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My Review:Title: 'Tis the Season Bundle
Author: Amy Andrews, Heidi Rice, Kate Hardy, Aimee Carson
Published by: Entangled: Indulgence
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Format: eARC
Pages: 197
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Holiday
Source: NetGalley
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2018 12 Books of Christmas Challenge, Lenoreo's 2018 Beat the Backlist Challenge, Lenoreo's 2018 Netgalley and Edelweiss Challenge, Lenoreo's COYER Winter 2018
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My rating:
Blurb:‘Tis the Season to Kiss Santa by Kate Hardy
With the help of a sprig of mistletoe and some snow angels, a recently single pastry chef teaches a highly successful and sexy Scrooge the true meaning of the holidays on a snowy Christmas Eve that quickly heats up.
‘Tis the Season to Get Lucky by Heidi Rice
When a Christmas Day blizzard strands an up-and-coming marketing manager and her boss’s very off-limits, very hot playboy son in his department store, the two toe the line between naughty and nice as they unwrap their holiday presents—and each other!
‘Tis the Season to be Kissed by Amy Andrews
A down-on-her-romantic-luck kindergarten teacher plans to drown her New Year’s Eve sorrows in a gallon of spiked eggnog, but the arrival of her best friend’s sexy brother threatens to melt the snow piling up outside the tiny Vermont cabin.
‘Tis the Season to be Tempted by Aimee Carson
After the worst year ever, a jilted music manager rings in the New Year alone, swearing off men forever. But things get complicated when her brother’s best friend, the perfect man with the perfect body, tempts her to break her vow—if only for one hot night!
I received a free copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review/opinion.
Overall: 3.5 stars — All in all a solid quadrology (or whatever you call it). My only problem is that they all felt rushed at the end. Which is a common novella problem, I get that…but I noticed it in almost every one. I also wasn’t expecting 2 of the stories to be more New Year’s centric.
‘Tis the Season to Kiss Santa by Kate Hardy
3.5 stars — I actually thought this one was pretty cute, but it was definitely a case of the novella not being enough for me. I felt like the ending came fairly quickly, and I wanted more, probably b/c there was a lot to Ellie and Mitch, and so I still had questions! Ellie was pretty adorable and sassy! Mitch started off really cold, which made his turnaround seem pretty fast, but I did feel like he really learned something from the kids. All in all it was fun, it just moved a bit fast and left me wanting more.
‘Tis the Season to Get Lucky by Heidi Rice
3.5 stars — There were a lot of little things going on in this story, and for the most part I think it added. I appreciated that the phobia helped to make them comfortable with each other quickly. I will admit that his advances came on fairly suddenly, and my 2018+ female brain was all “well, that wasn’t super clear consent” on the kiss, but I think that’s just new brain thinking, you know? Otherwise they were both interesting characters who each jumped to conclusions about the other, and learned something. I definitely felt their connection, even if it was a bit quick.
‘Tis the Season to be Kissed by Amy Andrews
3 stars — This one was going along fine…and then I had a nap in the middle, and when I went back to it, I’d just lost the connection. Both characters were pretty funny, but I just couldn’t get into reading it, so I ended up speed reading it. I think it was me though… I mean, yeah, it was fast, and I didn’t always understand some of Tamara’s reactions, but to lose my verve like that, it’s usually a mood thing.
‘Tis the Season to be Tempted by Aimee Carson
4 stars — At first I was worried I wouldn’t connect with Evie, as she’s very unlike me. But I really liked the connection that she and Wes had with one another in the past that has continued into today — both secretly attracted, but resistant, and with misconceptions. I loved their chemistry, and the resistance was really hot…their steamy scene was definitely the best. I guess the only con I have is that I kinda wanted to see how her family reacted at the end…I needed just a bit more to feel confident in their newfound relationship.
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