Well, it may be January, but I've still got Christmas m/m romances to read! This one is like a mash up of three different plots - it starts with former best friends Michael and Will, whose estrangement was caused by Michael realizing that he was never going to get over his crush on his straight friend Will unless he ghosted him. The story kicks off with Michael getting dumped by his boyfriend of six months and calling Will when his car breaks down in bad weather, because even after two years of not talking, Will is still the person in his life he trusts the most. Then it veers into a fake boyfriends story when Will brings Michael along with him to his company holiday retreat, and then they both go to Australia for business last minute (???) and confess their feelings for each other and it all wraps up neatly and somewhat bafflingly? It takes place in the same universe as The Christmas Deal, and in some ways I liked it better - the angst level was more my speed for a Christmas romance. But it did also feel like a narrative retread, and in some ways it rushed through the best parts of a fake boyfriends narrative, even one between two (former) best friends. Fine but not more than that.
Grade: C
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