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A review by rubyrae
American Christmas by Adriana Herrera
5.0
"Being a Black man in this world with the audacity to strive for happiness can be exhausting at times."
Herrera is forging a new frontier of romance, where beloved, individual, beautiful characters find their happy endings not because they live in a world where inequity, unfairness, and bad things never happen, but because they survive those things, experience those truths and still manage to believe in the goodness and light of life and love. American Christmas is a short, sweet, delightful story, but it still manages to encapsulate the raw truth of what it means to be different in a country that doesn't feel like it was meant for you, and how loving yourself—and allowing others to you love you—is the truest act of rebellion.
Like all the books in this delightful series, we also have found family, busybody friends, and descriptions of food that should come with a warning label. (Don't read while hungry!) The retelling of the classic Gift of the Magi story is cute and well-done, and it's so wonderful to get Ari and Yin's love story! This is a one-bite read you'll love.
Herrera is forging a new frontier of romance, where beloved, individual, beautiful characters find their happy endings not because they live in a world where inequity, unfairness, and bad things never happen, but because they survive those things, experience those truths and still manage to believe in the goodness and light of life and love. American Christmas is a short, sweet, delightful story, but it still manages to encapsulate the raw truth of what it means to be different in a country that doesn't feel like it was meant for you, and how loving yourself—and allowing others to you love you—is the truest act of rebellion.
Like all the books in this delightful series, we also have found family, busybody friends, and descriptions of food that should come with a warning label. (Don't read while hungry!) The retelling of the classic Gift of the Magi story is cute and well-done, and it's so wonderful to get Ari and Yin's love story! This is a one-bite read you'll love.