As someone who is not a huge fan of romance or comedy, The Nightmare Before Kissmas was kind of a miracle for me. I went into Go Luck Yourself hoping for more of the same, but knowing deep down I probably would not have those same feelings, and unfortunately I was right. That being said, I am glad I read it and will likely give a third installment a try, if it happens. I will also definitely be recommending this to romance readers in my life!

What a fun new edition to this imaginative and fun series that centers queer joy and romance in the most beautiful way!

I knew I needed a romance between the Christmas Prince and the Halloween Prince, but I did not know I needed a romance between the other Christmas Prince and the St. Patrick's Day Prince. Sarah does a wonderful job writing engaging banter and it wasn't hard to ship Kris and Loch.

The most delightful thing about this series from Sara Raasch is that it shouldn't work. The commitment to some of the holiday puns should be too corny, the characters too predictable, the plots too straightforward. That's at least how it would feel on paper. But anyone smart enough to open one of these books knows it's exactly the opposite—Go Luck Yourself carries that mantle from its predecessor in such an incredibly joyful way.

In the follow-up to Nightmare Before Kissmas, Kris, the second born prince of Christmas, is struggling. With what? Telling his best friend he was in love with her while simultaneously realizing he wasn't. The familial repercussions of his older brother trying to repair Christmas' relations with other winter holidays. An abusive mother and a clueless to the point of harm father. Oh, and an asshole at his university who keeps using his study room. Only it turns out that asshole is the Prince of Saint Patrick's Day—Loch—and after a prank gone public, Kris has to visit Loch's kingdom on a PR tour for them both that'll make fans of Red, White and Royal Blue thrilled. Pretend like you're getting along. There's no animosity. This is exactly how bros act with each other.

Just bros.

Where Kissmas was romance novel wrapping paper covering the ultimate present about the obfuscation of Christmas, Go Luck Yourself focuses more specifically on Kris and his mental health issues. The book touches on similar themes to the first, talking about how Saint Patrick's Day has devolved over time into a holiday about drinking and most folks have forgotten the core of the day and its importance to the Irish people, what was really most compelling and central to the narrative of this book was Kris. He's the younger sibling who was always taking care of his older sibling. He receives the brunt of his mother's wrath—she'd left years prior, the ramifications of which were briefly touched upon with his minor character arc in the previous novel. So getting to see that more delved into in this book, touching on the fact that Kris allows these things to happen to him because of a lack of self-worth, allows himself to be treated certain ways or expect (or rather, not expect) good things for himself... It was so exciting getting to explore that with his character and I felt it was an extremely touching and relatable plot. It was also refreshing and allowed this book to stand apart from the predecessor.

Sure the two books share a formula of sorts—a couple with a misunderstood meeting, major bumps along the way, the attempts at resisting the connection, the overthrown plot, the 11th hour Hail Mary for the relationship. But with these I can't help but think if it's not broken, I certainly have no care to fix it.

The romance between Loch and Kris was fun—they're both extremely emotionally unintelligent characters, and I say this as a person who has an extremely hard time with emotions. It was interesting trying to see the way they navigated around each other, though every so often Loch's actions became a little too frustrating and repetitive. Still, I enjoyed getting to see the way they interacted with each other and the way they fell into each other's lives. I would have loved a little more point of view from Kris's internal monologue, or from Loch's speeches discussing how long he'd had feelings for Kris, what exactly pulled them together in the first place. (Perhaps sometimes it's just that the person is hot and then you fall for their personality later! Honestly maybe I just want more content with these characters.)

Speaking of I think the way the characters from the previous book who were a little more central were woven into this just enough without taking away from the main story was extremely well paced. There was another plot going on in the background but it never seemed to take away from what was most important to our main couple. I think this was extremely important to me especially considering the close relationship between the brothers—Kris and Coal—in the last book. Without revealing additional spoilers, the author also seemed to lay the groundwork for a new book in the series and I can't wait to see where it goes.

There's definitely a few things I would have loved to see resolved a little more at the end (both their art hobbies, most of all!)—but it's a series and perhaps these are things that I will see continued on through the rest of Raasch's writing. I'm particularly interested to start seeing how the dynamics between all of the holiday kingdoms are working if everyone is marrying each other and the ramifications that might have on the universe—and I'm usually more of a character person than a world building person, but the author's done such a great job with this universe that I'm constantly curious about it.

If there's one thing I know it's that as long as the author keeps working on these books I will continue to pick them up, giggle and kick my feet, and read along.

This book was so sweet and heartfelt, with a raw look at anxiety and dysfunctional family relationships. I loved the main couple, the banter was bantering, the heat was hot! I'm excited to share this book with all my friends because it was a great read!

Sara Raasch is one power house of a writer. I fell in love with the universe in the first book, and melted into a puddle with this second book.

Go Luck Yourself can be seen as the perfect sequel to The Nightmare before Kissmas. Where the first book had the world building and fast paced plot. This book was spaced with a softer plot and it works wonderfully in tandem. Sara Raasch knows who her characters are as we see this book bring Kristophers personality and I think with the plot being less hectic of world building it fits the character wonderfully.

I love that we still got our fav characters like Hex, Coal, and Iris but I am happy that Sara did not stray from this being Kris’ storyline and having it overshadowed by too much.

Readers will find a lot to relate with in Kris and I think Sara has done some of the best panic attack representation I’ve seen in romantic literature. The effort is noticed and appreciated.

Overall, Sara Raasch has made me fall in love with romance, a genre that isn’t one of my top favorites. This series has quickly made its way into my heart and I look forward to Sara’s work that is to come!

Ok, this is adorable and hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing and I'm so glad to continue in this world.

Go Luck Yourself was such a wonderful follow up to The Nightmare Before Kissmas. Something I really dislike about a lot of romance series is the original books characters are not in the book to the degree that you'd want them to be, but this was not the case with Go Luck Yourself. Coal, Hex, and Iris, were still the lovable companions we know them to be helping Kris along his way. I really related to Kris's perfectionism. The author's character work is impeccable. She really knows how to flesh out a well rounded and believable character. I really enjoyed watching Kris come to terms with the things weighing him down in life and coming back into who he wants to be, and not what he thinks he should be.

For me this book is only 4 and not a 5 for two reasons:

First is: No one could ever beat Coal. He's my absolute new favorite book character and I just simply can not bring myself to rate another book higher than his as I just love him so much.

Second: The romance on Loch's side felt out of place at first. When he first held Kirs's hand, and kissed Kris I was genuinely surprised. I love banter as much as the next girl but it didn't feel like there was a sense at all that Loch was flirting with Kris. SO when the romance first started it felt a bit clunky.

Otherwise this book was absolutely adorable, I love these two hotheads so much, and I am so grateful to have been able to read the book. I love this series so infinitely and I truly deeply hope there's more to come because I am just not ready to part with this crew at all.

This book surprised me. It was much more emotional than I expected. Kris struggles with his identity this entire book, and it was such a heartfelt expression of growth. But, it was also so HOOOOT! Like damn, these boys took banter to a whole new level and I was hooked from the start. I went in expecting a cute little holiday rom-com, and it punched me right in the feels too.

I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this series! I hope Sara Raasch writes so many more of them! They are light and fun while also having enough depth to them to keep you involved. I can't wait for the next one!

Not going to lie, I started this book upset that the author was going to be doing a 180 flip of the character from the last book. That being said, the transition and way she handled it was smooth and believable. I loved the banter between the main characters and even the side characters had me giggling for parts. I cannot wait to see what the author continues with next.

Wow. I really loved this book. Kris and Loch are both pretty broken people so their finding each other, and their combative relationship made the HEA so satisfying. I love this world of the holidays. It's both magical and realistic. I love that the young protagonists find and claim their joy in the face of their elders continuing to screw up their world with greed and cynicism. I highly recommend this series!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

After reading A Nightmare Before Kissmass I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the next in this amazing series. I was not disappointed by Go Luck Yourself. St Patrick’s day is one of my favorite holidays, because it takes place in my birthday month, and my favorite color is green. This was a well-done MM romance read. I loved both Kris and Lochlan and together they were perfect. I really enjoyed how the enemies to lovers worked out for them. The tension and angst between them was just top notch, oh and the banter was just phenomenal. I loved it. There are some really funny parts that I’m still giggling about later. I really enjoyed how this book picked up right where Kissmass ended. While technically you could read this one as a standalone it would be way better if you read A Nightmare Before Kissmass first. It is a really good series, and you won’t want to miss a minute of it.

If you’re looking for a well done MM romance, with a fun holiday focus, then you need to check this one out.

I was hoping to like this title after not really enjoying book one, however, I had many of the same issues with this one. Sara did a lot of telling, and not enough showing. Kris had a lot of childhood trauma to work through, and instead of showing us how he was doing that, Sara told us (many times) throughout the book how his mother and father hurt him, without us getting to see more of his healing. I wish he would have started to choose himself over what he thought was expected of him sooner. The love story/romance was cute, and the chemistry between Kris and Loch was definitely there—especially in the beginning. I think what felt a little off was the pacing. I had high hopes for these novels because I love the idea behind them, but I think this will be my last Sara Raasch book.

I loved every moment I spent with Kris and Loch! This series is such a delight and I can't wait for the next one.

I didn’t think it was going to be possible to love a couple more than I loved Hex and Coal in the first book, but wow!!
Obsessed with Kris and Loch! They are now my soft art babies and I love them!
I hope the author continues writing in this holiday world.

I thought Nightmare before Kissmas was my favorite read this year. And I was wrong. Well maybe. The two are tied in my mind for most romantic book of the year. And for totally different reasons. Either way this was magnificent. I wish I could give it a million stars. The authors writing style is beautiful, lyrical, raw and truthful and it hit me in the gut every time anything even remotely serious happened. And yet this manages to be hilarious and whimsical at the same time. I can’t give this enough praise. Read it.

Go Luck Yourself was an excellent follow up to The Nightmare Before Kissmas. It was so much fun to dive back into this world of holiday celebrations and political scheming. The (fr)enemies-to-lovers relationship between Loch and Kris had just the right balance of hatred and pining. Well done!

Wow!!! 5 stars! Somehow I loved this one even more than the first & that is saying a lot! Absolutely loved the story, the characters, and the emotions that came along with this book!! So much banter between the characters and I was loving the character development. Highly recommend this book!

Okay okay, I thought that a sequel couldn't possibly be better than the first book but Sara Raasch proved me wrong by creating a piece of literature that was fun, angsty, and spicy all tied together with a neat little shamrock flower chain. "The Nightmare Before Kissmas" was incredible, but I do think that I enjoyed the love story between Loch and Kris much more in "Go Luck Yourself" perhaps because I'm a huuuuge sucker for enemies to lovers. I also related to Kris so much that his pain felt like my pain, and it made connecting with him so much easier.

Now, I really don't like Hallmark movies, but that said if Hallmark or Netflix wanted to grab these two books and turn them into movies, I would certainly not be upset because I'm obsessed with these books. Raasch did a wonderful job of really bringing the reader into the worlds of Christmas and Saint Patrick's Day, while giving the reader characters to cheer on and a couple that one can't help but hate.

If you're looking for something fun to entertain you, then don't look any further than this book!