389 reviews for:

Amor Actually

Adriana Herrera, Sabrina Sol, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Alexis Daria, Zoey Castile, Mia Sosa, Priscilla Oliveras

4.07 AVERAGE

thealyssa_ann's review against another edition

4.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Reread! Still love all the stories!!

felicia_rose's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

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Just not inclined to finish this and don't see myself coming back to it at any point in time.

neebeewee's review against another edition

2.0

Strong character development: No

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Most of the stories lacked strong character development, which leaves some readers grasping for straws since there's no way to get to know the main characters well enough to understand why they are attracted to each other, and why the reader should root for them to get together. Some stories also had quite a few plot holes or scenarios that requires big leaps of suspending disbelief. The stories that had good/decent character development and few plot holes were "Only Yours",  "The Nochebuena Dating Dare", "All I want for Nochebuena" and "Santa's Eager Little Helper" (this one had a major timing plot hole). 

marybethlovesbooks's review

3.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ruthreadss's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kimberlyloll's review

4.0

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First two stories were OK. They were fine. I loved the third story (Hector the widowed dad & music teacher). Also fourth story was great (lesbian porn actors). Stories continued to get better! Loved many of these sneak peaks into the relationships at the holidays. Oh, and also, super hot and spicy.

nouriareads's review

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

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I rarely read anthologies, but I enjoyed this one!! Most stories were compelling except for 2 out of 9 that lacked development and I loved both audiobook narrators. The references to Love Actually were great, but the anthology is self-contained, there’s no need to have seen the movie to enjoy it.

There’s something for everyone: spicy, spice-less, different tropes (single dad, office romance, friends to lovers, etc.), single or multiple POV. Even if only a few of the stories seem interesting I would recommend giving it a chance because it’s a fun time and you could be surprised!! 

jessicanb93's review against another edition

5.0

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Short story collections are always a hit or miss for me and I don't think I've ever had one be a five star read before so I was so surprised by how much I loved each of these stories. I think each story was the right length and I love how they were interconnected. I also thought all of the stories were believable except for the last one but I could overlook it because it was still a fun story. I could definitely see myself reading this yearly around the holidays. 

drew03's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

jenn_alwaysreading's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 54%

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Have read 5 of the 9 stories! Pausing for now and will return at a later date. So far my favorites have been : 
Make the Yuletide Gay 
All I Want for Nochebuena!