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A review by greenmind
Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I wanted to like this, I wanted to get butterflies and feel excited for the romance but this is sadly a miss for me. Not helped by the depiction of her flatmate who I really could not warm to - a nasty, bossy, self-absorbed “cool-person” vaguely named after a brand of custard.
I get that there’s some excitement about disability rep or body positive rep but it’s mostly skin-deep here. Nice, but not the focus - which is supposedly the romance… but it’s so sparse that it’s much more a Christmas vibe/trope-filled entertainment with the romance as an afterthought. If that’s what you want - that’s what this is and you’ll have a good time.
Some scenes are wickedly long - (baking a gingerbread house) and Haf feels passive in the prose and forceful in her dialogue, so she jars as a main witness to the action.
It’s nice to see some bisexual rep, but be aware the author uses the word “queer” as a neutral descriptor - if this word is a trigger for you personally then be aware.
I was hoping for more, but I did enjoy parts of this story and the Christmasy theme.
I get that there’s some excitement about disability rep or body positive rep but it’s mostly skin-deep here. Nice, but not the focus - which is supposedly the romance… but it’s so sparse that it’s much more a Christmas vibe/trope-filled entertainment with the romance as an afterthought. If that’s what you want - that’s what this is and you’ll have a good time.
Some scenes are wickedly long - (baking a gingerbread house) and Haf feels passive in the prose and forceful in her dialogue, so she jars as a main witness to the action.
It’s nice to see some bisexual rep, but be aware the author uses the word “queer” as a neutral descriptor - if this word is a trigger for you personally then be aware.
I was hoping for more, but I did enjoy parts of this story and the Christmasy theme.
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia