A review by xxivo
Mistletoe and Mishigas by M.A. Wardell

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I loved this book so so much.

This book is the epitome of the opposites attract, and I ate it up. The contrast of Theo, oh sweet bear of a man Theo, with Sheldon who is just one big sparkle worked so so well together. I loved how the friction turned to care about each others qualities over the course of the book, it was so sweet. Sheldon slowly making Theo come out of his shell, while Sheldon slows down his amount of talking to give Theo space warmed my heart.

I loved the kids in this book so much too. I loved how Brodie was given space in this book. To highlight a kid who struggles means a lot to me as a fellow kid that struggled. Outside of that their talk and comments was sweet adorable and fun which I greatly enjoyed again in this sequel.

The smut in these books feels even better than in the previous book. Don't get me wrong that smut was phenomenal, but this book ads even more to it even though I didn't think that possible beforehand. Them slowly dancing around each other and hesitantly sharing sexual stuff together while at the same time neither of them could deny the attraction was extremely hot. They were so in sync together adding to each others fire and it made these scenes next level.

Last I want to mention that I really loved how the PTSD rep for Theo was written. It was done with a lot of respect. It was so sweet as well how Sheldon handled this with Theo and the love and care was written so so clearly on the page it was wonderful.

I have already been recommending this to my friends and I definitely won't stop any time soon.


I received an eARC and this was my honest review.