My Favorite Color is Mistletoe

My Favorite Color #3

by Eva Austin

A double fake date for the holidays? What could go wrong? When Audrey suddenly finds herself without a date over Christmas break, Jax comes up with an outrageous plan. But what happens when their charade starts to feel...real?

Audrey, recently dumped and dreading the inevitable couple’s activities at her family’s annual Christmas gathering, reluctantly agrees to team up with Jax for a double fake date. She knows it's a terrible idea, but desperate circumstances call for desperate measures.

As they navigate a run-in with Jax’s ex, a couples' Christmas competition with Audrey’s meddling family, and the looming presence of her long-time childhood crush, the lines between fake and real start to blur.

With unexpected kisses, buried emotions, and a growing chemistry she can’t ignore, Audrey must confront her past and decide if the holiday magic of Carlton Landing can help her rediscover love, or if she’ll let another chance slip away.

Filled with humor, heart, and holiday spirit, My Favorite Color is Mistletoe is a feel-good, no-spice Christmas romcom that proves sometimes, the best love stories begin in the most unexpected ways.


This novel is a dual-point-of-view, young adult holiday romance, perfect for teens or anyone.

The My Favorite Color novels can be read in any
My Favorite Color is Your Something Blue
My Favorite Color is The Golden Hour
My Favorite Color is Mistletoe

See the author’s profile for additional content information and to learn how to get recommendations for more clean young adult romance books like this one.

Genres: Romance, Christmas, Young Adult, Contemporary, Fake Dating, Clean Romance

282 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2025

Reviews

[jaycee ann ✞ (s.ia) · Rating 5 out of 5]

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This review contains a few random statistics, my personal thoughts, and a content review! ♡
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• Book - My Favorite Color Is Mistletoe 
• Author - Eva Austin
• Pages - Paperback, 270
• Genre(s) - YA contemporary romance 
• Published - 2025
• Trope(s) - Fake dating, he falls first
• Recommended time to read - Christmas/December
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→ Setting - 5/5
→ Characters - 4/5
→ Writing - 4/5
→ Cover - 5/5
→ Vibes - 4/5
→ Plot - 4/5
→ Romance/Ship - 5/5
→ Overall - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

♫ Now Playing - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? by Ella Fitzgerald ♫
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╰┈➤ My thoughts (spoiler free)

Eva Austin does it again folks. How? I don’t know. But she seems to have this magical ability to write the most amazing romances ever. Her books are drastically underrated.

Finished this on Christmas Eve, and gosh it was so amazing! 🤩 I don’t like the fake dating trope but I still loved this! Eva Austin did it very well.

I’m literally in love with Jax y’all. He’s so perfect 😭 He also has gray eyes 🫠 And black hair 🫠 And sometimes wear’s glasses 🫠 And he’s so thoughtful and respectful and kind 🫠 AND SO MUCH MORE AHHHH
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╰┈➤ Spoilers below!

Drew drove me crazy 😭 Bro really thinks he hung the moon. Zoe was annoying too but she was only in the book for like one chapter. Oh and Greyson was the worst boyfriend ever like what??

This book was literal perfection. Jax is perfection. Every time they kissed was perfection. Especially the one where Jax was blindfolded and Audrey though no one was looking 😭🫶🏻 *internal screaming*

Anyways Eva Austin always makes me feel single so that’s nice 😃 Go read this book.
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╰┈➤ Content review

➸ Age Rating - 11/12+

➸ Language - None.

➸ Romance/Sexual - Some kissing but nothing descriptive. No inappropriate jokes or innuendo.

➸ Violence - None.

➸ Religious/Spiritual - A couple mentions of going to church.

➸ Magic - None.

➸ LGBTQ - None.

➸ Alcohol/Drugs - None.

➸ Other Notes - Audrey and Jax do lie about their relationship for majority of the book, but when everyone finds out apologizes and forgiveness is exchanged.

[Callie Rae · Rating 5 out of 5]

before it even was published: OH MY WORD SHE’S GOT A NEW BOOK WE ARE GOING INTO HIBERNATION ONCE THIS COMES OUT

sooo i read it and here are my thoughts:
i loved the Christmas themes in the book and the festivities it was very cute. im writing this review quite a while later so i can’t remember what all happened but i remeber i loved it very much. will give an updated review that this author and book deserve when i reread it but for now this is all i got.

[🌷Holly (Jesus’s version) 🌷 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 this was so cute!

[Lyla Joelle :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Man, this was good! I had very low expectation for this but it turned out to be probably be my favorite book of December! I loved Jax! And Drew and Greyson? Get out. Right now shoo! This book was literally perfect! Age rating: mature 11+ all there was, was a little bit kissing. I totally recommend this for the holidays!

[Sara Watterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute and sweet YA Christmas fake-dating romance. 🥰

[Noëlle ♡ (soldier of the Most High) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating - 5 stars
Age Rating - 12+ (no language, no spice, brief kissing (little description), no innuendo, no violence)
Genre - YA Contemporary Romance

Guyssssss she's done it again. Eva Austin wrote another 5 star read :)))))

I'm absolutely obsessed with Jax, he's my favorite MMC from her books so far. He's just so kind and sweet and such a gentleman I love him so much. I also like Audrey, although not quite as much, but I do relate with her.

I loved getting to see all the characters from the other books in this one, Morgan and Will, Emma and Bryson, and the side characters.

I was a little worried when I started this because it didn't have the same My Favorite Color Is vibe as the others, but it definitely gained that once they went to Carlton Landing. Maybe that's the magic touch about it lol.

I'm wondering who the next book will be about... assuming there will be another. Hopefully. I'm thinking it will either be Charlotte or Lucy. I hope it's Charlotte because I love her so much she's amazing hehehe :))

Anyways, amazing book, so festive, and very enjoyable for the holiday season :) I can't wait for the next one!!

[∘✿∘ɢɪᴀɴɴᴀ∘✿∘ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️
Rtc!!!

[Josie✨✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so cute and so good! It was also completely clean. Perfect for Christmas 🎄

[Sara [semi ia]]

Doing a happy dance BECAUSE IM SO EXCITED!!!! 🕺🎈

[Lily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 ish stars ⭐️ rtc hopefully!

[Bella Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually love these. like i needed a lovely cute YA book so badly

[Riley]

OMG A NEW BOOK!!! I CAN'T WAIT!

[Lynette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, Eva released another masterpiece!! I loved reading about Audrey and Jax, and this whole family!! This has been so fun to read and it has been such a fun ride!! I hope the next book is about Lucy….😏

[Gracie Muraski · Rating 5 out of 5]

The library got this to me about two months too late… but then it took me only two days to read so I can’t complain. Cute and clean and easy to read if you’re looking for that!

[Claire Montierth · Rating 5 out of 5]

No words. Just infinity stars for my new favorite book ever.

[tristyn dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

so cute and clean! would recommend.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

3 ⭐️

Light holiday rom-com for Christmas. Not my favorite. (Srry Claire!!) Prolly my last book of 2025

[emerson;) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars ⭐️

Honestly I’m kind of underwhelmed 😭
I guess just compared to the first two books (which I absolutely adore) this one seemed a bit off to me
I wasn’t as engaged or excited

The end was cute though and I cannot wait for the next book (my favorite trooooope) 😱🤩😁

[Kyla · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars is being kind of generous if I’m being honest. This book was not good. Overall it was okay, the main story was cute enough, but omg the writing. Take a shot every time the author says “super” or “gray-blue eyes”. It was lowkey driving me nuts. Something about the writing was just not it in general. The conversations & just the writing felt flat. This was the book that completed my reading goal this year though 😌 …of 10 whole books

[Lija 📚🤎🕯️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book, it’s such a cute romance🥰
I‘ve also read the other two books of this series, and the were all so great!! I loooveee all the characters, and I Literally read the first Book in like three hours😘 I highly recommend reading this, Eva Austin is such a great writer 😍😊

[Zoey Pick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah it was so cute! Quite possibly my favorite out of the series; I was so excited to read this one, I bought it the day after it was published, and it was worth it!

[Abigail S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute! A perfect cute Christmasy read

[charlie arton · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m so thankful for Christmas break!!! Doing nothing = a whole ton of reading!
This book was super good! So wholesome and cute! I was happy to have a Christmas read!
Recs? I need some!!

[Kellie Coke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really cuteeee and i really liked the plot!
I always love me some fake dating tho 🤭

[~Jaz~]

Sooo good!!! I love all of these cute little romance books!!!

[Marissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a fun read. I really enjoyed all the characters. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.🌶️.

[Tatum Chyzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wowwwww! I love this book and seeing how Jax falls for her is so cute! I love that he is so thoughtful! The way that he was able to pay attention and how he noticed that Greyson was flirting with other girls when Audrey wasn’t arounds was so sweet.
4 ⭐️’s

[Kayla G · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF on page 16. The writing is just so bad. It’s like something I would find on wattpad when I was 16 but worse.

[ya favorite Angel · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book would’ve been better if I was younger. The plot wasn’t bad at all, but you could tell that it was made with preteens in mind, which isn’t a problem at all, but it wasn’t for me.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

So sweet it gave me a cavity (figuratively)