Raasch has really outdone herself with her newest installment of Royals and Romance rom-com series. I fell in love with the fun world of holiday royals in the series opener, mainly due to Raasch’s excellent balance of humor and heart, but this follow-up is just downright s*exy. Second-born Prince of Christmas, Kris, just wants to be useful and loved. Grappling with mother abandonment and a love profession that crashed and burned in Book 1, he’s needs a break/escape. But arriving in Ireland to try and rectify a PR nightmare with the Prince of St. Patrick’s Day only leads to more confusion and troubling situations. Lachlan Kane is also having quite the ‘sh*t year’ and would rather watch paint dry than have to spend time with the eejit who pranked him and can’t seem to stop tripping over everything!
You can expect:
-forced proximity
-verbal sparring
-meet disaster (still laughing over the tinsel)
-hate you but lust you so bad (BOYO!)
-writer meets painter
-hurt/comfort
-growling, groveling, and sexy paint sessions

Add in the hilarious group chats, working through family trauma, and a tour of Ireland made for a heck of a good time! Audiobook narrator, Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, was incredible! Not just the perfect accent work, but the amount of vulnerability and emotion he packed into the performance. When he performed “You aren’t an awakening… You’re the whole dawn. And I can’t believe I ever thought I’d seen the sun before you…” I think my soul left my body! No notes, all the stars!
If you enjoy adult rom-coms, diverse characters, found family, and flawed heroes worth rooting for, you will love this book!

Much like the previous book in the series, in Go Luck Yourself, Sara Raasch has created a complex and emotional romance. Both characters, Kris and Lochlan are compelling and charismatic. I love that the narrative voice is Kris as we see how much he struggles with the past and the emotional abuse by his mother.
There are two parts to this romance that I love. What pulls me in in the beginning is the witty and dynamic banter between the pair as they vye. The conversations and charisma between the two definitely pulls a reader into the story. But what kept me reading was the emotional connection that Kris and Lochlan form, the way that they delve into their pasts and how they share the struggles they’ve faced. Both have dealt with trauma and while it is in different ways, that trauma allows them to bond. I also love that way that Kris struggles and slowly finds his path in life, finds his way back to who he wants to be through his passions. And while the road to romance is not smooth, I love how we still get a happily ever with this pair.
If you like holiday themed romances with enemies to lovers, this story will thrill you. You will love the complex and emotional moments, the wit and banter but most of all, you will love the beautiful romance even amid the intrigue and mystery. I would love to see more in the series from Sara Raasch.

Sara Raasch has created a world I love to live in with vibrant characters, beautiful setting descriptions, and hilarious dialogue. I thought that the first book in this series couldn't be topped, and I am pleasantly surprised that "Go Luck Yourself" is just as funny, and the characters have just as much depth. I loved this read and can't wait for more!

This was cute! I felt like sometimes the prose kind of got in it's own way, but this was a charming silly story. Folks that liked the first book should definitely check this one out.

Thank you NetGalley and Bramble for the ARC! Go Luck Yourself is the companion book to The Nightmare before Kissmas and book two of the Royals and Romance Series. Prince of Christmas Kris is sent to Ireland as diplomatic (but fact finding) mission, and will need to win over the Prince of St. Patrick's Day, Lochlan, who just so happens to be Kris's university rival (the two had quite the sparring over a study room). Sparks fly between the two, but are sparks of love or loathing. With the same humor and heart of the Nightmare Before Kissmas, but a little more slowburn before the spice, Go Luck Yourself is sure to please fans of the first, as well as readers who love rivals/enemies to lovers.

STOP HOW WAS THIS CUTER THAN BOOK ONE?!

The enemies to lovers, the “wait I’ve hated you before?!”
The oh shit he’s hot

I love them. I love this series.

The only qualm I had with this book is again it’s a bit wordy. Less words to make the same points would be amazing.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC of Go Luck Yourself🍀

After what can only be dubbed as the tinsel incident, Kris, spare to the Christmas throne, must atone for his misdeeds by spending the week prior to St Patrick's Day in Ireland with none other than the prince of luck himself, Lochlann. While these two clash more often than not, together they find something hotter and stronger than they thought previously: love.

Such a delightful sequel. While it took me some time to get used to Kris, Loch was an amazing love interest and I adored his character growth.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for providing the ARC.

I swear Sara Raasch is putting crack in these books. I can't get enough of these holiday hijinks with these queer royals and everything that comes from their interactions. I love Coal and Hex in the first book, as well as the cast of supporting characters, but especially Kris, the often overshadowed one versus his brother's outward antics.

And Kris has met his match with the gruff St. Patrick's Day prince, the very same guy who has been stealing his study room at school. The insults between these two are wonderfully antagonistic and absolutely charming, that you can't help but fall for Kris and Loch right from the get go.

This book is funny and relatively unserious, but it is an amazingly fun read.

This was a really good and entertaining book. We met Kris in the first book because he is the other son of Christmas. Here he needs to investigate who is stealing joy and the suspect is the Crown Prince of St. Patrick’s Day Lachlan. I really enjoyed that both characters already had antagonist relation ship, which made them falling for each other even more satisfying. There’s a lot of emotion involved in this book for both characters. I really like the politics involved in between all the holidays and the story itself was charming and you were rooting for them to fall for each other the whole time.

Kris, second son and heir presumptive to the Christmas Holiday (his brother was just crowned king), unwittingly provokes an inter-holiday scandal by pranking the Prince of St. Patrick's Day. Kris heads to Ireland to give the Holiday Press a wholesome story to print, since he feels like a jerk after making Prince Lochlann look bad. But that's not all - Kris is also "undercover" investigating the theft of some Christmas joy (a suspicious shamrock was left behind at the scene of the crime, pointing to the Irish culprit). But, surprise surprise, Prince Lochlann is really hot and, though grumpy, also really into making his holiday the best it can be.

I've read reviews of this series saying that the political stuff is taken too seriously, and I kind of get that? Because it's really hard to read a conflict hinging on the theft of Christmas Joy and treat it with the same gravitas that the book does. I personally just read it as something important to the characters that I just don't care about (like when I read about the horrors of the gin trade in historical romance). I do think it's really cool that Raasch is bringing characters with depression and anxiety to a silly-as-hell book, because those people deserve to be the stars of a hilarious holiday romcom, too.

This objective review is based on complimentary copies of the audiobook and novel.

4.5 stars

The Nightmare Before Kissmas seemed to be a divisive book. Some people thought it was a lot of fun and loved it, and some people felt that the politics in the book ruined the story. I was one of the those that enjoyed the book for what it was (but I'll admit I didn't care for the politics that much). I'm happy to say that this book moves the politics to the background and really focuses on the romance and relationships.

After the events that happened in Kissmas, Kris returns to university feeling lost. He doesn't know his place in Christmas, he doesn't know what he wants out of life, and he doesn't know how he can find his happy ending. After accidentally embarrassing the Prince of St. Patrick's Day, Kris is sent to Ireland to publicly apologize and to discover who is secretly stealing the Joy from the winter holidays. What follows is Kris' story of self-discovery, dealing with trauma and anxiety, and falling in love.

I loved this book. I thought it was much better than Kissmas (and I liked that one). I was very interested in Kris' story and his pain. I thought Raash did a great highlighting his anxiety, panic attacks, and general sense of feeling lost in his life. I still love his relationship with Coal and Iris (their banter always makes me smile). Hex is around but tbh he doesn't do much in this story. I loved all of the new characters - Loch and his sisters Siobhan and Finn.

It was sometimes painful to see how Kris (and Loch) were having to deal with their abusive families and how their roles in their respective holidays were affected by them. But this also made the characters feel more real, and you can't help but get excited when they realize that it's ok to make choices for yourself and not for others. As for the romance, it's a little spicy (there's a little dom/sub action) and I think people will appreciate the enemies to lovers trope.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book (in my opinion it's better than Kissmas). If you were a fan of Kissmas you will definitely like this one as well. If you didn't like Kissmas because you thought it was too political and not enough romance, I would say give this one a shot. There is a little bit of politics in there but it's much more in the background and I think you will enjoy this romance.

Thanks to @Netgalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved Nightmare Before Kissmas, so I was excited to dive into the sequel, following Kris. And again I loved the world, I loved the holiday magic system based on joy, I loved the scheming, and I loved the brotherly support. I really missed Coal in this book though as I love his sense of humor and we only get him coming in to support Kris in more serious moments (which completely makes sense - I just miss the constant puns).

The banter between Kris and Loch was fantastic, as is Kris’s internal monologue when he is realizing that he likes Loch.

“I NEED TO STOP
HAVING REVELATIONS
ABOUT MYSELF
AROUND LOCHLANN PATRICK.”

Overall, this is again a blast and I’m already rooting for us to get a book for Iris.

“You’re worth staying for.”

Kristopher Claus confetti bombs the hottie that steals his study room at Cambridge & his brother couldn’t be prouder of him. Unfortunately, his innocent prank was pulled on the Prince of St. Patrick’s Day, Lochlann Patrick, leading to chaos in the magical holiday world in which they all exist.

After finding out that St. Patrick’s Day is stealing joy from Christmas, Kris is sent as an ambassador to find out who is stealing from them and to get their joy back. Kris & Loch’s hate for each other causes some hilarious confrontations until the sparks flying between are suddenly giving off a very different vibe.

This story continues where the first book in the series left off and spreads the world out into other holidays. I would definitely recommend starting with the first book so you get a full introduction to the world as well as a fantastic love story between the Christmas & Halloween princes. I am looking forward to Raasch writing more books in this series.

Recommended for: enemies-to-lovers romance readers

Content warning: profanity; sexy times

I received a digital ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a cute and fun second book in the series! I loved Kris from the first book and was so excited to finally read his story.

I adore that while these books are light and fun, they also touch on some deeper topics, which I really appreciate.

My only issue with this one was that the middle to end of the story felt a bit slow, making it harder to stay engaged.

But I’m excited for the next book and will definitely continue the series!

I really, really enjoyed this enemies to lovers romantasy that has the Prince of Christmas trying to figure out if the Prince of St. Patrick's Day is secretly stealing his family's Christmas magic. The second in a Royal Holiday romance series, this queer M/M romance is a slow burn, SPICY love story full of magic, secrets, betrayals and excellent anxiety rep. It was also good on audio narrated by Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick and perfect for fans of authors like TJ Klune. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review! I am excited to see what comes next in this series!

MUCH better than the first one. While there are still a few overly corny (at least for my taste) lines and moments, the romance feels more developed and real, even taking place within a shorter timeline. The worldbuilding is less clunky and more naturally integrated into the book. I NEED there to be a story about Iris next!

🤍☘️ Go Luck Yourself ARC Review ☘️🤍

Thank you so much to Sara Raasch and Tor Publishing group for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Go Luck Yourself is a standalone fantasy MM romance and book two in the Royals and Romance series. Determined to help his brother investigate someone stealing Christmas joy, Kris travels to St Patrick’s Day under the guise of being a goodwill ambassador for Christmas. But when he meets Prince Lochlann, are all attempts at goodwill now impossible??

This was a fantastic read! Kris was such a well rounded character and his anxieties were so relatable. Lochlann was so good for him and I loved their relationship together. I love the world building and magic in this series and getting to see other holidays was so much fun

Overall this was a solid 5 star read! I adore this world, these characters and their stories! I can’t wait for more in this world! This book does have some potential triggers, so please check if you’re sensitive. This book was a bit of a slow burn, but once the spice got going it was wonderful - so overall three flames for spice

If you’re a fan of holiday romances with strong characters, wonderful world building and great banter, then absolutely pick this one up! Even though this can be read as a standalone, I absolutely recommend reading book one, The Nightmare Before Kissmas first to get the most out of this book.

This was cute, though I did enjoy Nightmare Before Kissmas a bit more. The plot to this felt weaker but I can’t be too harsh considering it’s a holiday-based romance and the plot isn’t necessarily the main concern. I would love to see a sequel with Iris and Finn!

I really enjoyed this sequel to Nightmare Before Kissmas, and I’m really glad we got to see Kris’ happy ending.

I love the setting of these books, I find the world building super fun and interesting, and just an interesting premise in general.

I enjoyed Kris’ character, and Loch’s as well, and I enjoyed their interactions.

I did feel the romance was a little fast for my taste, and some of the middle parts of the book felt a tad repetitive to me, but I still enjoyed the overall vibe of the book.

Another fun holiday romance, this time between Santa’s youngest son and the rightful heir of St. Patrick’s Day. Loch and Kris meet at university by gate or luck, and instantly get under each other’s skin. Kris ends up on a diplomatic mission to investigate Loch’s holiday and they connect over art and family and base attraction for each other and their dedication to their holidays.
The idea was fun and definitely a spicy romp. It easily could have been a 4 star read for me, but I did find the pacing to be quite slow at times. Still, a fun book that I would recommend.