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ljrinaldi's review
3.0
OK, first let me unpack this sort novel. There is a 17 year old man, Dani, who has never gone to school, who is being abused by his father, whose mother died last year, and who makes his living selling candles on the street. He is called the Little Match Girl because he is considered to be effeminate, and like the little match girl of the stories, sits out in the cold. Oh, and he wants to go to college some how, rather than continue to live with his drunken father who abuses him.
Christian has seen him in his coffee shop and thinks he is cute, and wants to give him head, although this is said much more graphically than that. [note, this is the first adult gay romance I have read in a long time, and I'm not used to quite so much talk about the male member, all the time. Bring out the smelling salts.] Christian is well to do, and only works because he wants to earn spending money. His apartment and college is paid for by his parents. He lacks for nothing, other than Dani, who he moons over.
They do end up in bed, no surprise.
It is a quick read. Dani is very, very damaged, and doesn't think like a 17 year old, so I had trouble getting into his thoughts. Christian is just lustful, and we don't get much more than that out of him.
So, all and all, a quick love story, with a lot of sex, which I skipped over, because I found that part boring.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Christian has seen him in his coffee shop and thinks he is cute, and wants to give him head, although this is said much more graphically than that. [note, this is the first adult gay romance I have read in a long time, and I'm not used to quite so much talk about the male member, all the time. Bring out the smelling salts.] Christian is well to do, and only works because he wants to earn spending money. His apartment and college is paid for by his parents. He lacks for nothing, other than Dani, who he moons over.
They do end up in bed, no surprise.
It is a quick read. Dani is very, very damaged, and doesn't think like a 17 year old, so I had trouble getting into his thoughts. Christian is just lustful, and we don't get much more than that out of him.
So, all and all, a quick love story, with a lot of sex, which I skipped over, because I found that part boring.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
doseofromance's review
4.0
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
A very quick, somehow magical holiday read. There are a lot of dark themes and I recommend reading the author's note beforehand. There really isn't much to say because the book is really very short (I was done in about an hour) but I really appreciate the level of fluidity on gender(expression) and sexuality.
A very quick, somehow magical holiday read. There are a lot of dark themes and I recommend reading the author's note beforehand. There really isn't much to say because the book is really very short (I was done in about an hour) but I really appreciate the level of fluidity on gender(expression) and sexuality.
annarella's review
3.0
Not bad but not my cup of tea as it was too cheesy for my taste.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
petudc's review
3.0
On the one hand, I really liked the plot about a guy who leaves an abusive home and finds love and comfort and truth. Also, the Romance was mostly really cute and believable. And the author's style was very engaging, I couldn't stop reading until I finished.
On the other hand, I was uncomfortable and bothered by some word choices which I found offensive, like referring often to one of the main characters as "effeminate", "feminine", or describing him as a "girl" or a "fairy" and talking about how it was better than a feminine woman because he was "less clingy". I'm sorry, what? How is this OK? If someone has an explanation, I really want to know. Because it feels weird to me. I value that it tries to show some fluidity in gender expression and all that, because it's necessary and quite cool, but the way in which it was done seemed unfortunate and shallow.
Anyway, it has the right Holiday spirit and cuteness and sexyness, with some very heavy topics and some action even to spice it up.
On the other hand, I was uncomfortable and bothered by some word choices which I found offensive, like referring often to one of the main characters as "effeminate", "feminine", or describing him as a "girl" or a "fairy" and talking about how it was better than a feminine woman because he was "less clingy". I'm sorry, what? How is this OK? If someone has an explanation, I really want to know. Because it feels weird to me. I value that it tries to show some fluidity in gender expression and all that, because it's necessary and quite cool, but the way in which it was done seemed unfortunate and shallow.
Anyway, it has the right Holiday spirit and cuteness and sexyness, with some very heavy topics and some action even to spice it up.
_isabel_'s review
3.0
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
"Little Match Girl" is a very sweet and very short novella about Dani, a poor homeless candle-seller and Christian, a barista in a local shop, and how their lives change once they decide to give their relationship a try. I liked it quite a bit and I liked both of the MCs too, especially Dani: my heart broke for him so much.
The ending was heartwarming and hopeful, the perfect novella for this time of year, even though I wished it had been longer (I would have loved to read a bit more about Christian's life and past and I would have loved it if his personality were a slightly more shaped).
I totally recommend it if you're looking for a quick, soft read about second chances and hope.
"Little Match Girl" is a very sweet and very short novella about Dani, a poor homeless candle-seller and Christian, a barista in a local shop, and how their lives change once they decide to give their relationship a try. I liked it quite a bit and I liked both of the MCs too, especially Dani: my heart broke for him so much.
The ending was heartwarming and hopeful, the perfect novella for this time of year, even though I wished it had been longer (I would have loved to read a bit more about Christian's life and past and I would have loved it if his personality were a slightly more shaped).
I totally recommend it if you're looking for a quick, soft read about second chances and hope.
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