Compared to Red, White, and Royal Blue mixed with A Nightmare Before Christmas, I was very excited to dive into this one!

I really enjoyed all of the central characters and their varying personalities and I found the politics of all of the holidays very intriguing.

The story did plateau a bit for me in terms of the conflict just ~existing~ and not really changing or escalating in any meaningful way and the "rivals to lovers" aspect was extremely lacking. As some other reviewers have said, this story would most likely translate much better to film!

For all you open door fans, this one does get pretty 🔥🥵

Thanks to Bramble romance for the gifted copy for review! This one is out October 8!