I really wanted to like this book. It ticked several of my boxes--fake dating, best friends to lovers, queer characters, second chances, Christmas in a small town--but it just fell short. The story itself was okay, but there wasn't much to the plot. I also didn't feel like the characters had much chemistry. 

Honestly, I think the whole book would have worked better if the characters had been older. It just didn't work as well with the characters barely being 18. Their history and life changes and everything just seemed almost unrealistic, crammed into such a short span of time. Of the characters had separated at 18 and were in their mid- to late-twenties, I would have been much invested and onboard with everything. 

Overall, it wasn't a bad a read and made for a quick Christmasy read.