Most Wonderful

A Christmas Novel

By: Georgia Clark

Narrated by: Patti Murin, Kristen Sieh, Shawn K. Jain

It’s the most romantic time of the year. Three adult siblings, each at a personal and romantic crossroads, reunite with their larger-than-life mother at her Catskills manor for an unforgettable Christmas in “the funny queer holiday rom-com [we’ve] always wanted to read” (Self).

“Perfectly captures the glimmering magic of love at the holidays.”—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners

The holidays are fast approaching, and the Belvedere siblings are a mess. Liz, a Hollywood showrunner and responsible eldest, has no idea how to follow up her hit show’s first season, or how to deal with her giant crush on its star, Violet Grace. Birdie turned her chronic middle-child syndrome into a career as a stand-up comic, but since she spends more time wooing women than working on new material, she’s facing one-hit-wonder status, especially once she gets axed by her manager. And Rafi, sensitive romantic and the baby golden boy, proposes to his co-worker girlfriend in front of their entire company, only to be turned down by the woman he thought was the love of his life.

Born to three different fathers, the three adult children share one mother: famed actress and singer Babs Belvedere. Seeking direction and holiday cheer, all three siblings head up to their mother’s house in the country, determined to swear off love and focus on themselves and their work. But the spirit of the season seems to have different plans for them, and their best intentions are quickly derailed in the most delightful and festive of ways.

Emotional, smart, and sexy, this queer holiday rom-com celebrates love, family, and the wild creative life―perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Casey McQuiston.

Queer “Love, Actually” Vibes

I loved this book from start to finish. The characters are well rounded and imperfect but lovable. I could relate to parts of all of their stories. I also really appreciate that they were all older than 23.

The side characters were also all fascinating. Babs is iconic and I love her. Jin-Soo deserves their own spin off book. The love interests of the three main characters were also well rounded, and the bits we learn about their pasts helped to bridge everything together beautifully.

The following of the three different stories felt like a queer Love, Actually set in a snowy country estate. A great holiday read for year after year.

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This was my first foray with audio books. I found the reading to be a little flat at some times. However, I loved the different readers for the three different narrators, it made it easy to know whose story we were on. Overall I thought it was well done, and would listen again.

One big gay romcom💜

This was such a good story! All the characters were so fun and I felt like I truly knew them. I was so invested in each relationship. I saw myself in many of the characters. The story itself even though it’s a Christmas romcom wasn’t heavily focused on Christmas itself which was a refreshing take.

The best holiday book I’ve ever read

You cannot ask for a more soul searching, rom com, entertaining and queer holiday book than this! It’s not full of that holiday cheesiness you get from a lot of holiday books. Instead this explored the true feelings that happen around the holidays that aren’t always so jolly. This book has some amazing quotes about loved ones, deep introspective about how we act because of past traumas, and of course, a sprinkle of holiday magic.

Very gay Christmasy RomCom of lovable family & +1s

LOVED the Violet - Liz storyline, especially the careful mentions of depression and how it can affect a character.
Also loved Birdie, I think she was so well done!!! I was genuinely hoping she'd have the character arc she did in the end with the most significant part of her personality (no spoilers).
What I didn't love so much was the pining over 15 years while being closest friends, lying in waiting "hoping that someday" trope. I think it's disturbing when people catch feelings and the only reason they stay "friends" is the secretive lowkey hope they'll get laid at some point. Just a personal preference, almost threw my phone out the window at that point of the book. The reason for the -1 star however was the excessive use of internet slang as it felt almost forced to gather all those words and expressions and pop references in one book (sometimes one dialogue).
The chaotic and colorful family I loved, the third act twist was expected (almost all of it was very expected to happen, which is something I delighted in). This was an easy read/listen and it is just the perfect very gay Christmas cliché book to listen to before the holidays. Thanks to the author for thinking the ideas in it!