I know limited space but I just felt sort of icky. I don’t know much about de la Cruz but I didn’t find the way she talked about wealth inequality to be very deep. Again de la Cruz is not for me I don’t think. Short stories have limited word count so maybe I don’t need eight words to describe the main characters hair color. It is like contemporary info dump done without deftness.

I do not enjoy the “this is exactly what my boyfriend looks like, listen as I describe 85% of his body, now I shall tell you exactly what I look like” thing this story does. They are for other people and that’s totally fine. It’s totally fine for Melissa de la Cruz to write books that aren’t for me. I thought I never finished it but I rated it on Goodreads so I must have finished it. I read one book by de la Cruz wayyyy back in the day. But like no part of the story surprised me really. So when I see Gift of the Magi inspired thing I don’t really feel like my emotional reaction was earned. Like I can just be told the story and I will cry. But I always cry in Gift of the Magi things. I love Christmas stuff but I am sure that seems a little lonely?įirst off I cried. But the build-up obviously couldn’t be that long with the page count and the other focuses of the plot.Īlso, I always love a story about a non-religiously and/or culturally Christian person dealing with the abundance of Christmas stuff. This was also quite sweet! It obviously has a romance but it is a little more about the main characters relationship to consumerism and Hanukah and Christmas and realizing that she wants to like someone who likes her. Working in a Winter Wonderland by Aimee Friedman If someone was going to write me a boyfriend I might pick Kasie West. I love the popular boy plus semi shy girl trope. Not sure what to rate this as a whole? Do I do majority: 5 stars or average: 4 stars? No idea.

A Novel Idea by Aimee Friedman