This was so good. It kinda combined my favourite parts of this author’s other two books into one super-favourite book?

It had the Before Sunrise-esque, one magical evening feeling of A Day Until Forever. This time, a clandestine Christmassy celebration while our MCs were snowed-in together at an inn. It had the grounded in social context feeling of Forever Your Rogue. This time, our barrister hero was pressured to defend a jerk in a case against a governess—while he fell for a different governess, aka our heroine. I’m obsessed with books that discuss the plight of governesses—have I mentioned Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is my favourite Brontë book?

Love a whirlwind meet-cute plus “oops we meet again” story. I loved how sweet and lovely these two were together. Love a starchy good boi hero. And I loved our heroine—she reminded me so much of my best friend (who’s also a teacher) that it was scary.

Why can’t all stories be this swoony but also have a bibliography at the end?? It’s my two favourite things.