Joy to the Girls

A She Gets the Girl Novella

By: Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Valentina Ortiz

Getting the girl was easy, but can Alex and Molly keep each other when they’re both keeping secrets? Find out in this cozy holiday novella companion to She Gets the Girl!

For Alex and Molly, the last three years have felt like Christmas every day. So what better way to celebrate winter break of their senior year than a romantic getaway in a town right out of a Christmas card?

Aside from sampling all the holiday cheer Barnwich has to offer, Alex and Molly have an important mission this weekend: to help their friend Cora get her crush to fall for her. But in between ice skating, snowball fights, and matchmaking schemes, it becomes obvious that Alex and Molly have another mission this weekend: to not reveal the huge secrets they’re keeping from the other. Secrets about their post-college plans that threaten to tear them apart.

Will these two be able to help Cora get the girl and keep theirs—or will this be the last Christmas of Alex and Molly’s love story?

Simply wonderful

Stars: 5 Stars
Format: Audiobook
Narrators: Natalie Naudus (Molly) and Valentina Ortiz (Alex)
Series: She Gets the Girl Book 1.5
Steam Level: Fade to Black

I admit it, I bought a physical copy of this book along with the audiobook after I finished She Gets the Girl. It was just too pretty to pass up. So glad I did because this was wonderful.

Quick Thoughts:
- This book is set three years into the future. It’s a treat to see how Molly and Alex have grown as individuals and as a couple
- Cora and May being disasters was hilarious
- Of course Alex and Molly would be adorable as heck together
- How has Alex not lost a limb yet?
- I would have liked this story to have been like ten times longer. I’m a greedy reader
- This book kinda feels like a bridge to a future second book. At this time (Dec. 2025) I haven’t seen any word about a second book
- Natalie Naudus and Valentina Ortiz were, again, excellent in this. These two are so good separately that having them both doing a book together is simply fantastic

Overall I loved this adorable Christmas novella. It was a treat to get a peek into the girl’s lives after freshman year. I request a thousand more books with them please.

Great Follow Up

I also like knowing what happens next for characters and this was a beautiful progression.

love these lesbians

She Gets The Girl was already such a fun romance and this mini sequel is perfect. I loved getting to see how their future looks past them first getting together and I was not disappointed. so fluffy with just enough angst and hyjinks.