Who’ll Be Dead for Christmas? Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A funny, Goldie-winning lesbian Christmas mystery with a lovable accident-prone sleuth, let down by a tangled conspiracy finish and a dog the book forgets.
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When the Bell Rings Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A genuinely funny wrong-bed Christmas meet-cute with real banter, let down by a plot that loops the same doorbell gag and a two-day insta-love. Our evidence-led review of Claire Donniere’s sapphic holiday farce.
Accidentally Falling Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A cozy, very spicy single-mom-and-nanny romance on an upstate apple orchard at Halloween. The fall setting and the kid are the highlights; an abrupt ending that leaves the father subplot unresolved holds it back. 3.7/5.
How to Excavate a Heart Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A funny, very Jewish sapphic YA winter-break romance with starred trade reviews and a scene-stealing corgi, undercut by a love story that skips most of the enemies phase it was sold on.
Joy to the Girls Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Joy to the Girls (UK: She Gets the Girl at Christmas) gives She Gets the Girl fans a cozy Christmas visit with Alex and Molly — but its secrets-and-miscommunication plot is the most repeated complaint in the reviews.
Make My Wish Come True Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A cosy sapphic YA Christmas fake-dating romance with a lovable town and a Hanukkah party, held back by 18-year-old leads who read like 25 and a heroine many readers struggle to forgive.
Year of the Kiss Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Giselle Fox’s New Year’s Eve novella has a great chase, explicit heat and a scene-stealing kilted brother-in-law, but readers say it goes flat once the search ends. Our evidence-led review.
My Fake Holiday Date Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A sweet, steamy 74-page fake-dating novella that pairs Hanukkah with Christmas — held back by a love interest the book barely lets you know. 3.7/5.
The Holiday Treatment Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A funny, open-door sapphic Christmas rom-com with a hot Hawaii fling and a meta holiday-movie premise, held back by a rushed second half and a contrived breakup.
A Swedish Christmas Fairy Tale Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A gentle, closed-door sapphic Christmas romance with a lovely Swedish setting, held back by a heroine many readers find too childlike and an ending that stops rather than lands.