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The Holiday Treatment by Elle Spencer | ARC Review

18th November 2020
The Holiday Treatment by Elle Spencer
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, November 10th 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 242 pages
- My Rating: ★★★★ (4/5)
Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

Content warning: homophobia

I finished this book on a perfect day, aka the trailer release day of the sapphic Christmas rom com Happiest Season, where, and I quote the book, “lesbian Twitter” was freaking out about it. You should see my timeline. And I also want to quote Kyle Krieger (soccer player Ali Krieger’s brother) on the Krashlyn wedding, “we get happy endings, too.” I love that speech and will probably be repeatedly quoting it.
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ARCs, Book Reviews, Fiction

The Holiday Detour by Jane Kolven | ARC Review

16th September 2020
The Holiday Detour by Jane Kolven
- Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, September 15th 2020
- Genre: Romance, LGBTQ+
- Format: Paperback (eARC)
- Page Count: 240 pages
- My Rating: ★★★ (3/5)
Content warnings: misgendering from main character and minor character, car accident, recalling parental loss

As someone who is both genderqueer and sapphic, The Holiday Detour is very difficult for me to review. I wanted to love it so badly but I didn’t. I appreciate Kolven writing a sapphic story featuring an f/gq relationship however, so I rounded up my rating. There are too many issues that kept me from fully enjoying the story, but it was nonetheless chaotically entertaining.
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Recipe Glühwein

24th December 2019

Last year, I spent most of my December drinking glühwein (mulled wine) in Chicago’s Christkindlmarket. Nothing gets more holiday-like than that.

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