This is just the kind of hallmarky cheesy sapphic fun I needed. A little bit silly, a lot sexy, very sweet.

An adorable Sapphic read I could consume in a day. I don't typically crave friends to lovers or second chance romances. But, this book succeeded in making me desire both while also being wrapped up in a holiday ribbon. Cute, endearing and well worth adding to the holiday Sapphic rotation.

This is a low 3* that could've been a high one - the third act felt rushed, to the extent that at times I couldn't quite work out what was going on because the sentences just didn't quite make sense when stacked up together on a page. But it was a delightful small town sapphic holiday romance apart from that, so I still enjoyed it.

sapphic hallmark movie? don't mind if i do! this was such a perfect holiday read! there was the perfect amount of spice and the conflict never felt too overwhelming! very enjoyable read and a staple read to get a break from your own family during the holidays!

A cute spicy book with great characters. I always love a small town charm and this one doesn't disappoint.

Sweet sapphic medium-spicy holiday romance perfect for the reader who loves wrapping up in a blanket and watching Hallmark movies.

If you're wishing there were more queer Hallmark Christmas movies, this is for you. There's nothing too deep here, no issues that aren't almost immediately resolved. But I enjoyed that, it's a cute little Christmas read. It did one thing I didn't love - each issue is sort of tackled one by one rather than slowly building things and wrapping them more toward the end as a climax. It felt like sections of the book could be broken up into "MC gets the girl," "MC pulls off the event," "MC takes on the bad guy," etc. Still, there are a billion of these with straight couples, and queer women deserve little light holiday reads too.

#InTheEventOfLove:

Thank you @kensington for my gifted copy!

This is the equivalent of a Hallmark sapphic romance made for the big screen! Big town LA hot shot has a fiasco and only way to redeem herself is to go home (the last place she wants to go) and dun dun dun, help her ex she’s pined for Christmas Tree farm from being taken by corporate greed! Can they save the farm AND their relationship? Tune in to find out!

Fern Falls was the coziest of places. I adored the town and their small town feels. I really liked Rachel, and wished the lumberjane was the MC instead of Morgan. She doesn’t give off the best of feels, and I found her to be too pretentious at times. But their romance was cute and I guess every couple has one person I like and one I don’t.

Overall, it was great premise and minor cast of characters. Not a major fan of Morgan, but it’ll be fine. Out now!

Overall this was quite enjoyable. I am someone who absolutely devours Hallmark movies in the months leading up to Christmas, and I’ve searched for that same feeling in book form. Luckily this was a spicier, sapphic twist on that wonderful Hallmark holiday approach. Very cute with sweet romance and fun characters, In the Event of Love was a second chance romance and just cliche enough to be a great holiday read that I think many will enjoy, especially as it gets colder outside. I mean who doesn’t love a Christmas tree farm romance??

a cute and cozy queer holiday rom com, I felt like most of the book's plot hinged on all of the characters being incredibly poor communicators

I'm not usually a fan of slow-burn books, but I love second chance and friends to lovers so I gave it a shot and I'm glad I did! I'll be reading more of Kae in the future for sure.

This is pretty cute. There's some parts I did enjoy. I think if you're after a cute and quick read, you'll definitely enjoy this.

In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kae follows LA event planner who returns home for the holidays, only to discover her ex's struggling christmas tree farm is the only thing standing between corporate greed & the small-town's financial livelihood. Determined to save the town and the farm, the protagonist sets out to plan her best event yet. Cute, funny & spicy queer holiday rom-com. I recommend this book to fans of Casey McQuiston and Alexandria Bellefleur. TAGS: fiction, romance, contemporary romance, erotic romance, LGBTQIA+, queer romance, sapphic romance, rom-com, second-chance, slow-burn, friends-to-lovers, holiday romance, christmas *Thanks to NetGalley, the book's publisher & the book's author for providing a free eARC in exchange for my honest review #NetGalley #InTheEventOfLove #CourtneyKae

This is the perfect sapphic Hallmark-esque book we have all been looking for! It had me laughing, crying and feeling for the characters throughout just as any romance should.

It had the right amount of spice for this heartwarming second chance romance. Looking forward to the next book in this world from Courtney Kae

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Overall it's a cute story, I enjoyed this book although didn't think it had much details about the characters and I couldn't identify with them. Easy to read so great holiday read.

I found this book boring and the writing style slow but it may be due to the fact that romance is not usually my genre of choice.

3.5/5stars

This is the first sapphic holiday romance that I have read & I love how cozy it is!! I do find that some of the romance itself especially at the beginning was unrealistic & some of the dialogue towards the end was a touch cliche, but with the suspension of reality, I would say overall a very cute read! I would definitely reread this in the winter time!

DNF. Was really unable to connect with this title. It is hard to put my finger on why but I tried to read it several times and was not drawn in.

I’m a huge fan of Hallmark Christmas movies and this book gives all those vibes in a wonderful queer way. Honestly the way Courtney Kae describes the setting takes me there and makes me feel like I am a witness to every event that happens.

God this book was so extremely average, I was almost brought to tears.

One thing that I am getting so tired of is books being marketed as "romantic comedies" and proceeding to have exactly zero comedy. This book literally says "laugh out loud" in the blurb and not once did anything remotely funny happen. Not. Once. Please, publishing, don't just use romcom as some blanket term for a contemporary romance. There is "contemporary romance" for that exact reason.

But even the romance in this was not on the mark. The two characters never even spent time reconnecting over their many years without speaking. It was just "omg I hate her" to "omg I want to bang her" with nothing in between. And even when they did start banging, there was no development beforehand. They were basically frenemies with benefits tbh. They spent all their time either bickering or banging.

Also, there was nothing even Christmassy about this book. They literally mentioned Christmas only at the very end, and yet I was under the impression this was a Christmas book. The entire point of a Christmas book is that Christmas plays an integral role in the storyline and it simply did not in this.

All in all, another disappointment.