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Make My Wish Come True: The cosiest sapphic Christmas love story
A sapphic Netflix-esque Christmas movie meets
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
from the New York Times bestselling author duo of She Gets the Girl Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick.
Hollywood teen actor Arden James' messy reputation is interfering with her career when a notoriously picky director won't give her a role based on her party-girl image. So she and her publicist make up a lie – not only is she from a small town (true) but her childhood best friend Caroline, is her long-term girlfriend (false) and she can prove it when she goes home for Christmas.
Caroline Beckett hasn't thought about her ex-best friend Arden James for years, focusing instead on her dreams about becoming a journalist. When Arden turns up on her doorstep and promises her an article in Cosmopolitan magazine on their twelve snow-covered romantic days together, Caroline agrees to play along.
But when old feelings start to bubble up, what will fall faster – Arden and Caroline or the Christmas Eve snow?
A gorgeous, heartwarming cosy romance - perfect for the holidays!
Hollywood teen actor Arden James' messy reputation is interfering with her career when a notoriously picky director won't give her a role based on her party-girl image. So she and her publicist make up a lie – not only is she from a small town (true) but her childhood best friend Caroline, is her long-term girlfriend (false) and she can prove it when she goes home for Christmas.
Caroline Beckett hasn't thought about her ex-best friend Arden James for years, focusing instead on her dreams about becoming a journalist. When Arden turns up on her doorstep and promises her an article in Cosmopolitan magazine on their twelve snow-covered romantic days together, Caroline agrees to play along.
But when old feelings start to bubble up, what will fall faster – Arden and Caroline or the Christmas Eve snow?
A gorgeous, heartwarming cosy romance - perfect for the holidays!
317 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2024
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Rachael Lippincott
15 books7,287 followersRachael Lippincott is the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart. She holds a BA in English writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she currently resides in Pittsburgh with her wife and their dog, Hank.
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January 6, 2025
if rachael and alyson have a million fans, i’m one of them. if rachael and alyson have one fan, it’s me. if rachael and alyson have no fans, i have died of sapphic panic-
February 7, 2025
I'm done with Christmas books lol. Probably for the foreseeable future. Back to the sad and painful books around this time of year for me.
This book just never grabbed me. I'm just over it.
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Our FMC, Arden, a Hollywood actress, returns to a Christmas-themed small town with a plan to fake date her ex-bff Caroline in order to better her image to get a coveted role.
Give me all the candy canes and jingle bells, and all of the ooey- gooey feels. Ready to sip my cocoa by the fireplace. 😍
╰⪼ ☃️Fake Dating
╰⪼ ❤️Enemies to Lovers
╰⪼ 🌟Badass Korean Grandma
╰⪼ ☃️Messy Actress ✘ Aspiring Journalist
╰⪼ ❤️Hallmark Movie but Fruity
╰⪼ 🌟Jewish ✘ Hanukkah Rep
╰⪼ ☃️Lesbian MCs
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This book just never grabbed me. I'm just over it.
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Our FMC, Arden, a Hollywood actress, returns to a Christmas-themed small town with a plan to fake date her ex-bff Caroline in order to better her image to get a coveted role.
Give me all the candy canes and jingle bells, and all of the ooey- gooey feels. Ready to sip my cocoa by the fireplace. 😍
╰⪼ ☃️Fake Dating
╰⪼ ❤️Enemies to Lovers
╰⪼ 🌟Badass Korean Grandma
╰⪼ ☃️Messy Actress ✘ Aspiring Journalist
╰⪼ ❤️Hallmark Movie but Fruity
╰⪼ 🌟Jewish ✘ Hanukkah Rep
╰⪼ ☃️Lesbian MCs
⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Connect with me on Instagram ˗ˏˋ★‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹
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December 20, 2023WROTE A LESBIAN HOLIDAY ROMCOM WITH MY WIFE. Bon appétit to my fellow sapphics!
October 29, 2024
I feel like I'm probably going to get a little backlash for this but I am a firm believer that this book would have been a hundred times better if it was not YA. I read a lot of YA and a lot of middle grade and I love it and so it was surprising to me that I thought this would work better as a new adult book. For me I just cannot grasp the intensity of these feelings and these experiences happening to 14-year-olds. So I'm not saying that teenagers don't have big feelings because that's clearly untrue but I am saying that it was hard to believe that the one character's grandma would just let her parents take her to Hollywood and immerse her in this really dangerous culture without any sort of fight as a 14-year-old.
This book takes place when the characters are 18 and they're in their senior year of high school. They were former best friends and one of them up and left at 14 to go live out acting dreams and she becomes this famous actor. But when her dream movie role is withheld from her because of her questionable choices, she and her agent come up with a plan that she is actually a small town queer girl with a long-term girlfriend. that long-term girlfriend that they're fake dating is her old best friend.
The amount of drama and depth that this book does manage to include is really great and I found myself really enjoying it and then there would be moments that remind me that these characters are barely 18 and I was kind of like ripped from the story.
Personally, I think this book would have been a million times better if the leaving the best friend to go to Hollywood had happened at age 17 or 18 and then this actual plot of the book was revisited when the characters were 21 or 22. It just would have worked better and would have been more believable.
Now beyond my ranting about this being the wrong age range, this is a really cute queer sapphic holiday book and I definitely do recommend it. I seem to be the outlier here so I'm reading other reviews so I actually think that most people will enjoy this. And I did enjoy it, I just didn't love it.
My other single qualm with this book is that there's a scene where the characters older brothers who own a bar serve the two girls alcohol inside the bar and that would never happen. No business owner is going to risk their liquor license, which is notoriously difficult to get and maintain, by serving underage patrons. It just would not happen and that scene was wild because no matter how small your town, it's just not a thing.
This book takes place when the characters are 18 and they're in their senior year of high school. They were former best friends and one of them up and left at 14 to go live out acting dreams and she becomes this famous actor. But when her dream movie role is withheld from her because of her questionable choices, she and her agent come up with a plan that she is actually a small town queer girl with a long-term girlfriend. that long-term girlfriend that they're fake dating is her old best friend.
The amount of drama and depth that this book does manage to include is really great and I found myself really enjoying it and then there would be moments that remind me that these characters are barely 18 and I was kind of like ripped from the story.
Personally, I think this book would have been a million times better if the leaving the best friend to go to Hollywood had happened at age 17 or 18 and then this actual plot of the book was revisited when the characters were 21 or 22. It just would have worked better and would have been more believable.
Now beyond my ranting about this being the wrong age range, this is a really cute queer sapphic holiday book and I definitely do recommend it. I seem to be the outlier here so I'm reading other reviews so I actually think that most people will enjoy this. And I did enjoy it, I just didn't love it.
My other single qualm with this book is that there's a scene where the characters older brothers who own a bar serve the two girls alcohol inside the bar and that would never happen. No business owner is going to risk their liquor license, which is notoriously difficult to get and maintain, by serving underage patrons. It just would not happen and that scene was wild because no matter how small your town, it's just not a thing.
October 2, 2024
This was a very sweet and light-hearted holiday romance.
I overall enjoyed the story. It’s well-written and an easy read, but it didn’t manage to fully grab my attention. The romance felt a bit rushed to me and I just didn’t really feel a connection to the characters. This might be because it’s YA romance, and I’ve sadly noticed that I struggle more and more with getting into these lately.
I do think this makes for a charming and festive read for the holiday season that a lot of people would enjoy. It just wasn't the right one for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
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A sapphic Netflix-esque Christmas movie meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 👀🤭😍
I overall enjoyed the story. It’s well-written and an easy read, but it didn’t manage to fully grab my attention. The romance felt a bit rushed to me and I just didn’t really feel a connection to the characters. This might be because it’s YA romance, and I’ve sadly noticed that I struggle more and more with getting into these lately.
I do think this makes for a charming and festive read for the holiday season that a lot of people would enjoy. It just wasn't the right one for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.
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A sapphic Netflix-esque Christmas movie meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 👀🤭😍
October 23, 2024
Arden James, they could never make me like you.
Truly, about 30% in, I was really hoping this would end up being a romance where Caroline learns her lesson about giving her heart and friendship to someone who completely ghosted her and her own grandma for four years. I was hoping this cute cheerleader who seems really nice and genuine and actually interested in Caroline's well-being would be endgame but disappointed.
One of the biggest issues with this book, I think, is that it works way better as a new adult or adult story. A child actor at 14 goes to LA, works for four years and somehow emerges at the end of it cultivating a false image of a star who parties, does cocaine, sleeps with tons of people AT EIGHTEEN? It would make sense if this was a 21-year-old trying to break out of the innocent child-star image but in the year of our lord two thousand twenty-four, a child between 14-18 years old partying hard, emancipating herself and having no adults in her life except a paid agent would be looked upon with concern, not as some cool, edgy young star.
But back to my primary gripe, which is that Arden is clearly the villain in this story but nobody told the authors. She plays with emotions, ghosts people, turns up again after four years of radio silence to her grandma and best friend to ask for their help without even an apology and then continues to just play with everyone's feelings (including her own) for a movie role. I am appalled at every single one of Caroline's friends and family seem to not really care about her either because instead of being wary and angry at Arden for simply ghosting Caroline and hurting her deeply, they just encourage this fake dating scheme and ask Caroline at every opportunity if she still has feelings. With friends like these, who needs enemies.
The whole thing is just really strange if we keep in mind at all times that the events referenced happened to a child between the ages of 14 and 18, not a twenty-year-old. This book would have been one thousand percent better if the main characters were aged up and Taylor was the real love interest after Caroline learns that pining after someone who literally did not give her a second thought after leaving four years ago is pointless and inviting more hurt into your life.
Truly, about 30% in, I was really hoping this would end up being a romance where Caroline learns her lesson about giving her heart and friendship to someone who completely ghosted her and her own grandma for four years. I was hoping this cute cheerleader who seems really nice and genuine and actually interested in Caroline's well-being would be endgame but disappointed.
One of the biggest issues with this book, I think, is that it works way better as a new adult or adult story. A child actor at 14 goes to LA, works for four years and somehow emerges at the end of it cultivating a false image of a star who parties, does cocaine, sleeps with tons of people AT EIGHTEEN? It would make sense if this was a 21-year-old trying to break out of the innocent child-star image but in the year of our lord two thousand twenty-four, a child between 14-18 years old partying hard, emancipating herself and having no adults in her life except a paid agent would be looked upon with concern, not as some cool, edgy young star.
But back to my primary gripe, which is that Arden is clearly the villain in this story but nobody told the authors. She plays with emotions, ghosts people, turns up again after four years of radio silence to her grandma and best friend to ask for their help without even an apology and then continues to just play with everyone's feelings (including her own) for a movie role. I am appalled at every single one of Caroline's friends and family seem to not really care about her either because instead of being wary and angry at Arden for simply ghosting Caroline and hurting her deeply, they just encourage this fake dating scheme and ask Caroline at every opportunity if she still has feelings. With friends like these, who needs enemies.
The whole thing is just really strange if we keep in mind at all times that the events referenced happened to a child between the ages of 14 and 18, not a twenty-year-old. This book would have been one thousand percent better if the main characters were aged up and Taylor was the real love interest after Caroline learns that pining after someone who literally did not give her a second thought after leaving four years ago is pointless and inviting more hurt into your life.
January 1, 2025
New sapphic fake dating from the queens Alyson and Rachel? Yes please 😍🤭
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I’m so ready for the sapphic Christmas vibes 🤭🤭
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this was cute and interesting rtc!!
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I’m so ready for the sapphic Christmas vibes 🤭🤭
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this was cute and interesting rtc!!
November 10, 2024
Great read and audiobook! This story was cute and sweet. It got me teary eyed in some places. It got me laughed in others. The dates were good. The friendship was good. Good diversity. I liked Arden's grandma. Poppy's younger sister was cool as well as older brothers. Her best friends were great too. The small town holiday was good.
This story was cute. Childhood best friends. They loved each other but no one said anything. Then Arden moved away after middle school to become a Hollywood star. The whole time away, Poppy missed Arden and mad at Arden for leaving her. Due to a movie role, Arden was forced to come home after 4 years. Arden was also forced to ask Poppy to fake date her for the movie role. Poppy was mad at first and refused until Arden offered her something in exchange she couldn't refuse and it's not money. Along the way, they grew closer..
Thank you SimonTeen and Simon Audio for the opportunity to read, listen and review.
This story was cute. Childhood best friends. They loved each other but no one said anything. Then Arden moved away after middle school to become a Hollywood star. The whole time away, Poppy missed Arden and mad at Arden for leaving her. Due to a movie role, Arden was forced to come home after 4 years. Arden was also forced to ask Poppy to fake date her for the movie role. Poppy was mad at first and refused until Arden offered her something in exchange she couldn't refuse and it's not money. Along the way, they grew closer..
Thank you SimonTeen and Simon Audio for the opportunity to read, listen and review.
November 28, 2024
this would have worked better with two women over 30, but it was still very sweet! exactly the kind of romance i wanted to read over the christmas period.
December 21, 2024
It was fine. Taylor deserved better
October 15, 2024
1 Sentence Summary: Famous teen actor Arden James’s messy reputation is threatening her ability to land her dream role, so with a plan from her agent to rehabilitate her image, she goes back to her small hometown for the first time in four years to fake date her childhood best friend Caroline, who never got over Arden leaving and now wants nothing to do with her.
My Thoughts: So yes it was a little cheesy, but it’s a Christmas romance! Cheesiness is expected! It was fun and festive and overall lighthearted yet with some more serious moments intertwined.
I really liked the deeper topics that were explored, and in fact even wished they had been fleshed out a bit more. I loved the explorations of the struggles of child/teen celebrities, as well as the need for inclusion of Jewish and other non-Christian faiths during the holiday season.
The characters were likable, the romance was sweet, and I really want some salted caramel hot chocolate now.
(Also, this would be such a good movie.)
Recommend to: Fans of holiday romance and fake dating trope!
(Warnings: swearing; underage drinking; implied sexual content; child abandonment)
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thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review
My Thoughts: So yes it was a little cheesy, but it’s a Christmas romance! Cheesiness is expected! It was fun and festive and overall lighthearted yet with some more serious moments intertwined.
I really liked the deeper topics that were explored, and in fact even wished they had been fleshed out a bit more. I loved the explorations of the struggles of child/teen celebrities, as well as the need for inclusion of Jewish and other non-Christian faiths during the holiday season.
The characters were likable, the romance was sweet, and I really want some salted caramel hot chocolate now.
(Also, this would be such a good movie.)
Recommend to: Fans of holiday romance and fake dating trope!
(Warnings: swearing; underage drinking; implied sexual content; child abandonment)
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thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review
November 28, 2024
the universe knew i would be too powerful if i read sapphic christmas romances when i was 14 so instead they're coming out when my brain is fully developed
December 10, 2024
Content warnings: alcohol consumption/underage drinking, references to drug use, references to parental abandonment.
Rep: Caroline (MC) is cis, white, lesbian, and Jewish. Arden (MC) is cis, Korean-American, and lesbian. Side achillean characters, side lesbian character, side Korean-American characters, side Jewish characters.
Rachael and Alyson have done it again!
Not only have they managed to write an incredibly wonderful holiday YA novel, but they managed to pack it full of heart, warmth, and hope.
I am so happy to have read this one - I laughed, I cried, I did the kicky feet, I clapped. It was all the good things.
I especially loved how, in a town full of Christmas, how it managed to carve an important spot for those who aren't Christian or Catholic, and want to celebrate their Jewish faith. This was such a lovely touch, and it shows that we can make changes even when 'tradition' is strong.
There is more I'd love to say, but I don't want to spoil it.
But this is my new favourite YA holiday romcom, and I can't wait for y'all to read and love it, too.
Rep: Caroline (MC) is cis, white, lesbian, and Jewish. Arden (MC) is cis, Korean-American, and lesbian. Side achillean characters, side lesbian character, side Korean-American characters, side Jewish characters.
Rachael and Alyson have done it again!
Not only have they managed to write an incredibly wonderful holiday YA novel, but they managed to pack it full of heart, warmth, and hope.
I am so happy to have read this one - I laughed, I cried, I did the kicky feet, I clapped. It was all the good things.
I especially loved how, in a town full of Christmas, how it managed to carve an important spot for those who aren't Christian or Catholic, and want to celebrate their Jewish faith. This was such a lovely touch, and it shows that we can make changes even when 'tradition' is strong.
There is more I'd love to say, but I don't want to spoil it.
But this is my new favourite YA holiday romcom, and I can't wait for y'all to read and love it, too.
dnf
November 7, 2024DNF @ 25%
Nothing wrong with this, I'm just not really enjoying it.
I think I need to stop trying YA romcoms because I (almost) never connect with them, especially when they want you to feel like the HS seniors are in their mid-twenties lol.
This sounded super cute (Christmas/Hannukah, second chance, Sapphic fake-dating; all a lovely mix!) and I hope more people pick it up and enjoy it, I can just tell it isn't for me.
Nothing wrong with this, I'm just not really enjoying it.
I think I need to stop trying YA romcoms because I (almost) never connect with them, especially when they want you to feel like the HS seniors are in their mid-twenties lol.
This sounded super cute (Christmas/Hannukah, second chance, Sapphic fake-dating; all a lovely mix!) and I hope more people pick it up and enjoy it, I can just tell it isn't for me.
December 14, 2025
3,5/5 ★
Me esperaba otra cosa... Y esto no lo digo ni para bien ni para mal, solo tenía otra percepción de lo que podía ser. Principalmente, me esperaba que las protagonistas fueran mayores.
Creo que la fuerza de este libro está en sus personajes. Tiene un elenco muy diverso que se siente real. Del mismo modo, refleja muy bien la exposición infantil al medio de Hollywood.
Me encantaron Arden y Caroline como protagonistas, pero más que todo me gustó mucho el elenco de personajes: Maya, Austin, Finn, Edie (que me recuerda mucho a mi abuelita) y los hermanos y papás de Caroline. Además, ¿podemos hablar de Taylor? Aunque su tiempo en escena fue limitado, fue increíble y súper madura. En definitiva, los personajes están muy bien creados para que puedas empatizar con ellos.
Hablando un poquito de la trama, la temática de las doce citas es muy ingeniosa e interesante, ya que poquito a poco lo que comienza con un fake dating se va convirtiendo en algo más. Para ser sincera, soy súper selectiva para que de verdad me guste un romance, pero la química de estas dos se sintió tan genuina y bonita que me dejó el corazón muy lleno de amor. Es genial leerlo. Además, la narración en primera persona lo hace muy cómico y empático.
Mi único problema es que siento que hubiese sido mucho mejor si las protagonistas fueran mayores. Tienen 18-19 años aproximadamente, y realmente podrían haber sacado mucho más si estuvieran a mediados de sus veintes (esto es una preferencia totalmente subjetiva y personal).
Sin embargo, fue muy cute y entretenido. Es uno de los mejores libros de romance navideño que he leído hasta ahora. 🎄🤍
P.D.: La vida de adulto no me da para todos los libros de navidad que quiero leer. :(
Me esperaba otra cosa... Y esto no lo digo ni para bien ni para mal, solo tenía otra percepción de lo que podía ser. Principalmente, me esperaba que las protagonistas fueran mayores.
Creo que la fuerza de este libro está en sus personajes. Tiene un elenco muy diverso que se siente real. Del mismo modo, refleja muy bien la exposición infantil al medio de Hollywood.
Me encantaron Arden y Caroline como protagonistas, pero más que todo me gustó mucho el elenco de personajes: Maya, Austin, Finn, Edie (que me recuerda mucho a mi abuelita) y los hermanos y papás de Caroline. Además, ¿podemos hablar de Taylor? Aunque su tiempo en escena fue limitado, fue increíble y súper madura. En definitiva, los personajes están muy bien creados para que puedas empatizar con ellos.
Hablando un poquito de la trama, la temática de las doce citas es muy ingeniosa e interesante, ya que poquito a poco lo que comienza con un fake dating se va convirtiendo en algo más. Para ser sincera, soy súper selectiva para que de verdad me guste un romance, pero la química de estas dos se sintió tan genuina y bonita que me dejó el corazón muy lleno de amor. Es genial leerlo. Además, la narración en primera persona lo hace muy cómico y empático.
Mi único problema es que siento que hubiese sido mucho mejor si las protagonistas fueran mayores. Tienen 18-19 años aproximadamente, y realmente podrían haber sacado mucho más si estuvieran a mediados de sus veintes (esto es una preferencia totalmente subjetiva y personal).
Sin embargo, fue muy cute y entretenido. Es uno de los mejores libros de romance navideño que he leído hasta ahora. 🎄🤍
P.D.: La vida de adulto no me da para todos los libros de navidad que quiero leer. :(
April 30, 2025
This is a great holiday romance, although it would make a lot more sense if they were older, and also, how the heck were they getting some fast flights from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles? I mean, I know it's fiction, but it felt like no time difference happened between them traveling and the events happening during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day lol
January 30, 2025
This was cute!! A sapphic holiday rom-com with fake dating between former best friends, one of whom left for a big Hollywood career. But now, in order to land a role she wants, she needs to prove she's "homegrown". But it's her first Christmas back in her small hometown in four years, and perhaps she's forgotten just what she left behind...
It's giving Netflix holiday movie but for teens and I enjoyed it. I saw a lot of people saying they would have preferred the characters be older. And while yeah, this would make an excellent setup for an adult romance too, I do think it works for this age demographic. Because it is certainly the case that there are teenagers in Hollywood doing a lot of partying before they are of age. Anyway, I thought it was fun, heart-warming, and gave great holiday vibes. And one of the girls is Jewish so we get Hannukah representation as well! Delightful. I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher, all opinions are my own.
It's giving Netflix holiday movie but for teens and I enjoyed it. I saw a lot of people saying they would have preferred the characters be older. And while yeah, this would make an excellent setup for an adult romance too, I do think it works for this age demographic. Because it is certainly the case that there are teenagers in Hollywood doing a lot of partying before they are of age. Anyway, I thought it was fun, heart-warming, and gave great holiday vibes. And one of the girls is Jewish so we get Hannukah representation as well! Delightful. I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher, all opinions are my own.
March 8, 2025
full review on my BookTube channel, ProblemsOfABookNerd!
*3.75/5
*3.75/5
December 23, 2024
⭐⭐⭐✨/5
Una romcom sáfica inspirada una vez más en las autoras que son mujer y mujer y pues obviamente yeiiii💗
Me gustan mucho estas autoras y cómo escriben juntas, y sobre todo cómo se basan en ellas mismas para escribir romance, de verdad, me parece una cosa monísima y me alegra mucho muchísimo que hagan esto :)
Le pongo 3'5⭐ a este libro por varios motivos:
El primero es que creo que no somos el público objetivo para esta novela ajdjjs. Es un libro con un tono bastante juvenil, y aunque a mí me hubiese gustado más si lo hubiesen enfocado como Young Adult, pienso en todas las chavalas de 16-17 años que estén leyendo esto y lo calentito que tienen que tener el corazón que pfff, qué bien qué bien💖
Si sois más mayores (i mean estáis en vuestros 20s) os recomiendo mucho más leer Chica conoce chica!!
De cualquier modo, si lo leéis teniendo en cuenta esto y desde esa perspectiva lo vais a disfrutar un montón.
Lo segundo es que la trama es súper cozy y muyyy navideña, algo que me ha encantadoooo. Es cierto que es predecible, pero vaya, como cualquier libro navideño, considero. Hacer galletas juntas, acudir al concurso de chocolate caliente del pueblo (mi cita fav sin duda junto con el karaoke😭), quedar para montar en trineo... En fin, es muy bonito ver a un grupo de amigues queer en general simplemente quedando y haciendo planes adolescentes sin dramas relacionados con su sexualidad/identidad.
Creo que las autoras siempre hacen un trabajo buenísimo con estooooo✨
Por otra parte, creo que todos los libros navideños son un 3-4 estrellas, la verdad, y hay que leerlos teniendo en cuenta esto y solo con la idea de disfrutarlos. Sí es cierto que incluyen algún detalle algo más profundo (como por ejemplo en este libro, que se hace mención a otras religiones y creencias en estas fiestas al margen de la navidad/cristianismo), pero al final se trata bastante de refilón porque lo importante en el libro es el romance.
En fin, que no es una novela que enfocar con grandes expectativas, pero que si tienes esto en cuenta y el simplemente pasar un buen rato con dos chavalas que han tenido siempre un crush tremendo en la otra y que se reencuentran después de 4 años, siendo una de ellas una actriz famosísima en Hollywood que necesita fingir que tiene una novia de su pueblito de siempre para mejorar su reputación pueeessss, dadleeee, leeroslo mis sáficas, lo vais a pasar bien bien🎄🫂
Una romcom sáfica inspirada una vez más en las autoras que son mujer y mujer y pues obviamente yeiiii💗
Me gustan mucho estas autoras y cómo escriben juntas, y sobre todo cómo se basan en ellas mismas para escribir romance, de verdad, me parece una cosa monísima y me alegra mucho muchísimo que hagan esto :)
Le pongo 3'5⭐ a este libro por varios motivos:
El primero es que creo que no somos el público objetivo para esta novela ajdjjs. Es un libro con un tono bastante juvenil, y aunque a mí me hubiese gustado más si lo hubiesen enfocado como Young Adult, pienso en todas las chavalas de 16-17 años que estén leyendo esto y lo calentito que tienen que tener el corazón que pfff, qué bien qué bien💖
Si sois más mayores (i mean estáis en vuestros 20s) os recomiendo mucho más leer Chica conoce chica!!
De cualquier modo, si lo leéis teniendo en cuenta esto y desde esa perspectiva lo vais a disfrutar un montón.
Lo segundo es que la trama es súper cozy y muyyy navideña, algo que me ha encantadoooo. Es cierto que es predecible, pero vaya, como cualquier libro navideño, considero. Hacer galletas juntas, acudir al concurso de chocolate caliente del pueblo (mi cita fav sin duda junto con el karaoke😭), quedar para montar en trineo... En fin, es muy bonito ver a un grupo de amigues queer en general simplemente quedando y haciendo planes adolescentes sin dramas relacionados con su sexualidad/identidad.
Creo que las autoras siempre hacen un trabajo buenísimo con estooooo✨
Por otra parte, creo que todos los libros navideños son un 3-4 estrellas, la verdad, y hay que leerlos teniendo en cuenta esto y solo con la idea de disfrutarlos. Sí es cierto que incluyen algún detalle algo más profundo (como por ejemplo en este libro, que se hace mención a otras religiones y creencias en estas fiestas al margen de la navidad/cristianismo), pero al final se trata bastante de refilón porque lo importante en el libro es el romance.
En fin, que no es una novela que enfocar con grandes expectativas, pero que si tienes esto en cuenta y el simplemente pasar un buen rato con dos chavalas que han tenido siempre un crush tremendo en la otra y que se reencuentran después de 4 años, siendo una de ellas una actriz famosísima en Hollywood que necesita fingir que tiene una novia de su pueblito de siempre para mejorar su reputación pueeessss, dadleeee, leeroslo mis sáficas, lo vais a pasar bien bien🎄🫂
December 17, 2024
Where do I find a childhood best friend who moves to LA to become a hotshot actress and cuts contact with me for four years, but as soon as I begin to move on from my unrequited feelings for her she shows back up in town and asks to fake date me for the tabloids. So we go on 12 days of holiday themed dates where all those locked up feelings get rekindled and I begin to bring out the old her…? Asking for a friend.
Give me all the cheesy hallmark-vibes sapphic holiday books, please! I read this in practically one sitting. I loved loved loved Arden and Caroline and their small town romance. I owe Rachael and Alyson my life for consistently putting out such adorable sapphic romances.
I thought there were some great depictions of family and community, as well as important thoughts about fame. I also liked the side conversations about what it’s like growing up in a dual-faith household when your town is very dedicated to Christmas traditions. I always like it when my romance novels have some heavier topics to them to really round out of character experiences.
Give me all the cheesy hallmark-vibes sapphic holiday books, please! I read this in practically one sitting. I loved loved loved Arden and Caroline and their small town romance. I owe Rachael and Alyson my life for consistently putting out such adorable sapphic romances.
I thought there were some great depictions of family and community, as well as important thoughts about fame. I also liked the side conversations about what it’s like growing up in a dual-faith household when your town is very dedicated to Christmas traditions. I always like it when my romance novels have some heavier topics to them to really round out of character experiences.
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December 22, 2023sapphic fake dating christmas romance save me 🤲🏻🙏🏻
December 29, 2025
This is a review of the ebook and audiobook.
The audiobook readers are: Krystal Hammond (Caroline) and Natalie Naudus (Arden).
This is a fake dating YA sapphic holiday romance.
I love holiday romances. This one is between a high school senior and her former best friend (who is now a movie star).
I really enjoyed the audiobook. Both performers are very good. And have very different voices (so I didn’t mix them up).
Such a fun read!
The audiobook readers are: Krystal Hammond (Caroline) and Natalie Naudus (Arden).
This is a fake dating YA sapphic holiday romance.
I love holiday romances. This one is between a high school senior and her former best friend (who is now a movie star).
I really enjoyed the audiobook. Both performers are very good. And have very different voices (so I didn’t mix them up).
Such a fun read!
December 13, 2024
THE SAPPHIC HOLIDAY YA ROMCOM OF MY DREAMS!!!
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March 11, 2024this synopsis is giving tis the damn season and i absolutely love it
December 8, 2025
this was “she gets the girl” 2.0 and honestly would’ve worked much better if they were older!! a lot of this required a lot of suspended belief because it’s YA
thank you to simon teen for the free copy!
thank you to simon teen for the free copy!
December 12, 2024
rtc possibly if i remember
December 9, 2024
The whole issue with this book is that it just doesn't make sense in 2024.
First of all, as an actual actress, I can very confidently say that Stanislavskji is turning in his grave...the whole depiction of what acting is and feels like is completely off.
Second of all, what in the Drew-Barrymore-Britney-Spears-world is this?
15teen year olds are no longer exposed to that type of life, drinking, doing cocaine (???), sleeping around unsupervised, that's just unrealistic.
The Hollywood scene looked like pre Harvey Weinstein and luckily things have changed you know.
This whole book would've made more sense if the characters were older or if it was set in the 80s or something.
The book was this weird halfway between wanting to feel YA but also talking about drugs and sex??? How is that YA?
Finally, something that bothered me so much is how we spend the entire book reading about this article that's going to be published in Cosmopolitan (how that could actually happen I honestly have no idea, even if you have connections there's something called journalistic integrity), the article that is going to show us the REAL RAW Arden...and then...we get that crappy paragraph that's so bad I'm afraid this girl will never get into ANY College.
The one thing I enjoyed is how queerness is represented and just embraced, almost like it's a given, no one has a tragic coming out story or struggle connected to being gay
Don't get me wrong I know it's not easy believe me, but if we never stop associating queerness as a big life changing issue we'll never move forward as a society.
All in all I don't think this book is that much worth it sorry.
First of all, as an actual actress, I can very confidently say that Stanislavskji is turning in his grave...the whole depiction of what acting is and feels like is completely off.
Second of all, what in the Drew-Barrymore-Britney-Spears-world is this?
15teen year olds are no longer exposed to that type of life, drinking, doing cocaine (???), sleeping around unsupervised, that's just unrealistic.
The Hollywood scene looked like pre Harvey Weinstein and luckily things have changed you know.
This whole book would've made more sense if the characters were older or if it was set in the 80s or something.
The book was this weird halfway between wanting to feel YA but also talking about drugs and sex??? How is that YA?
Finally, something that bothered me so much is how we spend the entire book reading about this article that's going to be published in Cosmopolitan (how that could actually happen I honestly have no idea, even if you have connections there's something called journalistic integrity), the article that is going to show us the REAL RAW Arden...and then...we get that crappy paragraph that's so bad I'm afraid this girl will never get into ANY College.
The one thing I enjoyed is how queerness is represented and just embraced, almost like it's a given, no one has a tragic coming out story or struggle connected to being gay
Don't get me wrong I know it's not easy believe me, but if we never stop associating queerness as a big life changing issue we'll never move forward as a society.
All in all I don't think this book is that much worth it sorry.
December 16, 2024
I love a premisse like this, and you can always count on Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick to write an adorable sapphic YA romance. However, this book felt a little off to me, and I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted.
I think the main issue is that these characters didn't feel as young as they were, especially Arden, who had fallen into a lifestyle of partying and sleeping around and getting drunk and doing drugs over the course of four years from age 14 to age 18? I'm not saying there aren't 18-year-olds who might be doing this, but it felt like she was written a lot older than her actual age. And then Cosmopolitan somehow agreed to have a high schooler write an article for them about the world's most popular actress? I think the story would have been more suited for characters who were a little older, like maybe 5 years older.
I also just feel like a lot of this book was very underdeveloped, especially the side characters and their storylines, but also the ending. This book has an average length for a YA romance, but I think there could have been more depth and progress in the amount of pages we had. I mainly think this was a shame because I actually did like the side characters, like Arden's grandmother, Caroline's family, and Caroline's friends.
I think the main issue is that these characters didn't feel as young as they were, especially Arden, who had fallen into a lifestyle of partying and sleeping around and getting drunk and doing drugs over the course of four years from age 14 to age 18? I'm not saying there aren't 18-year-olds who might be doing this, but it felt like she was written a lot older than her actual age. And then Cosmopolitan somehow agreed to have a high schooler write an article for them about the world's most popular actress? I think the story would have been more suited for characters who were a little older, like maybe 5 years older.
I also just feel like a lot of this book was very underdeveloped, especially the side characters and their storylines, but also the ending. This book has an average length for a YA romance, but I think there could have been more depth and progress in the amount of pages we had. I mainly think this was a shame because I actually did like the side characters, like Arden's grandmother, Caroline's family, and Caroline's friends.
November 13, 2024
the most unbelievable part of this book was that the main wasian character calls her korean grandmother "Grams"
August 10, 2025
Reseña completa: https://fiebrelectora.blogspot.com/20...
Arden es la joven promesa de Hollywood, conocida por sus escándalos, y cuando su mala reputación casi le cuesta el papel de sus sueños, inventa junto con su representante una mentira que la salve: volver al pueblo de su infancia y fingir que está saliendo con la que fuera su mejor amiga... y a la que no ve desde hace cuatro años. Caroline ha pasado ese tiempo echándola de menos, y puliendo un porfolio que le abra las puertas a un programa de periodismo en una gran universidad; así, cuando Arden aparece en su puerta prometiéndole un artículo para Cosmopolitan sobre su romance secreto, con el que mejorar su imagen pública, Caroline no puede evitar seguirle el juego, y mientras que no debería ser difícil sobrevivir a doce citas navideñas, ¿resistirán sus sentimientos?
Puesss bien: ligerito, navideño, comedia romántica sáfica, pueblo pequeño... tiene muchos toques que lo hacen un libro disfrutable, y reconozco que se lee en un suspiro, porque es mono, la relación entre Arden y Caroline atrapa, y el toque de la actriz famosa vuelve al pueblo es muy tópico.
Arden es la joven promesa de Hollywood, conocida por sus escándalos, y cuando su mala reputación casi le cuesta el papel de sus sueños, inventa junto con su representante una mentira que la salve: volver al pueblo de su infancia y fingir que está saliendo con la que fuera su mejor amiga... y a la que no ve desde hace cuatro años. Caroline ha pasado ese tiempo echándola de menos, y puliendo un porfolio que le abra las puertas a un programa de periodismo en una gran universidad; así, cuando Arden aparece en su puerta prometiéndole un artículo para Cosmopolitan sobre su romance secreto, con el que mejorar su imagen pública, Caroline no puede evitar seguirle el juego, y mientras que no debería ser difícil sobrevivir a doce citas navideñas, ¿resistirán sus sentimientos?
Puesss bien: ligerito, navideño, comedia romántica sáfica, pueblo pequeño... tiene muchos toques que lo hacen un libro disfrutable, y reconozco que se lee en un suspiro, porque es mono, la relación entre Arden y Caroline atrapa, y el toque de la actriz famosa vuelve al pueblo es muy tópico.
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