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They were literally the embodiment of  "And everybody's watching her, but she's looking at you" <333

Thank you to Netgalley, publisher, and author Elise Bryant for the ARC!

This book is one of the absolute sweetest, cutest, full of butterflies, and hearts, and such cheesy holiday magic rom-com that I've ever read. These two, Reggie and Delilah, just bring out the best in each other, their relationship makes both of them grow and improve for the better, and it gave them both the courage to stand up for themselves. The one thought that constantly, never failed to pop in my head was just "me when." Because honestly, the romance in this book was superior. 

The way this book is formatted, with the holidays for the chapters, (because you know they met at New Years Eve and was using the upcoming holidays as an excuse to meet up), was just soo cute, I'm dying. They also taught me that there are holidays such as Free Comic Book Day, National Catfish Day, and National Chocolate Eclair, so I’ll forever remember their service. 

This book is a romance book, so it focuses a lot on the romance obviously, but it delves so much deeper than that. It uncovers each of the characters interests and their insecurities, passions and flaws. It's also about finding your identity, and trying to seek validations for yourself, for who you are, when people are denying you of it. It talks a lot about racism and being alienated from your race just because you don't fit into the specified mold or not looking like one enough. It's a book about expressing yourself, standing up for what you believe in, taking up your own space in this world and not shying away from what you love. That you like what you like, and if they don't like it, then who effing cares. 

This is a YA romance book, but it's so much more than that. I think there should be more rom-coms like this, whether it is in the format of a book or a movie. Where they are cute and cheesy and sometimes corny, but talks about important issues and address them in such accessible way. 

These characters are loveable, basically bursting with personalities, and you can't help but root for them. I think Elise Bryant did a brilliant job with this book and this was honestly a great introduction for me to her writing. It makes me even more excited to read Happily Ever Afters which I've had on my tbr for so long. 

4.25 stars!

(also, this is not important, but as a swiftie, the fact that Delilah and Georgie were fans of Taylor Swift and we were basically spoon-fed with so many references of her songs!!! I was internally screaming as if Taylor Swift was an underground indie artist and not one of the most popular musicians out there lmao 😭)