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A review by spicynicole
Felix Navidad by 'Nathan Burgoine
4.0
eARC received for review from Net Galley
4/5 ⭐️
Was I attracted to this book because of the Stray Kids song Christmas Evel? Yes... Yes I was.
The first thing I will say is that I have not read any of the other books in the Little Village series which left me a little confused and made the story a little harder for me to get into because I personally-stubbornly-have a very hard time not starting stand-alone series from the beginning. Once I got over my stubborness and let myself get into the novella, I was blow away at the cleverness of Nathan Burgoine. I love how incredibly connected Felix and Kevin's lives were before they even realized it and going through the realization process with the two main characters was such a fun, cute, and inclredible experience.
The only nitpicking I have to do here is about the third person point of view and the talk of COVID because I quite enjoyed the rest of it. I will always prefer 1st person POV over 3rd but it still didn't take away from the story any. My only other irritaion, the inclusion of the Coronavirus pandemic, is that I like using reading as a way to escape so I will never want to read about COVID and any time it is included I feel it makes the story feel too upsetting.
Thank you Nathan Burgoine, Bold Strokes Books, and Net Galley for the free eARC.
4/5 ⭐️
Was I attracted to this book because of the Stray Kids song Christmas Evel? Yes... Yes I was.
The first thing I will say is that I have not read any of the other books in the Little Village series which left me a little confused and made the story a little harder for me to get into because I personally-stubbornly-have a very hard time not starting stand-alone series from the beginning. Once I got over my stubborness and let myself get into the novella, I was blow away at the cleverness of Nathan Burgoine. I love how incredibly connected Felix and Kevin's lives were before they even realized it and going through the realization process with the two main characters was such a fun, cute, and inclredible experience.
The only nitpicking I have to do here is about the third person point of view and the talk of COVID because I quite enjoyed the rest of it. I will always prefer 1st person POV over 3rd but it still didn't take away from the story any. My only other irritaion, the inclusion of the Coronavirus pandemic, is that I like using reading as a way to escape so I will never want to read about COVID and any time it is included I feel it makes the story feel too upsetting.
Thank you Nathan Burgoine, Bold Strokes Books, and Net Galley for the free eARC.