M/M
Friends to lovers
Brothers best friend
Forced close proximity/One hotel room available
Quick read
Story = 5 stara
Narration = 4.5 stars
I was given a free audio copy from the author and the GRR arc team for review.
This was by far one of my fav books. I cannot say enough great things about it. It was so funny and so sweet. I was skeptical going in based on the title, as I don’t like Christmas and it’s not even Nov., but I was pleasantly surprised that there was no mention of Christmas really. This was a shorter length story buy felt complete. I do wish though that last page didn’t leave us hanging. It wasn’t a cliffhanger but rather an implied ending that I wanted to see on page.
I was sucked into the story from the very start and couldn’t not stop listening from start to finish. The story stayed fabulous the whole time. It was full of sweet friendship, mutual pining, hilarious snarky banter and romance. There is some steam but I found it pretty low heat. There were a couple off page mentions that I wish would have been on page. Even still the story was wonderfully written and the characters were charming and well developed. Arlo was delightfully snarky and feisty and very humorously clumbsy and Jack was so sweet and protective. They were the perfect match. I also loved the group of friends and the great world building and I hope there is more of them. I absolutely recommend this story.
This is only my second time reading this author. The second being Best Man. Both books are 5 stars so I’ll have to read more from this author.
Joel Leslie is fabulous as always. He has such a pleasant voice and accent. He keeps a good pace. He expresses all the emotions and brings the story to life and makes it such a wonderful listening experience. He is great with side character voices especially females which not all narrators can do. The only criticism I can make is that the main characters voices sometimes sound the same. The is a difference but it is very suttle.