Thank you so much to Helena Greer, Forever Pub and NetGalley for an advance copy of this!

"How turned on could you get talking about glitter, after all?”

Season of Love is a queer, Jewish romance that focuses on Miriam Blum learning the death of her beloved great aunt and having to come back to her hometown that she left behind. Miriam leaves Charleston, her business, her "fiancée" and heads up north. She is reunited with her cousin whom she missed and then also met with Noelle who works at her great aunt's business. There is tension from the start as Noelle has heard stories about Miriam and doesn't understand how she could just leave everyone. Miriam had no intention to stay in Advent but after she is inherited the farm along with her cousin, Noelle and family friend Levi, she now has second thoughts. Between trying to get the tree farm up and running for the holiday season and deciding what she wants to do, there are these bubbling feelings for Noelle. 

"I’m ready to ruin myself if I get to do it with you.”

I am conflicted on how I feel about Noelle and Miriam. I understand that Miriam was in a relationship of convenience with someone so there wasn't any feelings there but once her relationship ended suddenly it was game on. I thought there would be a little more time to develop. Granted I know this isn't real life and a book and we have to keep things moving. I love how passionate Noelle was for protecting those in her life. She didn't want anything to change her perfect bubble.  I did have a small issue towards the end when she was really going hard on Miriam for leaving when they only had known each other a short while.  

Don't let this beautiful whimsical cover fool you. This book definitely deals with some heavy topics compared to other holiday books.  It was refreshing to see topics that normally aren't presented in books such as financial abuse, alcoholism and even having a character who is considered butch, fat no less.   I  really enjoyed the Jewish culture woven into the text and how the conversation also briefly describe what it was so I wouldn't need to google it.  I just really enjoyed all the representation presented in this book.

I am very anxious to see where Hannah and Levi's story takes us. And hope to see characters from this book make it into the second.