including tackling the lost-and-found room. But when Izzy stumbles upon a box containing people's lost rings, she's determined that they find their rightful owners. After one such owner gifts the hotel with a reward for the return of the rings, everyone else gets on board with trying to find the other owners with hopes of similar outcomes.

Of course, this is the perfect opportunity for Izzy and Lucas to engage in a little competition, but as the hotel cannot afford to hire extra help at the moment, Izzy and Lucas find themselves working nearly every shift together and also find that maybe they've been operating on the wrong impression with one another.

I think this is my favorite book by Beth O'Leary to date. I found it very fun and quirky. It's like the feeling of a small-town romance, but with the hotel standing in for the small-town part and with the bonus of it taking place during the upcoming holiday season. It checks all the boxes.

Even though I figured there's more to the story than readers realize after we understand the setup of Izzy and Lucas's disdain for one another , I was still absolutely glued to the page watching them try really hard to stubbornly avoid their feelings for one another. I like the idea that truly Izzy and Lucas are two different people who do things differently, but that doesn't make either of them wrong, and sometimes their strengths fill in the other's weakness. So they're a perfect pair for one another. Seeing how they each interact within the hotel and how the job and the co-workers mean something different to each of them - but they are all still essentially found-family - was one of the best parts of the book.

I thought the Beth O'Leary did a great job of making the book about Izzy and Lucas but also equally making it about the hotel. Because no matter how far you get into their relationship there is still this looming cloud of potential closure over the entire story as the clock winds down to the New Year.

I think it's one of the more straightforward books I've read by Beth O'Leary. The idea of the rings is catching, but it's not as big of a hook as some of her previous books. But I'm good with that. I sat down with this book and I wanted to be friends with Izzy, I wanted to also work at the Forest Manor Hotel, and I could feel the snap, crackle, and pop of chemistry between Izzy and Lucas jump off the page, they absolutely simmered. Such a comfort read, I'm sad that it had to end, I could have just kept reading this book infinitely.

If you're looking for a feel-good story leading into the holiday seasons, I don't think you need to look further than The Wake-Up Call.