Book Review: Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch

Official Synopsis: With Coal busy restructuring Christmas—and their dad now having a full midlife crisis in the Caribbean—Kris volunteers to investigate St. Patrick’s Day. His cover: an ambassador from Christmas to foster goodwill. What could go wrong?

Everything, it seems. Because Prince Lochlann Patrick, Crown Prince of St. Patrick’s Day, happens to be the mysterious student that Kris has been in a small war with at Cambridge. They attempt to play nice for the tabloids, but Kris can’t get through one conversation without wanting to smash Loch’s face in—he’s infuriating, stubborn, loud, obstinate, hot—

Wait—hot?

Kris might be in some trouble. Especially when it turns out that the mystery behind Christmas’s stolen magic isn’t as simple as an outright theft. But why would a Holiday that Christmas has never had contact with, one that’s always been the very basis of carefree, want to steal joy? Can a spare prince even hope to unravel all this, or will Kris lose something way more valuable than his Holiday’s resources—like his heart?

Much like the first book in the Royals and Romance series, I really enjoyed this take on both a romance novel and magic. In this story we focus on Kris, the younger brother and 'spare' of Christmas, as he tries to gain access to St. Patrick's Day, who is stealing Christmas' magic. When he goes to Ireland for an 'apology tour' after pranking the prince of St. Patrick's Day, he doesn't expected to see how different their holiday is run. He has to learn to work with the stubborn, and very attractive prince Lochlann to figure out a way to get St. Patrick's Day back to what it was. The problems start when he starts to feel more than just 'stubborn hatred' for Lochlann and their feelings develop into something now. Kris is determined to figure out who is stealing from Christmas, but what if it is the person he can't stop thinking about?

I like how this story, though similar to story of Coal and Hex, was also different. There is a 'Red, White and Royal Blue' vibe to it, with Kris and Lochlann having to pretend they are best friends in public and try to show they don't actively dislike each other. Kris is also learning to move past depending on the adults in his life, since his parents have both seemed to leave him to the wayside and now his brother is busy being the king of Christmas. Lochlann is also left with a lot of pressure on his shoulders, dealing with an uncle who took away his power and who is determined to keep the holiday more of a commercial celebration.

I really enjoyed how the book was written, and how Loch and Kris developed throughout the story. They go from not knowing each other, to disliking each other, to something more. I think both of them have a lot of complex things and emotions going on and it was fun to see how they navigated that together.

I rated this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars!

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