red to it as a spicy Christmas romance. I thought I would love it!

However, when I realized the main couple was made up of a **** star and an ex boy-band member I already knew I wasn’t going to love A Merry Little Meet Cute. Neither of those professions are ones that interest me when it comes to romance novels.

I also think there was a weird power dynamic at play that made me uncomfortable as I read. Bee, the fmc, had been obsessed with Nolan, the boy-band member, since she was a teenager so it felt like there was a lot of hero worship there. AND Nolan had been a subscriber to Bee’s Closed Doors account (which is essentially only fans). So those weird online/celebrity personas kind or fiined the romance for me. It felt like both characters were in love with the media version of each other.

I included a quote below that really highlighted that feeling for me. Because can we as readers really hold it against Nolan for “leaving” Bee “stranded” when it’s explained in the book he didn’t even know fans were at the airport?!

“Nolan Shaw left me in the rain all those years ago outside of his tour bus when I was just a teenager. He left me again in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. And for a final time in the midst of a media circus.”

I just felt that overall the characters were ridiculous and juvenile but not in a fun way.

Thank you to Edelweiss for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.32:T4c2,4.5 stars

I really loved this one!! I love a book about famous people and forbidden love so this one got me with the synopsis immediately and luckily, the story was executed so so well!! Bee & Nolan had instant chemistry and even though the story all took place within about a month (besides the epilogue), it was really easy to fall in love with them and believe how much they loved each other! I also really loved that both of them had crushes on each other before they met, I think it made their attraction to each other equal on both sides.

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