If you want a cute, wholesome and short read, this is for you. The MC is on the asexual spectrum (greysexual). But be prepared for a very literal and somewhat repetitive writing style.

Personally, this tendency to over explain things that are already obvious or to tell things that I don't know why I should care for, was a bit annoying in the beginning. It has it's upsides tough, especially in dialogues. They felt very real. It was like I was actually listening to a couple getting to know each other and the MC had a very open and fun way of speaking. I also loved the directness of the love interest.

And when the interactions between those two start, this was actually pretty cute and resulted in these positive, christmassy feelings.

This might be for you if you want no angst at all and are fine with heavy info-dumping. The book certainly won't win any prizes for quality, but it had it's moments.

You might be disappointed if you picked it up because of the resocializing part (like me). I don't think it was very well thought through in this regard and used just as the hook of the story.

Up until 40 % there was so much tell that there wasn't actually happening anything. The scenes were very short with a lot of time jumps, which I didn't like because they were just there to explain the characters' situations, they weren't really a necessary part of the story. What followed though was actually pretty cute scenes of the MCs falling in love. I could feel Olivia's excitement and nervousness pretty well and I suddenly flew through the pages.

Although it did feel like the author skipped everything that was remotely close to being a source of angst for the characters. I guess that's fine for a Christmas novella but it led to some turning points happening off-page and there being barley any conflict.