This was the first book I read by this duo, and it has definitely made me want to read more! It was such a cozy read that I read in almost one sitting.

The book follows two childhood best friends through dual POV as they fake date through the Christmas period initially for their own benefits, however the story keeps you rooting for both characters right through until that ending that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

This was such a great read with great characters and a very relatable storyline of growing up and overcoming life hurdles. This book showed great representation and complex characters who have amazing character development

Another brilliant book from this author duo! I flew through it in a day. I really loved the romance and the characters individually. I enjoyed getting to see the relationship between Arden and her grandma as well and the way in which she uses her following to help her. Also, I'm a sucker for the friends to lovers trope especially when Arden and Caroline had been apart for years and were reconnecting throughout the book. Arden rediscovering what is important to her and learning to stand up for herself against Lilian was a highlight for me as well.

Excellent book, loved it! Looking forward to more from this author! Apologies for the lateness of my review

I had hoped this would be a fun read, but alas, it wasn’t. The description claims it is a ‘heartwarming cozy romance', but it was seriously lacking for me.

I found the characters stereotyped and very one dimensional, and the plot lacking the cozy romance I was promised.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this ARC in return for my honest review.

My favourite sapphic duo do it again! An incredible YA holiday romcom that you should definitely read in December!
Arden and Caroline were such wonderful characters and I loved seeing how Caroline was able to break through Arden's 'Hollywood' shell. I really enjoyed this, and I hope you do too!
Rachael and Alyson, you're both amazing and I cannot wait to see what you both write next!!

Alyson and Rachael have done it again!
There is nothing that I wouldn't read that they write!
Not only have they managed to write an incredibly wonderful holiday YA novel, but they managed to pack it full of heart, warmth, and hope.

I am so happy to have read this one - I laughed, I cried, I did the kicky feet, I clapped. It was all the good things.

I especially loved how, in a town full of Christmas, how it managed to carve an important spot for those who aren't Christian or Catholic, and want to celebrate their Jewish faith. This was such a lovely touch, and it shows that we can make changes even when 'tradition' is strong.

This is my new favourite YA holiday romcom, and I can't wait for y'all to read and love it, too.

Make my Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick 🎁💚🎄❤️

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

𝘼 𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙭-𝙚𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖 𝙂𝙪𝙮 𝙞𝙣 10 𝘿𝙖𝙮𝙨​ 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠.
𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨.
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.

I LOVED this book so much!!! The setup itself is so fun, we’re following childhood best friends who drifted apart after one of them moved to Hollywood and became a FAMOUS ACTRESS AT LIKE 14. They’re now reunited at 18 and fall into a fake dating situation around Christmas time 👀❤️.

What you can expect from this book:
🎄 The holiday spirit (both Christmas and Hanukkah) in full swing in an adorable small town ❤️
🎄 A really sweet romance between two people who have so much history and true friendship with each other (although there is some fighting first ofc 😅)
🎄 Beautiful friendships and really amazing side characters who added to the story and made me feel like I was back in high school hanging out with my closest friends 🥹
🎄 A bit of a deeper plot about the impact of childhood fame and finding your true friends and family / the place you belong 🫶🏻
🎄 A young adult book where the main characters somehow didn’t annoy me? Like they actually made some reasonable decisions given they’re teenagers!

Oh my gosh what a book!

Barnwich is this little Aussie's "small town America" dream come true! It gave me so many Stars Hollow vibes but Christmas all year so that filled me with so much joy!

Arden was so layered but also so obvious. I think the life of a Hollywood child star was so perfectly portrayed in this story in such a heart breaking way.

Caroline was her polar opposite on this front, with small town school and sports and friends and planning for college and a strong family around her.

Them coming together again was beautiful, funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. Watching Caroline work through her feelings of all parts of Arden and how she fits into her world, but Arden also doing the same about her self.

I really loved it!

Thanks Netgalley for the arc!!! 🩷

🎄 𝑀𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑀𝓎 𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝓊𝑒 🎄

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.✨

A YA lesbian holiday fake dating romcom written by two wives!? Sign me up!

Make My Wish Come True is a perfect cosy, heartwarming second chance romance between two childhood best friends. Arden leaves their small town to make it big in LA half way through high school but to land her dream role she has to prove that she isn’t the party girl portrayed in the media. To do this Arden returns to her small home town to see her girlfriend for the holidays… but she actually hasn’t spoken to Caroline for four years. Caroline eventually agrees as she will equally benefit from this arrangement. But will old sparks fly!? Will they be able to get through the twelve dates of Christmas!?

THIS IS THE LESBIAN CHRISTMAS MOVIE WE DESERVE! Ugh. I knew instantly that I loved this book. The way it’s written 10/10! Also the way that these 18 year olds handle each situation that didn’t annoy me (a 29 year old) was amazing and better than a lot of adults making decisions in books I’ve read.

Everyone needs to add this to their Christmas tbr, it’s so great! Make My Wish Come True comes out October 1! Thank you to Simon and Schuster for approving me to review on NetGalley!

This cozy holiday romance had me smiling all the way through and made my sapphic festive dreams come true! If you are a lover of the fake dating trope, this heartwarming YA novel is the one for you this season.

In this dual point-of-view novel we meet Caroline and Arden, childhood best friends… and maybe once more than that. Arden, a Hollywood star who left her hometown and never looked back, and Caroline, who is focussed on finishing high school and applying to her dream college. For Arden to secure the role her dreams, she must repair her ‘bad girl’ reputation. After an elaborate lie by her ambitious publicist, this means convincing the director and her fans of her “small-town appeal”, revolving around her “long-time girlfriend” Caroline, unbeknown to her, of course.

Arden returns to her picturesque hometown of Barnwich and gives Caroline, an aspiring journalist, an offer she can’t refuse – The promise of writing an article for the renowned Cosmopolitan magazine. The catch? The article must follow the lovebirds Caroline and Arden on 12 dates in the 12 days before Christmas and Hanukkah and successfully reassure everyone that they are madly in love. Throughout the book we see their friendship slowly rekindled, and perhaps some old sparks reignited.

This book refreshingly centres and normalises queerness, which I don’t often see in young adult novels. There was not a single occasion in this book where queerness was a surprise or an obstacle. While I would have loved some more depth to some of the characters, this was a lovely holiday read that I would wholeheartedly recommend if you’re looking for something with sapphic hallmark Christmas film vibes. <3

p.s. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the ARC of this novel, but the release date is the 2nd of October!

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this fabulous book!

I adored this book! It was exactly the kind of cheesy, schmoopy, small town Christmas romance I love reading, but it came served with a healthy amount of angst and mutual pining, too! The main characters, Arden and Caroline, were super likable - and also super flawed. It made their romance that much more believable.

One thing I enjoyed about this story that while it definitely leaned on the standard holiday romance tropes, it didn't rely on them. Arden and Caroline get real development over the course of the story and it was easy to see why they'd never gotten together to begin with. There was miscommunication, yes, but the story didn't fall into the trap of miscommunication being the only thing keeping its heroines apart. These two had real issues they had to contend with before they could admit they loved each other.

The authors captured the small town vibes perfectly. Anyone who has ever lived in a small town will be able to picture their favourite spots when Arden and Caroline are visiting theirs. And I loved how the story embraced both Hanukkah and Christmas, including traditions from both - it was nice to see another holiday included in a holiday romance other than just Christmas!

Overall, this was an easy 5 star read from me. I will be purchasing a copy as soon as they're available here. I've already texted all my sapphic friends to tell them to, too.

A heartwarming holiday romance with an abundance of small town charm.

• Queer romance
• Fake dating
• Enemies to lovers
• Second chance romance

Perfect for Hallmark lovers and happily ever after seekers! It would be perfect to read whilst enjoying a white Christmas, but unfortunately in Australia, we don’t get that blessing.

Love, love love!

I absolutely adored this book. Everything Rachael LippinCott and Alyson Derrick writes, it’s sweet and wholesome, this was beautifully written with amazing character depth and a fantastic plot! I truly adored this beautiful book.

Make My Wish Come True includes many aspects that I enjoy from romances including fake dating, second chance romance, childhood friends/crush to romantic relationship, being set in a small town and of course sapphic. If you have read romances with these tropes then the general plot and progression of the relationship will be no surprise but enjoyable nonetheless. Arden and Caroline were both likeable characters and I thought they had good development through the story. Lilian however who was Arden's manager is truly a horrible person and even though she was the one who came up with the fake dating idea in the first place, I had a hatred of her throughout the book.

Rachael and Alyson have done it again! Another perfect 5 star YA.
I loved everything about this holiday book from the second chance romance and fake dating tropes to the cast of 3 dimensional side characters.
Definitely pick this one up for your Christmas read, you won’t be disappointed!

i’m a certified grinch and not super into the whole concept of holiday cheer. despite that, i am still a sucker for a christmas romcom. being able to live vicariously through book characters is one of the few ways i find myself in the festive spirit. make my wish come true was not an exception and would have been even more fun to read in and around christmas and hanukkah.

it follows teen hollywood star, arden james, who in order to get a role goes back to her small festive hometown with the hopes of changing her image. part of the plan is to fake a relationship with her childhood best friend and budding journalist, caroline beckett, whom she left behind years prior.

this book has all the elements of a feel good hallmark movie with the added drama of hollywood and the struggles of coming of age as a queer woman. there’s a loveable range of characters and a setting that feels like an additional character itself. it explores how difficult it can be to be your complete self sometimes, with arden’s public vs private persona and caroline’s belief that she is neither jewish nor christian enough. it’s light and fluffy but it doesn’t shy away from those deeper themes. arden’s relationship with her grandmother is also a real highlight of this book for me. i always love to see characters that have such a close bond with a grandparent, as i did with my own.

This book was so precious and would’ve been so perfect to read during Christmas time. This book delved into some serious topics, but for a YA novel, it was able to be successfully blended with warmth and hope too! Big ticks all round and one to definitely add to your tbr!

A cute, YA romance that follows actress Arden James, and childhood best-friend Caroline Beckett. The story follows both POV’s as Arden goes home for Christmas and convinces Caroline to go on 12 fake dates so she can secure a new film role. Caroline agrees as it will help her with her Colombia application, but with their history there’s bound to be complications.

I will admit that I forgot what this was about by the time I got around to reading it so I was skeptical at the start, but I couldn’t put it down once the plot picked up.

The dynamic between the two main characters was really well written and felt natural. Each ‘date’ is just super cute and reveals a part of their history. I loved witnessing their relationship progress while also seeing how they evolved on their own. I was truly rooting for Arden the whole time. If the premise of the book interests you, I definitely think you’ll enjoy it.

Arden James left her small town to make it big in LA - leaving everything and everyone behind without a goodbye. Caroline Beckett was one of those left behind without an explanation and she's done her best to move on with life and support Arden's family as best she can. When Arden rocks back into town with the request for fake-dating 12 times, Caroline can't say no.

She Gets the Girl was very good and I therefore jumped at the chance of an ARC of this novel. Unfortunately, Make My Wish Come True was a letdown. It was very predictable and also similar in nature to Finding my Elf. As a probably demisexual, I can't imagine holding onto the idea of loving someone for four years when they've left you. Caroline is finally moving on for someone else, and Arden just waltzes back in and expects her to jump. And she does!

How many teenagers really relate to a popstar/celebrity relocation to LA? I can tell you that today's teenagers (that I know) couldn't care less, because tiktok and other social media has made it possible to be famous without moving. On the other hand, Caroline's dreams of journalism are achievable, if a bit typical of teenage novels. I think that young lesbians could still love this novel, particularly if they like seasonal reading (and snow).

I think I'm allowed to be picky with the #queer novels that come across my path now because there are so many great ones out there! I don't love Christmas either. That being said, I did recently read another ARC of a Christmas novel (barista/artist/fake-engagement) that I did enjoy. So it's not just that. 3 stars for this novel from me for a protagonist who seems to be missing a backbone and a storyline that's a little too predictable.

A cute and kitschy Christmas small town romance from everyone's favourite sapphic writer wives, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick. A must read for any Hallmark movie lover or Happily Ever After seeker.

Arden James, actress, must prove with 12 holiday dates that she's a small town gal with a One True Love back home, to win her dream acting role a la How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days