ARC Review: Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick

Thank you Simon Teen and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Book description: Hollywood teen actor Arden James' messy reputation is interfering with her career when a notoriously picky director won't give her a role based on her party-girl image. So she and her publicist make up a lie – not only is she from a small town (true) but her childhood best friend Caroline, is her long-term girlfriend (false) and she can prove it when she goes home for Christmas.​

Caroline Beckett hasn't thought about her ex-best friend Arden James for years, focusing instead on her dreams about becoming a journalist. When Arden turns up on her doorstep and promises her an article in Cosmopolitan magazine on their twelve snow-covered romantic days together, Caroline agrees to play along.

But when old feelings start to bubble up, what will fall faster – Arden and Caroline or the Christmas Eve snow? ​

Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (3,5)

I struggle to rate this book. I did enjoy the majority of it. It read as a Christmas movie, which I loved. Soms of the things that I didn't like about the book were also things that could make sense. For example, the way Arden is being portrayed makes it look like she is around begin-to-mid twenty. And although I first thought that was weird, I did think about the fact that is pretty realistic. If you are a child star in Hollywood, you have to grow up really quickly. Because they made Arden act older, I really noticed the contrast of how different environments can shape a person.

The Cosmopolitan side plot was just unrealistic and could've been easily changed to make it more logical.

Other than that, I really enjoyed myself and like I said before: it read as a Christmas movie which is always fun!

'Make My Wish Come True' is out now!

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