This book is so freaking good. I am having a hard time gathering my thoughts for a proper review because all I can think is "book nice, book good."

All jokes aside, Lovelight Farms is a feel-good, heartfelt romance between two friends. It has most of my favorite tropes, including fake dating and friends to lovers.

Stella moved into a small town with her mother, and after she died, Stella bought a Christmas Tree farm to honor her mother's memory. However, the seller didn't feel it was important enough to tell Stella that the farm was hemorrhaging money and in desperate need of repairs. Alongside that disaster, it seems that someone is lurking around the farm and trying to sabotage Stella and her farm, teenagers who mean no evil... or someone else?

Luka is her best friend of a couple of years. They talk every single day, and when Luka comes for a visit, they are by each other's side 24/7. So, when Stella enters a competition with a 100K price, she naturally lies on her applications and says that she owns the farm with her boyfriend.

I really loved how we saw their relationships go from best friends to lovers, especially because they never lost their friendship. Once they started fake dating, they continued as they were before. They never faked anything between the two of them, except for alluded-to comments to busybodies.

The plot is well executed and includes good humor and elements for future stories in the same series. The characters are well flushed out, and everything they do makes sense to their character. The only "flaw" I can point out is a storyline with the farm's lurker... I don't get why it was included, but it gave us good humor and heartwarming moments between more characters than Stella and Luka, so I can't be too mad.

The audiobook is fantastic, and the narrator does an excellent job. I'm so excited to listen to the following two in the new year.