This one was interesting (positive)! It's reminiscent of th  movie The Santa Clause, but this time Santa doesn't die, is just injured and quits. And instead of one man/father, it's a couple who are in a bit of a marriage crisis. Patrick and Quinn haven't been married even a year yet but have been growing apart since they got engaged. Everything comes to a head Christmas Eve and they're spending the night in seperate rooms when all this goes down, they fill in for Santa and then are whisked to the North Pole. Pat is now Santa Patrick, and Quinn is the Merriest Mister (like First Mister but for Santa), and they start the year falling back in love and talking but then go a bit to their old ways and end up separating to save Christmas, wondering if they'll somehow find their way back to one another. It was cute but also sullen at times, full of Christmas cheer but also emotional, and delightfully queer while still realistic about how accepting (or not) society can be. As usual from this author, I liked but didn't love it. It actually had me questioning whether it would be a true romance by the end (it was but I didn't enjoy the discomfort) and the ends of the chapters often felt sudden and cut off. I'll still likely read more by this author in the future, and I'm glad I read this, but I did have a bit higher hopes for it.