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A review by happyeverabigail
I'll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone
5.0
Premise like The Holiday in which 2 women switch residences for December and have their own love stories.
Clover goes from her farm in Ohio to SF, wanting to try something new after a year of difficulty- her mom dying and breaking up with her childhood love turned fiance. Highlights include: looking up someone from her past and meeting someone new.. rediscovering her queerness and making new friends, and wondering how to keep your ex who was/is also your best friend in your life in a way that won’t hurt either of you.
Bee is in the high pressure tech world nearing burnout and escapes to farm country. Highlights include: rediscovering her creativity, finding balance in caring for yourself but still being taken care of, overhearing gossip at the coffee shop and going to caroling and tree lighting etc, healing high power family dysfunction, and Clover’s ex who is still the on site farm manager and around all the time… he chops wood at one point 🙃
I just really loved this. It’s a slow burn that works for me (eventual fade to black where you don’t miss out on any of the relationship building), not so much insta love which is nice for these kinds of temporary vacation premises sometimes, more like a HFN, the rest is still beginning kind of vibes but I believe in these relationships ❤️💚
Thank you to Avon for the eARC!
Clover goes from her farm in Ohio to SF, wanting to try something new after a year of difficulty- her mom dying and breaking up with her childhood love turned fiance. Highlights include: looking up someone from her past and meeting someone new.. rediscovering her queerness and making new friends, and wondering how to keep your ex who was/is also your best friend in your life in a way that won’t hurt either of you.
Bee is in the high pressure tech world nearing burnout and escapes to farm country. Highlights include: rediscovering her creativity, finding balance in caring for yourself but still being taken care of, overhearing gossip at the coffee shop and going to caroling and tree lighting etc, healing high power family dysfunction, and Clover’s ex who is still the on site farm manager and around all the time… he chops wood at one point 🙃
I just really loved this. It’s a slow burn that works for me (eventual fade to black where you don’t miss out on any of the relationship building), not so much insta love which is nice for these kinds of temporary vacation premises sometimes, more like a HFN, the rest is still beginning kind of vibes but I believe in these relationships ❤️💚
Thank you to Avon for the eARC!