New Year's Day

Lancaster Prep #5.5

by Monica Murphy

Catch up with all the couples from the LANCASTER PREP series!

‘Tis the damn season for wicked snowstorms, which means the annual New Year’s Eve celebration that’s held at Whit and Summer’s estate is completely snowed in. With no guests able to arrive, the Lancasters decide to invite their young children to attend the party and make it a true family event.

Revisit your favorite couples from the Lancaster Prep series and get to know their children in this special holiday themed novella! PLUS read an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming novel ALL MY KISSES FOR YOU, featuring Crew and Wren Lancaster’s daughter, Willow!

Genres: Romance, Dark Romance, Novella, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Holiday, Christmas

78 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 12, 2023

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Reviews

[annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was supposed to make me feel happy and adore the kids, but seriously it left me hating them so much! 💀 Monica should leave this world once and for all.

❝I’m too nice, and I never want to hurt someone’s feelings.❞

I don't know why, but little Willow is already getting on my nerves. I don't think I can survive her book, she's talking like she's a 17-18-year-old teenager when she's just a KID.

❝People say I look like her, but I just don’t see it. It doesn’t help that I’ve got braces on my teeth and I’m flat-chested. Wren Lancaster is the farthest thing from flat-chested.❞

I- sorry whooooooo thinks like that at the age of 12? She better stop thinking that she's tooo good to be true or...

Rowan and Beau are also offspring of CrewWren.

Whit's pov, for once, was tolerable, but his son AUGUST is being a carbon copy of him despite having nice parents. This bitch better behave and stop acting like his father because he's already on my shit list. Iris is being too standoffish. Vaughn is nice... i like his name.

Carolina and Weston have twin daughters 🥺💕, but their names are so weird (Paris? Pru???).

Pru Fontaine??

Sylvie's son, Christopher is mature, and he's going to be the nicer one! I just know it.

Arch and Daisyyyy gonna have a son too lol! yaya

I'm hating willow, Iris and August sm 🤡 No reasons

[mariana ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 ⭐️ this novella was so cute, loved to see the entire family getting along and also the new generation of the lancasters! cant wait to finally read their books, i just cant get enough of this universe and these characters 🤍

[charisse ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5✨️

Meh! I just feel poor after reading this.

[Alexis Lupercio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quit it rn!!!

ALL THE KIDS?!?! 🥹

ALL THE LANCASTER MEN😍

Just ALL OF THEM IN GENERAL🫶🏽

Ugh this was cute. A cute little novella on the holiday, but with the POV from Whit, Wren, Crew, Sylvie, Carolina, Arch, and of course the two girls, Willow and Iris.

I cannot wait for the kiddos generation!!!

August is going to be just like daddy Whit. NO DOUBT.

Willow being a sweetheart just like her momma Wren 🥹


Iris will be the death of Whit that’s for sure.

Ugh can’t wait to hear more about all of them!!!

[kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

it made me cry seeing all of them together. i have a special place in my heart for found family tropes and seeing them all together with their kids was the sweetest.

wren and crew are still my favs and are absolutely adorable

but on a serious note who names their kid PRU whole her twin sister is named PARIS???

[Talina Jacobsen · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

MILKING THE CASH COW but this was still super cute it's like an extended epilogue scene

[Hannahhh ;) [free palestine]]

Pre-read:
Omg I want to read this desperately!! I love the lancasters so much so this is an absolute must read for me.

Review:
~3.5 stars
A really quick read, but a cute edition to the Lancaster series. It was a little weird reading from the perspectives of some of the kids, but it’s a Lancaster Prep book so I still can’t rate it badly.
I loved getting to read about all the couples again- Arch and Daisy especially because their chapter was the cutest. Ngl I did struggle to remember the family tree a little, and which kids were Whit’s and which were Crew’s 😅.

Side notes:
- Why are the twins named Paris and Pru? Because those are honestly the worst names ever 🤮.
-And why did the 10 year old child drink champagne 🤨🤨. Like what the hell?!

[Munsaka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this on New Years Day

[May ✿ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely adorable.

[Jess 🦋 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just what I needed! A cute short story to fill my heart with this generation on Lancaster Prep Couples! And it was so nice to get to know the kids coming in the next gen!

[Ofra · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much fun to meet and read about the couples and their kidds... preparing you for the books about the next generation??

[yvette ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so cute and while I was reading this I was listening to my playlist and for the epilogue New Years Day by Taylor Swift came so that made it so much more fun to read🤭

[Kaylee Wooldridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

what was the point of this book? they already had their happy endings

[Kaitlyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

boring

[jasberry☻ · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t even know why I choose to read this to begin with. This was so not necessary (for me)

[Jesmin Nawaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved seeing the Lancaster Prep couples with all the kids!! I cannot wait for the next generation! I loved how the kisses were a constant and very present in Crew and Wren's story with Willow. Crew as a girl dad is fun and will be hilarious with her dating I'm sure. Loved seeing Sylvie as a mom but wanted more of that.

[Sookies Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book pulled at my heart strings!

I loved everything about this novella. I felt like I was at the New Years party with a bunch of friends and fami)y. It was so much fun to re visit all these characters from the Lancaster Prep series. I smiled the entire time I read New Years Day.

[Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

weird names (who tf names their twins pru and paris??) also why’s there no Summer pov??

[jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read of 2024 finished. This was such a fun novella. I loved getting to see all the Lancasters and their children together. I loved that we got multiple POV’s in this. I just love this universe and all the characters so much. I’m excited to see where the next generation series will go after reading about all the kids in this.

[Nay · Rating 4 out of 5]

REVIEW POST - Book 78 of 2024

New Years Day by Monica Murphy

Look at all the Lancaster Prep kids all grown up, throwing big New Year parties of their own, with their champagne and butlers and all their little next gen elite running around.

What a lovely way to round off the series while getting us all excited to read about the new kids on the block! Looks like I'll be reading more Lancaster's in 2025!

[Kay Daniels (Kay Daniels Romance) · Rating 5 out of 5]

sweet holiday novella

A sweet reminisce of all the Lancaster’s and a little peek into the next generation. Just a taste of each couple as they brought in the new year and a glance at how this next generation is coming up.

[Wrenie · Rating 5 out of 5]

LANCASTER’S ARE BACK!!

I loved seeing all the lancasters return, and being introduced to all their children. I love the fact that even Scarlett and Tate appeared in this Novella. Overall i loved it and i can’t wait for Willow’s story and Scarlett’s too.!!

[Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely LOVED this!!

It’s always so great to return to the Lancaster Prep couples!

It was so sweet to see their families and get a little insight into the next generation!

A short but heartwarming novella!🫶🏻

[Gayane♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this. 🩷❤️ It was so nice to get a future glimpse of where everyone is at. I also loved how Monica gave us a pov of all the characters. I can’t wait till June 4th to read about Willow. 🥰

[tiffany]

super cute

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute novella to read on nye.

[dreamingofbookss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 3,5 stars ⭐️

This was a cute novella where you followed the POV’s of the Lancaster family.

I would recommend this short story if you are familiar with the series. 💋

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute lil novella I love Monica Murphy I would die for her