Thanks to Booked With the Emilys and Nikki for the ARC of the ebook.

If you’re looking for pining, he falls first, small town, enemies to lovers, star crossed (a la Romeo & Juliet) lovers, and complicated family dynamics all packaged up in a closed door, no strong language, winter vibes package, this one might be for you!

Some kinda spoilery things: my one hang up was with how the mmc went about his plan. It had moments of feeling a little icky for me when we were in the midst of it and it felt like he didn’t see what was wrong with it and it felt like the one person who knew all the details also wasn’t trying to strongly dissuade him from it. Ultimately though, it is resolved and there is some reflection on the means by which he achieved his goal. Still felt a bit like it wasn’t as harshly criticized as I felt would have been called for. The 3rd act “break up” was over a misconception related to this, but it wasn’t over the manipulation involved, which was the main hang up for me.

All that to say, it was a warm, funny, and cute! 4⭐️ for the vibes!