Our review of The Christmas Proposal by Lisa Moreau: a cozy sapphic Christmas romance with a clever premise and a year-round Christmas town, held back by tell-heavy prose and a rushed last act.
Charlotte Greene’s Glenwood Springs Christmas romance has a lovely town and friend group, but readers keep tripping over Quinn’s jealousy and a rushed reconciliation.
Our evidence-led review of Christmas Mouse by Rachel Spangler: a warm, low-angst sapphic Christmas romance about a holiday bet between Vermont and New York, with mild heat and very little tension.
Our evidence-led review of Decking the Halls by Hildred Billings, a spicy small-town sapphic Christmas novella about falling for your ex’s twin sister.
Our review of Party Favors by Erin McLellan, a very explicit sapphic New Year’s novella about online best friends sharing one bed: what readers love, what they skim, and who it’s for.
Our review of The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish, a queer house-swap holiday romance with one F/F and one M/M couple, 4/5 heat, and a sapphic half that divides readers.
Talia Samuels’ debut sapphic Christmas rom-com has a great fake-dating twist and a cozy country house, but readers say the chemistry is thin and the second half drags. Here’s what the evidence says.
A warm, low-heat sapphic Christmas novella set in North Wales, told in 25 advent chapters. Lovely setting and a gentle feud-to-lovers arc, but slight, and its 4.57 Goodreads average rests on just 21 ratings.
A cozy, open-door age-gap bakery romance in a Christmas-mad Wyoming town, with real heat and a grief storyline that lands, held back by a one-sided grudge and a fast romance.
A snowed-in, one-bed sapphic Christmas romance in a Scottish cottage with easy chemistry, real laughs and 4/5 heat, held back by a predictable fling-versus-forever third act.