Author: Olivia Dade
Narrator: Andi Arndt
Publisher: Amazon
Publication Date: November 2024
Genre: Christmas Holiday / Contemporary Romance
Description: Secret crushes, spicy Christmas treats, heinous holiday traffic, and a fateful snowstorm bring good friends together in a funny, heartfelt short story by bestselling author Olivia Dade.
Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long…
Olivia Dade’s All by My Elf is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.
My Thoughts: Another disappointing offering in this series that I thought would deliver more Christmas whimsy, charm and humor. Instead, this story brings us Nina and William, two professors moonlighting when they get stuck in a blizzard. Nina has been attracted to William since he began working with her but Nina thinks he and her best friend are a thing. Unbeknownst to Nina, William is attracted to her, but neither one has the courage to speak up. Then in the blink of an eye, they are all over each other. It felt forced and unrealistic, no relationship or character development.
My Final Verdict: A lot of miscommunication and assumptions and misunderstandings make this a book I cannot fully recommend. The plot dragged and the characters felt like cardboard. The narration by Andi Arndt was good but not even she could turn it around for me.
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