Book Blurb: Single All the Way meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this festive romcom about Cam, who’s trying to find the “the one” and also trying to find himself—while spending winter break working at a hectic Santa’s Village.
Escaping to NYU for college didn’t turn out the way Cameron planned—he’s flunking his theater classes, about to lose his scholarship, and he still hasn’t found anyone he can call his “people.” When he gets home for winter break, he’s so desperate to avoid a Conversation with his dad that he takes the first acting job he can get—as a mall elf. Despite how Scroogey he feels, the plus side is that there’s a cash prize for the most festive of Santa’s helpers.
But the competition is fierce—especially from fellow elf Marco. Christmas spirit oozes out of his veins. At first Cam is determined to see him as nothing but a rival, but as they spend more time together, Cam starts to second-guess himself. What if he’s finally found his people here—in the fakest consumerist nightmare place on Earth, where he least expected it?
Cam is home for the holidays trying to figure out a way to tell his dad that he's failing NYU, lost his theater scholarship, and needs to find a way to pay for school.... so when his best friend tells him to get a job at the mall as Santa's helper, Cam knows the money will help and the fact that there's a competition with a cash prize Cam can't resist. Yet that means working with an all too perky elf named Marco who is on his case because Cam is the definition of a Scrooge and also facing Cam's ex, Leroy who he might want to get back with. Cam's holiday is about to get really complicated. I'm going to be really honest, Cam got on my nerves so much. He really was so judgmental and not that much of a great friend, and came off as so above everyone and everything. He definitely comes off as a teen, and a mess of one, I was hoping for a bit of a better romance story but I really did bot feel any chemistry between Marco and Cam, and seriously Marco deserved so much better. For what was suppose to be a fun holiday read with enemies to lovers vibes, this one missed the mark for me.
*Thanks Netgalley and HarperCollins Children's Books, HarperTeen for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
