I absolutely loved this one. It was hilarious, the characters were great and felt very real, the chemistry was palpable, and reading all the astrology stuff didn't make me want to throw the book out of the window, which is actually a very high compliment because it usually makes me break out in hives. A few comments have said they wanted more from it in terms of a Pride & Prejudice retelling; I actually disagree. I liked that the parallels were few and far between. There are so many novels which follow the exact same narrative beats as Pride & Prejudice, and it always just makes me want to give up on those books and go and reread Pride & Prejudice. This one didn't. It's more of an homage to it than a retelling, and I think that's to its credit.

There are really few good f/f romcoms, particularly compared to the number of m/m romcoms on the market; I think RWRB sort of exploded the m/m romcom genre and f/f hasn't quite caught up yet. The Falling in Love Montage is probably the only other genuinely great f/f romcom I've read this year, and that was YA, so it was lacking the relatability of reading about characters my own age. I'd really love to see more f/f books like this one, where neither the rom nor the com suffers at the behest of the other, because I don't want to have to always default to reading m/m when I'm looking for a genuinely funny queer romcom. This is going straight on the 'to reread whenever you feel even slightly morose' list.

My only real criticism with this one is that the ending felt super rushed. It could have done with at least another chapter, I think; it ends on Christmas Eve and I feel like the potential to write a festive coda was missed. I also personally really dislike the 'two characters won't speak to each other but a meddling pal brings them back together' trope, but that's my own bias and it doesn't reflect on how I enjoyed the book at all; it makes narrative sense for that to happen within the context of the plot and who these characters are.

Sign me up for literally anything else this author writes, because I'm very much on board.