Delightfully sweet and funny, and chockful of tropes! Definitely a good winter read under some blankets with a hot drink.

My Fake Canadian Wife is a cute tale about a Brazilian woman who needs to marry to in order to stay in Canada. I really enjoyed the story and the way the two main characters fell in love. My only real gripe was that the story felt a bit thin. I think it would have benefited from an extra 20-50 pages to flesh it out.

This was a super cute read and I have not read the fake marriage trope before. The characters were fleshed out really well and I loved seeing Abby interact with her family. This was a fun, no-stakes read and it was so heckin fluffy that is a great palate cleanser between other books.

This was a cure and fun read. Abby and Dora were a great pair. I liked the ending and thought it was the perfect way to end it. It was a well written and very fast paced novella. I look forward to reading more from this author. I would defiantly recommend this to others.

3.5 stars review

My Fake Canadian Wife is a cute novella about a Brazilian woman, Isa(Dora) living in Canada who needs to find a way to stay because she didn't quite take care of her Visa status.

Her co-worker, Paige, pimps out her childhood friend, Abby, to fake marry. I couldn't quite connect with Dora and I thought she was too judgemental and rude to Abby who if I were in her shoes, would be super grateful someone like Abby were to fake-marry me.

I did enjoy the the fake-marriage trope but it didn't quite execute in my mind because I had hard time connecting to Dora who, I guess we were to sympathize with?

Overall, it was a decent read.

I received an ARC from Ninestar Press through Netgalley for an honest review.

3.5 stars This storyline is one of my favorites. I liked the story line with the exception of Dora's character. She seemed very flat. When someone makes the kind of sacrifice Abby does, there should be more reaction. The writing was good. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

If there's something I can tell you is that I can always count on M. Hollis to write adorable, heart-warming, sapphic stories with interesting characters and plots. The idea for this book is definitely what made me interested in it in the first place. It's an own voices book about a lesbian, Brazilian girl who is an aspiring photographer. She moves to Canada to pursue a new life but when her visa expires she has to find a new way to stay in the country. After analyzing a lot of options she encounters her coworker's best friend, Abby, who is a pansexual librarian and who wants to marry Dora to help her stay in the country. They start hanging out so they can learn about each other before they officially marry and they even spend Christmas at Abby's place with her family, faking a relationship.

This is a gorgeously written book. As I said, I always love how M. Hollis constructs cute and interesting f/f relationships. I love how she isn't afraid to write harrowing and challenging situations in the middle of her fluffiness and how the resolutions aren't always what you expect them to be. I think this book in particular is written from such a personal place for her and I could feel that through the pages. I appreciated what she had to say about the topics that were touched here. I also felt that she held these characters close to her heart and that she wrote them with a lot of love and care. I adore the awkwardness that they had at the beginning and how realistic it felt when they didn't know what to say to each other but also the slow progression into a friendship and then a relationship.

The problem that I had with this novella is one that I had with her other books as well and that's that they're too short. In this one, I couldn't fall completely in love with the relationship because we didn't see a lot of it. We were supposed to know that they were talking and getting close but it was all in a montage rather than a deep descriptions of feelings and that's just a preference but I like to see the falling in love part more than the beginning and the resolution. I didn't mind very much because I knew going in that it was a novella, but I still was left wanting more. I would have liked to see more from Abby as well since I liked her character a lot because of the dichotomies of being shy but also super upfront when needed. Overall, this was a very beautiful story and I adored seeing what we got from their relationship. I would definitely recommend this if you're looking for something soft, fluffy and easy to read!

This book was adorable in so many ways. I loved the authenticity of the characters. The relationship was so cute, I just wish that the book was longer! I would have loved to see this as a full length novel! I loved the little Brazilian hints throughout it, and fake dating is one of my favorite tropes!

M. Hollis's books continue to be a safe haven for queer women and I'm so grateful for her.

This book is about Dora, a lesbian girl from Brasil living in Canada, who has to find a way to not get deported because of her expired visa. One way would be to get married, and when a friend of a friend, Abby (who is pansexual), seems willing to fake a relationship with her, the two have to spend some time together to have proof of their relationship.

What I always love in M. Hollis books is the relaxed atmosphere, which is always very queer-positive and comforting. The writing always goes straight to the point but I wouldn't say it's a case of too much tell and little show. It just does what it's supposed to do, especially in books that are on the shorter side (this one is around 100 pages).

With that said, one of the reasons I love the fake relationship trope is to get to that moment when both characters are so deep into the act that their own feelings start coming to the surface and they forget for a second that the relationship is fake. This is something I didn't really feel happened in this book, and I sort of missed it. Everything played out very safely and neatly but I wish I could said that I rooted for the couple more than I did. I know it's supposed to be short, but for a romance, I felt like it ended at what would've been the 40 or 60% mark on a full-length novel with a similar premise.

In any case, I really appreciate the kind of stories this author puts out because they always find a way to make you feel safe and seen in your identities. I definitely recommend this book if you want a soft romance that's low on angst and with a cozy, winter atmosphere.

I was provided an ARC copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

I had my preconceived notions on what this story might be like before beginning the book, but I was pleasantly surprised I was wrong. In the story, Dora, a young Brazillian woman who had been in school in Toronto, finds herself in danger of being kicked out of the country due to her visa expiring after she graduated. A friend of hers comes up with an idea for her to stay in the country. All she has to do is marry a friend of hers, Abby, live with her for 2 years and she is home free.

I expected that the two would start their fake relationship and would learn that they had feelings for each other that would lead to them getting married for real. But in this story, that doesn't fully happen. The two seem very uneasy with each other once they start going down the path of having a fake relationship. It felt like neither woman was fully into the relationship, which I found a little unrealistic. I would have thought that Dora would put more into the relationship since her status in the country was at stake. Maybe she had more of a moral issue with lying about their relationship, which I have to give her credit for.

For a short novella, I found it to be a charming and sweet story. It left me wanting more from Dora and Abby, maybe either another novella or a full-length story of their actual relationship. I would love to read more about how their fake relationship may have an effect on their real relationship, especially with Abby's family. I am hopeful that a follow-up story will come.

I wasn't a big fan of this one!! I love fake-dating, fake-marriage tropes, but this one was written so roughly! I've been a stickler for quality prose lately, which includes a unique, irreplaceable style. This book lack that completely. The dialogue felt like stiff, psychology textbook discussions. The main character lacked depth. I just wasn't a big fan overall, but since so many of my friends enjoyed it I know the book is, objectively, enjoyable. I just wasn't immersed.

This is a cute novella in the fake dating trope. For a book named "my fake Canadian wife" there is actually no fake marriage. While I loved Dora and Abby together, the novella left me wanting for more. This is only from Dora's POV and I felt that Abby was more invested than her(even in the end). The side characters were interesting too. This is a sweet,romantic,quick read.
* provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

I normally don't like novellas as I find them too short but this one felt like it was just the right length.

It is the first time that I read about one of the main who identifies as a pansexual and would've liked to have seen the author delve more into that.

If you're looking for a cute short romance read, then I suggest this book.

This was a cute light read. Dora, who is from Brazil, is living in Canada on a student Visa. She get a letter from Immigration that says she will be deported in a year. Dora loves living in Canada, but isn't sure how she is going to stay until her co-worker suggests she get married. Enters Abby who is her co-worker's best friend. She is quiet, shy, and for sure an introvert.

I have read a few of the fake wife/girlfriend for various reasons and this falls in line with my feelings on the others. Cute. Since, it's a novella, the author has lots of ground to cover. It does seem rushed at times, but overall it works. What I liked most is that Dora has to figure out what she wants. She is portrayed at being indecisive and it shows in her interaction with Abby. There is a lack of chemistry in the beginning, but as the story progresses you get to see an attraction between the two main characters.

Overall, I liked it. I would rate this one a 3.5 star.

This was a quicker read than I expected, and the amount of depth reflects that. To elaborate, it's a great quick read that stays on the surface level of the characters, never really getting inside their heads too much or giving a lot of details. I prefer my plots and characters more three dimensional, but if someone was looking for a quick night read than this is perfect.

I would have liked to have Abby's POV, as it's all from Dora's POV, because I liked her more. I still don't really understand why she was willing to marry Dora so quickly, but again that's because everything was kind of just told to me without much explanation.

Ok read in general.

A very sweet romance. This is a quick read but once I started i couldn't put it down.My first from this writer but I absolutely enjoyed from the beginning to end.

Dora gets a letter indicating that she will be deported back to Brazil if she doesn't find a solution to her status. She is scared she may have to return home but then her friend Paige steps in and tells her she has the solution of getting married .to Paige's best friend Abby.

This was such a cute love story and the perfect start to the new year.

This was so cute! I really enjoyed the chemistry between Dora and Abby. Can't wait to read more from this author.

A funny novella similar to the movie The Proposal with two women instead. Very diverse characters and dynamic storyline for the length of story. Couldn't stop reading it and finished it in two hours.

This was a very cute f/f romance. Fake dating is one of my favorite romance tropes so I absolutely adored the plot of this. I really liked the two main characters, Abby more so than Dora. And I thought the interactions between them were very sweet. I especially loved when they went home to Abby's family for Christmas.