I was sooo excited for this one, so I was shocked to DNF it. This was essentially a political romance highlighting all the problems with the system, except the politics/system are the holidays. There were tons of shady political machinations by the fathers that I didn’t enjoy bc they forced the protagonists into deals & bargains that were all about publicity, against the protagonists’ wishes. Not enjoyable! And this was unexpectedly a v anti-capitalist take on Christmas. I am anti-capitalist and I love that energy, but I wasn’t prepared or interested in it the book I picked up during that holiday.