The first was that I thought that this book was going to be more NA, than YA. One was my fault, the other I’m blaming on the book blurb. I had two misconceptions coming into reading this book.

The holidays don’t play as big of a role as I expected, and in the book the characters celebrate New Years so reading the book now, as of writing this review, would fit perfectly. I’ll go into the whys more but overall I still thought the story was very sweet and cute and I enjoyed the read for the most part. This was a very cute holiday romance, but it wasn’t what I was expecting to read.

Oh there was also so much corgi content which was TOP NOTCH.ģ.50 Stars. Shani also kind of starts to lose sight of what she personally wants because she gets a bit girl crazy, but I liked that it was portrayed as something she has to work through if that makes sense. She carries trauma from her past girlfriend and watching her development as she worked through that was something I really appreciated. The main character Shani has a lot of struggles with relationships that I think many would find relatable. The main character is really interested in archeology which was a fun element. It has a lot of cute and fun festive elements (also featuring lots of Jewish representation!) but it has a lot of merit outside of that as well.

This was a super cute holiday read, but I think it's also a solid read for anytime of year really! It's cute but goes a lot deeper too. So do be aware of trigger warnings before going into this (the author also provides trigger warnings.) I had recently read RUMOR GAMES and had to DNF close to the end for a similar reason and just didn't want to do it again. Full disclosure, close to the end there was a triggering part so I skimmed past that.

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