Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Amor Actually

I adored the Oliveras story. I loved the characters, plot, and romance. The mistletoe parts were cute and I thought the love story played out great for such a short story.

I also liked the Love in Spanglish story. I really liked that it gave representation to the Latinx out there that do not speak as much Spanish as their parents. I love how they managed to communicate with a mixture of Spanish, English, and kisses to understand each other.

Truthfully the rest of the stories were way outside my normal reading, but it was a good opportunity to read a little from some new authors.

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valeriabee's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Damn Near Perfect.
A book of short stories. An anthology of love stories centered on one Nochebuena party. Nine different love stories to fall for and root for.
The majority of these stories are 🥵🥵🥵🥵. It gets sexy.
I love the diversity of the stories: not just racially or around nationality, but also the nature of the romances as well.
There are queer romances (that get quite sexy) and there are various examples of polyamory.
I think some stories could have been slightly better, whether in length or depth. Some of them were weird about language as well.
I was like 80% through the book when I realized that the situations follow Love Actually very closely-- some slight chances.
Honestly, I enjoyed all of the stories and had so much fun reading them (some more than others). All around a good, steamy, romantic, loving time.
Also all of the stories are dripping in culture and I LOVE and appreciate that.

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juliana_reads's review

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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amandalorianxo's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I read this via amazon kindle before I purchased the paperback but I loved the blending of Latin stories surrounded by the holidays. A few of the stories are centered around lgtbq couples and some are quiet steamy 🔥 (which surprised me but it was a pleasant one lol) I do low key wish there had been more holiday infusion (Jewish Latinx or Muslim for example) In addition, some of the stories I also wish had been a tad longer but a great Latinx holiday rec overall!

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