Thank you Netgalley and Dreamscape Audio for this audiobook arc.

I overall have mixed feelings about this m/m romance. There are parts I just loved and parts I could of done with out. There are times Many threw the main character was so lovely for especially in the mental health accpect of this story, but also times when you got frustrated with him. I loved his and Henry’s romance for the most part. Plenty of chemistry and heart. Didn’t care for that third act break up. Although I would have loved a dual setting in this. I overall loved the setting of NYC rich, party boy, with selfish tendencies being stuck in a small town. Loved the towns people he met and Matthew with his grandparents. I like Matthew’s growth in this and that the author took time working on Matthew before bring back the main couple in the end. Really enjoyed the narrator Mark Sanderlin in this one. He brought the right emotion to this.

Overall I enjoyed the book and am giving it 3.5 stars (4 stars on this scale).

4.5 stars
I was not expecting to read a holiday/Christmas book even before I started my spooky books this year, but the Netgalley gods shined upon me.
This book had such great Christmas vibes, but at the same time Scrooge vibes. I loved the small town setting which seems very like where I live. It's the perfect setting for Christmas magic!
So honestly, I liked Matthew from the very beginning. He comes off as a Scrooge character who is rich and spoiled (he buys an entire island just because he was dumped). But there is just something about him even through all of that that I just had to like. I really loved a lot of these characters. Hector, Matthew's grandparents, Noelle and Matthew's nanny turned chef (I don't know how to spell her name because I listened to the audio). They all just warmed my heart. (I hated Bentley though, ugh)
Matthew has very bad anxiety and panic attacks. Since his mom is famous, everyone has kind of tried to hush it up. There was an extreme (and intentional) difference between how his family and friends in NYC treated his anxiety versus how his family and friends in small town MA treated his anxiety. Living with someone who goes through the same things, it felt so real to me. It was handled so well with extremely positive therapy rep.
There is also great LGBTQ+ rep in this book. Matthew is gay, Hector is bi, Noelle is queer, Matthew's therapist is non-binary. It wasn't in your face, it was just a fact. I loved that it didn't feel over the top, yet we got everything.
I think my favorite thing about this book is that the typical "big conflict" was not happily resolved in the blink of an eye. There were discussions, realizations that maybe the other person isn't the problem, acknowledging that sometimes it's ok to not be able to forgive someone for hurting you right away but wanting to work toward that forgiveness.
When I started this book, I thought it was just going to be an average holiday romance, but I really fell in love with the characters. I loved how Matthew and Hector came together to create an amazing gala for the town and how Matthew came to realize his passion. Matthew really showed amazing growth and it didn't seem cheesy. It seemed real.
100% recommend this one if you are looking for a good Christmas romance this year!

I was scrolling through NG and saw this book's title and had to request it! Nothing like a play on words mixed with Christmas in July. MC Matthew Prince is the definition of spoiled. His very rich parents money funds every whim that Matthew has and then some! I mean so rich...that he buys an island only to get cut off by his parents who then send him to live with his "not rich" grandparents

This is a romcom filled Christmas story. Matthew, though extremely spoiled is a love able character. Due to a big mistake, he is forced to give up his high on the hog lifestyle for a small town life, sans cell service (Ew, David vibes for sure LOL). But love does happen no matter where you are...and the slow burn relationship between Matthew and Hector is one you can't help but tooth for. I enjoyed this book from start to finish, it felt real and warm. I appreciate the queer aspect mixed in with mental health. We watch Matthew struggle, cope, accept, and get help dealing with his anxiety. If you are a fan of Hallmark-like, or ABC Family/Freeform, Christmas movies this is perfection.

I started You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince worried I wasn’t going to like it, but came out like the Grinch at the end of the story—with my heart feeling fuller and bigger, reminded of the happiness of the holidays! Matthew Prince is young and spoiled and after a PR misstep his parents can’t ignore, he’s went to live with his grandparents parents in their small town where he’s forced to shred a room with Hector Martinez, a student who his grandparents are helping for the holidays. Matthew’s growth in this was really impressive. This story starts with what feels like a little too much introspection from a main character that feels super spoiled and immature. It was a little hard to get into, but worth the journey. His emotional growth is so strong, the anxiety rep is beautifully done, the acceptance from the community is lovely, and the chemistry of the characters develops into something special. It’s a great holiday read with some wonderful moments of vulnerability and some steamy moments with this enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity romance. Each side character really adds a lot. Noelle was a favorite of mine. It felt like a kind Schitt’s Creek story and it was just a story with a lot of heart! Really a great holiday book!

This heartwarming holiday M/M new adult romance started off a little rocky for me at first but won me over in the end. Matthew Prince is a spoiled rich NYC kid who gets sent to spend the holidays with his grandparents in the country. He's a very unlikable, privileged prick upon arrival but slowly starts to redeem himself when he starts helping with a holiday charity event and ends up falling for local townie Hector.

While there's really great anxiety rep in this book and wonderful found family, I didn't love the miscommunication, third act break up. Think Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl but make him gay and Grinchy and you've got a pretty good idea of Matthew Prince. Good on audio too narrated by Mark Sanderlin. Much thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.