Random Reviews: #ChristmasHatesYouToo by E.F. Mulder #Review #Giveaway

Author: E.F. Mulder
Book: #ChristmasHatesYouToo
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar~ Bah Humbug
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: December 1, 2016
Length: 76 pages



Reviewed by Meredith


Synopsis

Born December 25, Noel Beebe is tired of having his birthday overshadowed by all things Christmas. While looking for love on social media, he comes across a prospective new beau just in time to celebrate the Big 3-0, someone who encourages him to take back his day and say thumbs down to Christmas! On a trip to the Big Apple, Noel does just that, flipping off the Rockefeller Center tree and demanding his coffee in a nondecorative paper cup as a fun birthday prank. His act of defiance is caught on video and soon goes viral, leading to a backlash all over the Twitterverse, Internet, and TV. Suddenly what Noel thought would be his best birthday—and even Christmas—yet is shaping up to be his worst. Can his family and his potential boyfriend prove to the world that Noel isn’t the Scrooge he’s been labeled?

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So, I read this story I think a lot differently than other people did. I found it to be very magical in the sense of love at Christmas. Noel was born on Christmas day and always (for coming on 30 years) has shared his day with the world. He is tired of it. 

This story is very social media based. Noel meets people from Twitter and Facebook. One being Ethan; who ends up being the ringleader to all the madness that ensues. But then there’s Hung and this guy is tricky to review. I’m not going to but you’ll see what I mean when I say; not everything is what it seems.

A very sensitive topic is talked about in this short: Catfishing. And if you’ve been a victim of it I can see how this absolutely would rub you the wrong way. This is a book that could go really good or really bad. Where some may find it offensive I found it to be very “Christmas Miracle”

We get the entire story in Noel’s POV and you really see that he’s truly an amazing guy and what happens to him he doesn’t deserve… until the great things begin to happen.

I found this to be adorable, sweet, and very Christmassy ever after.

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Random Reviews: Cursed Miracles by Meg Harding #Review #Giveaway

Author: Meg Harding
Book: Cursed Miracles
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar~ Bah Humbug
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: December 1, 2016
Length: 48 pages




Reviewed by Morningstar



Synopsis

Two hundred years ago on Christmas Eve, William Mashinter was frozen in time, cursed by his wife to roam the world on his own, waiting for the love of his life to find him. The love of his life, whom she killed. Time hasn’t healed this wound, and William is tired of the happy holiday and the constant reminders of a love that’s been taken from him. But then the impossible happens, and maybe… maybe he can get a new Christmas perspective.

Brady Gallagher has lived three different lives, always aware of the first and most important, yet unable to find the man who will fill in the missing pieces and let him know he’s not crazy. He encounters him at a work event, of all places, but is he willing to throw everything else to the wind and embrace the miracle laid out before him?

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This story is part of the DSP advent calendar and for a short story is was a hit in my book.

A curse by a bitter wife changes the course of these two men’s lives. William and Brady are lovers in a time that being gay is a crime. After ten years together, in secret, William is forced to get married. He does what every guy of the society does...he has a mistress but in his case it’s Brady. But enough is enough William cannot take the lying and deceit. They plan to run away together until William’s wife, a witch, catches them.

William was cursed to live as an immortal without his soul and heart by his side. Brady was cursed to keep returning life after life with full memory of who he once was, but never finding his beloved William. Going through his life for the last 200 years without his soul mate in Brady is not an easy thing to do and William just wants it to be over. One glimpse too many has William doubting anytime he thinks he sees someone that might resemble his love Brady.

Although a short story it packs a punch in detail and emotion. It was definitely more developed than I thought a short story could be. You can hear William’s heartbreak in every thought he has. It just makes you ache for him and what it must feel like to live that long never knowing when it will ever end, if he will ever find his Brady again, be able to touch him and love him again. The run after 200 years was sweet and adorable!

I can say that by the end I was happy and satisfied with what the author delivered in a small package!

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Random Reviews... Analog to Digital by Posy Roberts #Review #Giveaway

Author: Posy Roberts
Book: Analog to Digital
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar~ Bah Humbug
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: December 1, 2016
Length: 44 pages




Reviewed by Meredith


Synopsis

For years, Ethan and Toby have said they’ll never marry, despite Ethan’s secret wishes. So leaving sunny California for snowy Minnesota to witness his sister’s vow renewal is not how he wants to spend his Christmas Eve. It’s the second time she’ll say “I do” in less than a year, when Ethan saying those words to Toby even once is hopeless.

In the run-up to the ceremony, Toby seems to avoid Ethan, and doubts grow in his absence. Ethan can’t help noticing Toby spends more time with Ethan’s family than with him. Little does Ethan know, Toby has desires of his own. But if Toby doesn’t find a way to reveal them, Ethan could leave for home without him.

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This is another great little story in Dreamspinner Press’s 2016 Advent Calendar Bah Humbug. 

Analog to Digital is Ethan and Toby’s story.

Ethan and Toby live in California. Toby is a man who works with his hands building and saving precious things. He’s an artist. Much like Ethan even though Ethan’s creativity is more computer based. Both are wicked clever and very much in love.

Both have agreed to never marry but that’s easy to say in the beginning of a relationship or even when you’re not in one. Time has changed Ethan’s mind and he now finds himself questioning Toby’s commitment to them.

In each of these advent stories it’s like finding the scrooge on the story and in this one you’d think it would be Toby but it’s Ethan.

I loved how this played out and the sweet surprise ending. It’s a great addition to this anthology!

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