3.5 stars -- I was totally charmed by the character and story of this one. Yes, it has it's faults (the writing is quite choppy in a few places, and the ending is rushed), but overall, I really appreciated 2 things: a) that the two key parts of the characters' identity (for both of them, that they are Jewish, and for the hero, that he is deaf) are integral parts of the story in a way that I thought was handled gracefully, and b) the heroine's emotions around her father's passing. The latter I am sure hits me where I live more so than it would for others, but I felt the emotions behind this part of the heroine's story deeply. All in all, not a perfect book, but one I enjoyed and appreciated for different "variables" that it brought to a fake relationship over the holidays story.