Scan barcode
A review by gypsystar
A Very Bossy Christmas by Alexis Winter
3.0
I’ve been trying to read this one for days and I keep getting sidetracked. It’s not because it was boring or a bad story, I just kept getting pulled away.
So we’ve got a workplace thing but the majority of the story takes place out of the office. The point here is that he’s her boss and he’s a massive jerk. Cue: enemies to lovers. He’s got that whole pulling pigtails thing going on. He’s definitely into her and he likes their banter and her fire. She’s not so much a fan and he frequently makes her cry which she hides for some reason. To his slim credit he doesn’t realize he’s making her cry and like a typical, clueless man thinks she enjoys his asshole behavior.
After a disastrous day of his self-absorbed behavior he’s shocked to find her drowning her sorrows at a bar. He realizes he’s ruined her Christmas and is then determined to fix it. He insists on taking her to her family for Christmas and when he’s there *he* spontaneously decides to play the devoted boyfriend.
There is chemistry between them and she does feel more than aggravation for him but she is hesitant to play along. This is the first time I’ve encountered the non-family member insisting on playing fake relationship to the family when the actual family member didn’t want it. It was a different take to this trope. I kind of liked it.
Story 3/5, Heat 2.25/5, Angst 2/5
Medium burn, they get sexy around 50%.
No virgins, no manwhore, no OW drama, slight OM drama, push away from h, no actual breakups since they weren’t together but there is a very brief separation after Christmas (like 2 days). No cheating, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - I’d consider this safe in regards to H/h relationship. The h’s ex is hanging around and she believes her ex likely cheated on her before breaking up. He’s the OM drama here but it wasn’t much - it felt like it was being set up to be more than it was.
So we’ve got a workplace thing but the majority of the story takes place out of the office. The point here is that he’s her boss and he’s a massive jerk. Cue: enemies to lovers. He’s got that whole pulling pigtails thing going on. He’s definitely into her and he likes their banter and her fire. She’s not so much a fan and he frequently makes her cry which she hides for some reason. To his slim credit he doesn’t realize he’s making her cry and like a typical, clueless man thinks she enjoys his asshole behavior.
After a disastrous day of his self-absorbed behavior he’s shocked to find her drowning her sorrows at a bar. He realizes he’s ruined her Christmas and is then determined to fix it. He insists on taking her to her family for Christmas and when he’s there *he* spontaneously decides to play the devoted boyfriend.
There is chemistry between them and she does feel more than aggravation for him but she is hesitant to play along. This is the first time I’ve encountered the non-family member insisting on playing fake relationship to the family when the actual family member didn’t want it. It was a different take to this trope. I kind of liked it.
Story 3/5, Heat 2.25/5, Angst 2/5
Medium burn, they get sexy around 50%.
No virgins, no manwhore, no OW drama, slight OM drama, push away from h, no actual breakups since they weren’t together but there is a very brief separation after Christmas (like 2 days). No cheating, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - I’d consider this safe in regards to H/h relationship. The h’s ex is hanging around and she believes her ex likely cheated on her before breaking up. He’s the OM drama here but it wasn’t much - it felt like it was being set up to be more than it was.