my 3rd christmas book (and my 2nd sapphic christmas romance) of the past 3 months, idk why I've randomly been reading Christmas books but the vibes are there. I appreciate what this author did to subvert the trope but at the same time I love the fake dating trope (especially when it's a meet the family for some sort of holiday/celebration type of thing) and tbh I personally would have preferred if Andrew was the one she met at Christmas and then jac was the one she was fake-marrying and then her and jac fall in love that way) but I still enjoyed this. much like most other romance books that have a mental health side plot, it was a little on the nose but I appreciate the message. the side characters were delightful and the love trapezoid was so slay. was a big fan of the grandmothers in particular

however I was not happy with how easy it was for jac to sleep with her brothers fiance 😭😭 she was like "I felt so bad😔😔😔" like um yes you should have.

also tbh if I was the main character I would have held onto that cash and said bye to true love but that's just me 🤷‍♀️ 4 stars