Thank you so much to Timothy Janovsky, Sourcebook and NetGalley for an advance copy of the book! 

"Listen, if I'm going to sit on a man's lap, it's not going to be to tell him what I want for Christmas, okay?"

This was one of my anticipation holiday releases this year and it delivered. The title alone is so catchy and I can't help but say it in the tune of the Grinch. The cover also stands out with its bright green and similar standard Grinch design. 

Matthew Prince is a self absorbed, entitled, ego driven twenty some year old who has been giving everything to him. When he impulsively bought an island with his parent's money, that was when enough was enough and they shipped him off to his grandparents house while they try to clean up the mess. Being used to the hustle and bustle of the fast life of New York City, he is now being forced to slow his pace down in the Berkshires.  There he is met with Hector Martinez who is a local college student staying with his grandparents. Which is all good except Matthew will be sharing a room and gasp a bathroom with Hector. Being an only child, Matthew is not used to having a roommate or sharing anything. Matthew and Hector navigate how to live with one another and then they decide to take on working together for the annual gala. 

Can they put their differences aside to make the gala a success? 
Will news of his island purchase get out? 
Does the forced proximity push Matthew & Hector together? 

"Who knew a little snow could turn a Scrooge into a romantic?" 

Matthew was meant to be an unlikeable character and compared to other characters I have read with similar characteristics, I was not turned off by his actions. I was looking forward to see how far he would go and what buttons he pushed just because it makes the redemption so much sweeter.  

Hector was not perfect at the start of this book either. He did not let Matthew walk over him and gave him push back which was something Matthew was not used to.  He challenged Matthew and I loved that. 

The side characters were also enjoyable! I love Matthew's relationship with Noelle and I am glad he realized how superficial his prior relationships were.  Even his relationship with his parents was interesting to see in the 2nd half of the book. I would have love to seen more with his father has more of the focus was on his mother. I also wish the mother would've apologized to a certain character and perhaps they did off the pages (fantasy in my head). 

Timothy's creative way to describe what Matthew does to help calm himself down was brilliant. I love that Matthew comes up with these event planning ideas in his mind which then led to him figuring out what he was meant to do. I also love the different representation Timothy has in his books. It is refreshing. Even to have his parent's divorce as an adult is something you don't see often in books. I also loved all the pop culture references throughout the book (hello Deuxmoi). 

One flaw that I found which is more of a Stephanie issue is some of the chapters were a little long for me. I'm a sucker for short chapters.

"Everything's more festive in an ugly Christmas sweater." 

Read this if you are a fan of:
- Forced Proximity 
- Enemies to Lovers
- Redemption ARC
- Big Town to Small Town
- Taylor Swift references 

Timothy will be an autobuy author (not that I wasn't expecting this after his debut novel Never Been Kissed). 
I am looking forward to what he has up his sleeve in his future books. 

PS: Timothy don't think I missed the reference to our share love of a certain British boybander. I most certainly didn't and loved it!