A big thank you to NetGalley and AvonBooks and Harper Voyager for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Spoiler: it’s great

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (releases September 20, pre order now!!)

CWs: mentions of body shaming, fatphobia, mental illness (bipolar disorder), biphobia, sexism, death of parent, sexual harassment, grief

We NEEDED this book, y’all! This book has a fat porn star female main character who does not spend the book wishing her body was different - and her love interest loves her for just how she is. What a concept! I love how the authors handled the descriptions of Bee, her body, and just overall the fat positivity of this book.

I love so many things about A Merry Little Meet Cute. There’s a whole cast of queer and recially diverse characters. It takes place on the set of a Hallmark-esque movie set in a snowy Vermont town during Christmastime. There is so much Christmas, everywhere. Nolan, the male main character, was formerly in a boy band, so there’s lots of boy band mentions. There’s a good bit of steamy scenes, and some of them are pretttty steamy. 

Two other topics this book handled so well are mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder, and sex workers. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I just really appreciated that, overall, sex work was not shamed and I think this will help readers view sex work in a different light. 

Highly recommend this book, especially for my fat pals. This is the perfect holiday read (or anytime, really) that will make you laugh and cry, and fall in love with these characters.