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A review by zluvsreading
Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
5.0
Oh my god, this was such a wonderful short story to end this beautiful collection, I cannot.
I CRIED over this one y’all!!!!! So good!!!!!!
While this one was also a spicy romantic story set in Christmas times, it also had a strong overtone of grief and talked about grief in it which made the story just that much better.
The dedication was also really heartfelt and I knew it was going to be a story that was going to be near to my heart.
Evie was so real, I adored her. The messy hair no showering while on deadline was so funny of her. It’s something I’ve heard of from authors IRL so for a comic book illustrator to be the same in a book just made me giggle.
I loved the references in this as well. This may have been the funniest one out of all of these novellas, Evies head is just such a funny place to be in.
The caretaking of the MMC, Theo, was top notch. I liked the little things he did for her and the fact that he had a cat.
This one would have been my favorite in this whole thing, if the word “sp00k” had not been used. I recently learned that it’s a slur that was used against Black people and have taken it out of my vocabulary, so to see it in a book that is recently published was just disappointing, but I understand not everyone may not know about the origins of the word.
Thank you to Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley for access to this arc. All opinions are my own.
I CRIED over this one y’all!!!!! So good!!!!!!
While this one was also a spicy romantic story set in Christmas times, it also had a strong overtone of grief and talked about grief in it which made the story just that much better.
The dedication was also really heartfelt and I knew it was going to be a story that was going to be near to my heart.
Evie was so real, I adored her. The messy hair no showering while on deadline was so funny of her. It’s something I’ve heard of from authors IRL so for a comic book illustrator to be the same in a book just made me giggle.
I loved the references in this as well. This may have been the funniest one out of all of these novellas, Evies head is just such a funny place to be in.
The caretaking of the MMC, Theo, was top notch. I liked the little things he did for her and the fact that he had a cat.
This one would have been my favorite in this whole thing, if the word “sp00k” had not been used. I recently learned that it’s a slur that was used against Black people and have taken it out of my vocabulary, so to see it in a book that is recently published was just disappointing, but I understand not everyone may not know about the origins of the word.
Thank you to Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley for access to this arc. All opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cursing