This was a clever and heartfelt retelling, I was tearing up by the end of it :'). I love Scrooge as a teenage valley girl, that was a fun twist XD. I thought it would get annoying to have a narcissist for a narrator, but the whole point is that Holly grows, so it was actually okay. It was like reading a mashup of Loki, Devil Wears Prada, and A Christmas Carol: Sure, the lead is self-absorbed and materialistic, but she comes to care about other people, and giving them their best chance, and that's what matters. The focus on friendship hit home for me. The friend-breakups especially, hit me right in the feels! The importance of empathy, of putting another person first, truly hit home through this theme: You can be a friend to anyone.

And all the little references to Dickens or pop culture were just the cherry on top XD. I laughed, I cried, I swooned! Too good. I could SEE this book if it were made into a movie, I had the cast ready in my head. It was so fun, and now, and alive.

I already bought a Kindle copy of this book, and I want to buy a physical copy to display with my other copies of A Christmas Carol, that's how much I loved it. The Power of Friendship, baby! Gets me every time!