This was a really fun story with likeable characters (except for Nick, who you're supposed to dislike lol) and a really great exploration to how 3 holidays could intertwine. The fictional town sound absolutely lovely and makes me want to travel there!

There were a few areas that maybe came together a little quickly but it generally flowed well and gave the impression that only one author wrote it style-wise. I enjoyed the multiple POVs. Got a bit cheesy towards the end but honestly I feel like is sort of what we look for a bit when it comes to holiday rom coms.

Overall a fun, feel-good holiday story that I really enjoyed.

This one hit the spot as a swoonworthy holiday romance and just what the doctor ordered. I loved the relationship between Maryam and Anna. This book was hilariously chaotic at times, and a perfectly diverse holiday hallmark-esque story. 3.75 rounded up. Thank you to #NetGalley and #PenguinGroupPutnam for allowing me a copy of this ebook in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Putnam Books for the gifted copy.

This story was set in the year 2000, a year when Christmas, Hanukkah, and Ramadan all overlapped. Maryam and Anna are strangers sitting next to each other on their flight to Toronto, but when turbulence and a storm causes them to get diverted to Snow Falls and them getting stuck in the middle of nowhere for a few days. Maryam, Anna and the various characters stuck in Snow Falls band together to celebrate all of their holidays and all of their traditions despite their original holiday plans being ruined.

I loved that this book featured all the holidays and had such great representation. However with so many characters and holidays and storylines, it was sometimes challenging to keep track of it all. Overall, this was a sweet Hallmark-esque holiday story but one that included all of the holidays. It was less of a romance and really more about the importance of family and friendships. This book is a great addition to your holiday reads and was a great way to learn about other holidays and cultures!

This book was such a fun time and the perfect cozy read for those who love the holidays but maybe don't love the obsession over CHRISTMAS above all else. It reads like a Hallmark movie (in a good way) and has everything from an ensemble cast of lovable characters, Muslim and Jewish rep, childhood friends to lovers, love at first sight, and an absolutely perfect small town vibe. I really enjoyed this blend of many moving parts and rooted for our two main characters, Maryam and Anna, as they navigated their love stories and new friendships!

Very cute holiday time romance! It had friendship, family love, and some romance. It was a sweet story and I read it in about a day.

A delightful closed-door holiday romance that celebrates three cultures and three holidays with joy and love.

Thank you to the author and publisher for providing me with a digital ARC of this title via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

This turned out to be a cute, sweet holiday romance. Its a little heavy on the different cultures and customs, which didn't make me like it less, it was just a little distracting as all of the terms were so unfamiliar. I'm not opposed to learning and appreciating other customs however, so I looked at it as a nice taste of something new.
This would make a great holiday movie - likable characters, picturesque small winter town, three different faiths represented through their celebrations, family drama that draws its members closer together, and great romance.

I adored this book. I personally loved how this book touched on many different faiths during the holiday season. In this book we can see the holidays that are talked about are Christmas Ramadan and Hanukkah. Within this book there is chaos and magic. I appreciated how the authors were able to show us readers how different but also show us how much us readers are actually alike. I mainly enjoyed how beautiful and relatable this book was. This book was such a beautiful collaboration and I truly adored it! I love the self-discovery throughout this book it was really touching. I definitely recommend this book.

“Three Holidays and a Wedding,” co-authored by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley, is a low-key historical romance novel set in a small town in Ontario, Canada, in 2000, a year in which Eid, Christmas, and Hanukkah overlaped. It has the snowed-in trope, my favorite of all ☃️
We follow two intertwined love stories, of Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson, and this exchange serves to explain the three holidays for an interfaith audience. As befitting the co-author of “The Holiday Swap” (I was just reminded of how adorbs that novel was when listening to this week’s episode of @professionalbookgirl ), the Hallmarky small town vibes were immaculate and unsurprising for the author of the beautiful “Pride and Prejudice” retelling “Ayesha at Last,” the female empowerment and self-discovery was also v much on point, as was the representation of brown women and religious women, heroines we don’t see often enough. And I loved how in some ways the biggest romance of all was the frienship that sprung up between Maryam, her family, and Anna. Now I would really like to see a movie adaptation of the novel and a movie based on Maryam’s three holiday retelling of Dickens’ Christmas Carol, plz & ty.

Thank you so much for the ARC @netgalley

TW death of a parent (before the start of the story)

This is an entertaining holiday story by new-to me authors, and I had a lovely time reading it. A light-hearted romance that will warm your heart and bring a smile to your face, with the characters snowbound in a small town in Ottawa. Maryam is heading to Toronto for her sister's wedding and Anna is going to meet her boyfriend's family. The two meet on the flight and become friends and begin sharing their innermost personal thoughts with each other, which are all being heard by Maryam's childhood sweetheart, Saif, who is sitting a couple of rows behind them. Then bad weather forces their flight into an emergency landing in a charming little town called Snow Falls, and changes the trajectory of their plans.
The story was sweet and cozy and very Hallmark-like. I appreciated the cultural differences and how they were all brought together, breaking down the barriers and bringing people of different faiths, traditions, and customs together, and really showing it's the people and loved ones you celebrate with that is what is really important and not the differences that exist. The characters were well-written and were all relatable and likable and I enjoyed getting to know them and following their stories. The authors did a nice job with the descriptions that helped create vivid pictures in my mind and really brought the story and characters to life.
A delightfully charming story that gave me all the feels! Glad to have had the opportunity to read it!
I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

I enjoyed this book quite a bit! I found it very interesting to read about the different cultures and practices for Ramadan as well as Hanukkah. It is important to be exposed to more perspectives than what I normally am, and I found it informative without being too much like a lecture. It was a bit unbelievable that the small town of Snow Falls in rural Canada had such great representation of cultures, but it did make the story interesting. I found the characters of Anna and Maryum to have great arcs, and I loved the development of both of them. My favorite side character was definitely Dadu, he was such a joy on the page! I found the story to be heart warming and an easy read. I enjoyed reading this book during the holiday season!

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.

3 stars.

I was excited to read "Three Holidays and a Wedding" by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley. There are some cute, cheesy, Hallmark-y moments in this book, but I felt underwhelmed by it as a whole. It's not a bad book, but it's a little all over the place because there is *a lot* going on here. It can get bogged down by all of the festivities and characters and goings on. Still, overall, this is a mostly fun story. I hated how both Anna and Maryam were walked all over by the people in their lives over and over... and they let it happen! Maryam lets her family overwhelm her and use her and abuse her kindness because she's a people pleaser. Anna lets Nick run the show of their relationship, and I whoop-whooped when she told him she wanted a break! Josh was *very* manic pixie dream boy. I *loved* Dadu, he is the star of this book for me! He made me laugh over and over with his meddling, movie-loving ways. I appreciated learning about Ramadan and Hanukkah in great detail that I was unfamiliar with. Great representation, decent holiday escapism, but often cringey plot points. I found my interest waning the longer the book went on.

Thank you to NetGalley, Uzma Jalaluddin, Marissa Stapley, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, and G.P. Putnam's Sons for the complimentary ARC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for my review.

Sweet, fun story combining three holidays in a unique way! The plot was a bit thin, but it was enjoyable.

Unfortunately, DNF'ed at 30%. I was interested in the 3 holidays lining up synopsis, but I couldn't get into the two main characters. The dialogue was clunky and repetitive, especially when the characters were sharing their feelings. It also didn't seem like much of a romance and the town of Snow Falls was a little too trite. I unfortunately cared little for the insta-love between the characters. I can't recommend this book but I am sure others loved it. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC.

I received an ARC of this title through NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I thought this book was a short, cute, double romance. It was nothing overwhelming special, had 0 spice, and read like a hallmark movie. I found it interesting that it was set prior to 9/11 for what seemed like no real reason? When I began reading I thought it was to make a point, especially with pointing out the triple holidays, but if so I never found it. The town was uncharacteristically open to any and all nationalities and had a touch of magic like any proper holiday town does. The characters were okay and if Hallmark holiday romance is your jam, this one is probably for you!

An in-flight snowstorm unexpectedly lands two women in a small festive town, where with the help of each other they realize they need to make some major life changes. ✈️

Simply put, this one didn’t work for me. The synopsis made it sound so fun, but it was very sweet and sappy, which isn’t my cup of tea. I never relate to pushover FMCs, and in this one, we have two of them. 😕 Things came together frustratingly slow and the writing was overly detailed, so the plot progressed at a snail’s pace for me. As a plus, I liked the representation of three holidays happening at once. (The book focused mainly on Ramadan with a bit of Hanukkah and a smidge of Christmas.) Another example of marketing setting expectations that in my opinion, didn’t accurately reflect the book. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for a complimentary advance copy of this eBook, out now.

This book was just kind of a mess and all over the place which I guess can be hinted at in the title. It lost the hallmark vibes pretty quickly

Thanks so much to NetGalley, G.P. Putnam's Sons and the authors for an ARC version of this book.

If you are looking for a feel-good, life your spirits holiday read, this one is for you. "Three Holidays and a Wedding" follows the story of Maryam and Anna as they find themselves as seatmates on a flight from Denver to Toronto, for a wedding and Christmas celebration, respectively.

What I loved about this book was that it has something for everyone, as it introduces elements of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Ramadan. Usually around this time of year, you can find me buried in Christmas romances, and I actually loved that romance was only played a small role in this book, and that the main focus was on the cultural aspects of these womens' lives and how a few days stranded in a snowy town influenced them to recognize their true selves.

Highly recommend this one for a hopeful, uplifting read to start your holiday season.

If you’re looking for a feel-good winter romance, this is it! Three Holidays and a Wedding is set in 2000 when Christmas, Hanukkah, and Ramadan were all happening at the same time. Anna is traveling to Toronto to spend Christmas with her boyfriend and his family. Maryam is traveling to Toronto with her family to celebrate her sister’s wedding. When the storm of the century comes, their flight is rerouted to Snow Falls,Canada. At first, everyone is upset at this inconvenience, but the longer they are in Snow Falls, the more they listen to themselves and what they need, not what everyone else wants from them. There are some great characters including an Indian grandfather, a movie star, and some amazing townsfolk. Set up like a Hallmark movie, this is just a fun, sweet book that made me want to read more.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

What a different style of a holiday book. I loved it and loved seeing all of the different cultures and point of views. I had to go to a bakery and buy baked goodies. Loved it!