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A Merry Little Meet Cute (A Christmas Notch, #1)

Julie Murphy,

Sierra Simone

Start date: November 16, 2022

Finish date: December 10, 2022

Discussion: Group Reads

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Group Read: A Merry Little Meet Cute
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Dec 11, 2022 Brianna Moore rated it really liked it

If you’re in the holiday spirit and looking for a spicy romance, I’d definitely recommend this one!

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Dec 10, 2022 Laura Carter | Those Book Besties rated it really liked it

Highlights:
body positive
spicy
christmas themed
super cute

This is one of those books where you do not judge the story by the cover! The cover is super cute and innocent looking. Now, the book is super cute but SPICY!!!! This book was GAT’s December of the month book club pick and now I know why! It was delicious on so many levels. Bee (AKA Porn Star Bianca Von Honey) has been dying to be casted in a Hopeflix (think Hallmark Movie Channel) Christmas movie and her dream finally comes true. The only p ...more

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Dec 26, 2022 Jill (readinginpjs) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dual-pov, crush, forced-proximity, holiday-romance, written-in-first-person, 4-star, christmas-romance, audiobooks, forbidden-romance, famous-person

Really enjoyed this story!
My first time listening to an audiobook, and it was great.

I loved that both characters were famous in their own areas, and had crushes on one another - I found that so cute.

Themes/tropes:
⭐️ Longtime crush(es)
⭐️ Famous people (boy band & pornstar)
⭐️ Plus size FMC
⭐️ LGBTQ+ representation
⭐️ Christmas
⭐️ Forced Proximity
⭐️ Forbidden Romance
⭐️ Dual POV/first person

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Jan 02, 2023 Samantha Pacynski rated it it was ok

I would say maybe a 2.5. Possibly would reread it, but not any time soon. There just seemed like there was a lot going on that seemed a bit over the top for all the characters backgrounds and lives.

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