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Thanks to @onemorechapterhc for sending me an advance copy of Meet Me Under the Northern Lights by Emily Kerr for review! This book came out on December 3rd. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In the wake of a viral video, morning radio host Lucy experiences cyber bullying unlike anything in her career and flees to the Arctic Circle to get some space. What she finds is a LOT of snow, a blunt business owner, and more time with her thoughts than she bargained for. I wanted to shake Lucy as often as I wanted to hug her, and while there are certainly funny moments: Lucy getting thrown from the dogsled — there are many more heart wrenching ones: Tommi talking to Lucy about her alcohol use. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This story is focused on Lucy’s journey, with a dash of romance thrown in. It’s about her finding her confidence again, processing her grief, and figuring out how to move forward. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If I hadn’t already wanted to visit Finland, this would have sealed it! I loved the author’s note about getting to travel during the pandemic through the writing of this book. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Meet Me Under the Northern Lights fills the Natalie Normann gap I felt without a new Nordic romance from her this year. I also kept thinking about The Ex-Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon — if you enjoyed that book, you should definitely pick this up. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This isn’t a Christmas romance, which I love, because it’s perfect the season and for so many readers who may or may not celebrate Christmas! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Lucy and I share a love of music, so I created a Meet Me Under the Northern Lights inspired playlist with all the sweet, sad, wintery vibes. 🤍 I hope you enjoy! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ CW: grief, death of a parent, cyberbullying, workplace harassment, alcoholism ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ID 1: I’m holding up a kindle displaying the ebook cover of Meet Me Under the Northern Lights. ID 2: A scannable Spotify code of the book playlist I created via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CYB6rHmLjqi/