Book Review: 12 Days of Mistletoe by Jen Atkinson




12 Days of Mistletoe by Jen Atkinson 
4 Stars 
A Super Cute Christmas Rom-Com!

Read if you love:
❄️Fake Dating
❄️Cute Clean Christmas Romances
❄️Lots of Holiday Spirit
❄️Dogs
❄️Apartment Neighbors
❄️Enemies to Lovers - Done Right!
❄️Anxiety and Service Animals Represented
❄️An Awesome Meddling Grandmother

This one was super cute yall! A new fav Christmas rom-com for me! My first Jen Atkinson book and looking forward to reading more by her. I really liked this twist on Fake Dating, haven't seen this done before. 

In this book, Bonnie struggles with anxiety, managed with medication and her sweet service dog, Noel. She lives in an apartment complex and life is pretty good. All until Elliot, the landlord's grandson, decides to send her several unsolicited notes threatening to turn her in for keeping a dog when she shouldn't have one. When push comes to shove, Bonnie decides to go talk to Elliot at his apartment, getting thrown in the middle of his family festivities. Elliot persuades Bonnie to pretend to be his girlfriend in front of his family but his grandmother isn't buying it. She meddles in the situation and Bonnie and Elliot end up dating for the next 12 days....the rest is history!

I loved these characters so much, seeing the anxiety rep with Bonnie and the passion she has for service animals, working in her non-profit, she was just a solid FMC. I loved seeing Elliot grow to understand Bonnie for who she was and how he truly supported her. His gran was also such a great character, one of my favs! Loved her sass! And you can't forget her precious dog Noel! She steals the show :)

Overall, a great Christmas read that shines light on mental health, also makes you laugh and has all the great spirit of the holidays you want in a book! :)

*Romance was clean with kisses only.

Thank you to the author for a copy to honestly read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6943501506
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4hUzep6

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