Mistletoe Kisses

My first Lee Blair book. It is definitely part of a universe, and generally the book is wholesome, really low-angst. Aside from Arlo's dare to admit his identity to his dad's family, there's also a side plot on Lucas's struggles about being on stage. For the romance, there's hurt/comfort, and Arlo and Lucas's relationship is sweet and honestly quite communicative. The romance doesn't happen too fast either, it progresses in a fairly steady and realistic pace. The supportive family members, queer-friendly townspeople and the celebratory, Christmassy setting make for an overall comforting and cheery setting. The book isn't super steamy too.

But many parts of the book was composed of mundane daily back-and-forths, and ngl I got slightly bored and skimmed through some of the latter half of the book. A few scenes like dates(since Arlo and Lucas had like 3-4 dates in detail in the book) can really just be cut down in number.

I might check out the other books in the universe, idrk.

My thanks to GRR and the author for providing an ARC.