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leelee68's review
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up to 5. I really thought this was a sweet story. I loved how they met. They were both super sweet and really perfect for each other.
iam's review
3.0
Sweet but too fast, there was no way for emotions or development to happen naturally. Also the ending was too aprupt.
papercranestitches's review against another edition
3.0
*** 3.5 Stars ***
Well, isn't this interesting...
I gave the original short story (The Christmas Ship) in the [b:Wish Come True|26400212|Wish Come True|Keira Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1444129075s/26400212.jpg|46402615] anthology a solid 4 stars. I even remember being tempted to bump it an extra 1/4 star at the time. It was an opposites attract Christmas story about a sparkly nerd catfishing a hot jock - how could I NOT love it?! Those tropes are like catnip to me.
As it turned out, Amy Jo's story was one of my favourites in an overall stellar anthology.
The longer, revised version of this story is still good. It still has all the delicious tropey goodness you love. It still has characters that can melt your heart with their ability to be startlingly honest with one another (something I think we can all agree is terrifying, even if you are really into your partner and you think they're really into you). The parts that AJ added blend seamlessly into her previous version and I loved the secondary characters that she threw in (I have hope that Gus might one day get his own story...?!), but in reading this version, I found that the story had lost a little of its intangible magic. Nothing major and nothing I can put my finger on, but it was definitely missing... something.
Maybe the reality of day to day life and long distance relationships are just not exciting as a whirlwind Christmas romance (this story takes us into March) and a casual but very public coming out story.
Well, isn't this interesting...
I gave the original short story (The Christmas Ship) in the [b:Wish Come True|26400212|Wish Come True|Keira Andrews|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1444129075s/26400212.jpg|46402615] anthology a solid 4 stars. I even remember being tempted to bump it an extra 1/4 star at the time. It was an opposites attract Christmas story about a sparkly nerd catfishing a hot jock - how could I NOT love it?! Those tropes are like catnip to me.
As it turned out, Amy Jo's story was one of my favourites in an overall stellar anthology.
The longer, revised version of this story is still good. It still has all the delicious tropey goodness you love. It still has characters that can melt your heart with their ability to be startlingly honest with one another (something I think we can all agree is terrifying, even if you are really into your partner and you think they're really into you). The parts that AJ added blend seamlessly into her previous version and I loved the secondary characters that she threw in (I have hope that Gus might one day get his own story...?!), but in reading this version, I found that the story had lost a little of its intangible magic. Nothing major and nothing I can put my finger on, but it was definitely missing... something.
Maybe the reality of day to day life and long distance relationships are just not exciting as a whirlwind Christmas romance (this story takes us into March) and a casual but very public coming out story.
youneedahobby's review
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
misssusan's review against another edition
2.0
cute but kinda dull. the leads get together like 3 seconds after meeting irl and there's really no conflict afterwards
2 stars
2 stars
cleo_reads's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the shorter version better. I liked ending at a satisfying hfn after a whirlwind weekend rather than ending with a more serious but less believable (to me) hfn/hea after a few months of a long distance relationship.
This is the expanded version of the short story The Christmas Ship in the Wish Come True holiday anthology. As far as I can tell the first half of HeartShip is about the same as what I read before and the rest is new.
This is the expanded version of the short story The Christmas Ship in the Wish Come True holiday anthology. As far as I can tell the first half of HeartShip is about the same as what I read before and the rest is new.
cadiva's review against another edition
5.0
This is just the cutest romance
This wee novella is one of the cutest romances I've read and its just a whole lot of laughs and joy wrapped up in a pair of seriously dorky guys.
Younger jock and older massage therapist sounds like the start of a porn film but honestly Amy Jo makes this just the lightest, sweetest little love story going.
Josh and Benji are a delight, their email conversations packed with humour and when they finally do meet, there's some seriously smexy encounters.
Originally read as part of the Wishes Come True anthology, this version has been revised and republished with a new cover.
This wee novella is one of the cutest romances I've read and its just a whole lot of laughs and joy wrapped up in a pair of seriously dorky guys.
Younger jock and older massage therapist sounds like the start of a porn film but honestly Amy Jo makes this just the lightest, sweetest little love story going.
Josh and Benji are a delight, their email conversations packed with humour and when they finally do meet, there's some seriously smexy encounters.
Originally read as part of the Wishes Come True anthology, this version has been revised and republished with a new cover.
kaa's review against another edition
3.0
Cute, but not as much substance or story as I was looking for.