Verdict: A warm, high-spice marriage-of-convenience comedy whose leads talk to each other like adults, undercut by farce mechanics six separate reviewers simply cannot believe. Best for: Readers who want low-angst sapphic comfort with real heat and no miscommunication plot, and who are happy to let a premise be silly if the couple is sound. Heat … Read more
Verdict: A warm, funny big-family Christmas comedy with genuinely good dialogue, undercut by a romance given four days and a cast large enough that ten reviewers lost track of who was who. Best for: Readers who want low-angst holiday comfort and a boisterous ensemble, and who will accept the love story as the third-most-important thread … Read more
Verdict: A Lambda-winning sapphic holiday rom-com with a superb supporting cast and unusually honest anxiety writing, undercut by a resolution that makes one woman apologise for both women’s choices. Best for: Readers who want a snowbound Christmas romance that is genuinely about something, and who can accept a heroine carrying more blame than the plot … Read more
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