A Date with an Elf (The Dating Series, #12)
Heidi McLaughlin
New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Heidi McLaughlin and L.P. Dover come together for a sexy new series that delivers romance for every season! Hang the mistletoe and toss some tinsel, it’s time to put the ho-ho-ho in the holidays! The lights are strung, and the quaint little town of Meadowbrook has never looked more merry and bright. For local artist, Bree, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year. The snow is falling, holiday shoppers are out full force, and the town square festivities have begun. Dressed in full elf attire, Bree is working as Santa’s helper when she spots Caleb, her high school sweetheart, in line with his daughter to meet the jolly ole elf. Times and circumstances may have changed, but her desire to sit on Caleb’s lap is stronger than ever. Not wanting to land on the naughty list, she adjusts her stockings and tries to keep thoughts of his sugar plums out of her mind. Recovering from a painful loss, Caleb thought his sleigh rocking days were long since over. Yet when his precocious daughter, Alyssa, sees the twinkle Bree brings to her dad’s eye, she arranges a hot cocoa date for him and the sassy elf. Will more than jingle bells be rocking when the pair reunites, or will Caleb have an extra blue Christmas?
Publication Year: 2020
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From the first 45 seconds or so, I felt like I already knew exactly where this book is going … I was, unfortunately, correct, as it’s one of a zillion, for the most part, though it’s a little odd at times. A direct quote is, ‘One thing I loved about my grandfather, is his beard was real.’ Really? Of aaaalllll the reasons to love your grandfather, you go with something so superficial as … his beard is real? Is this a thing? Honestly, it feels more like one something the author just said to put words down, without bothering to stop and think if it made any sort of sense.
I was surprised to discover 2 authors were involved in this book’s production, considering it seemed to be thrown together with zero effort, and then the fact that a really terrible narrator was approved, by not one, but at least two people. Weird.
Thankfully this book can be listened to in under an hour because, it’s borderline torture.
0 stars.
Audio
The audio production is bad:
-Narrator sounds like she’s underwater … or something.
-Narrator has a really odd way of talking, pausing several times per sentence and inserting distracting inflections in random spots instead of where punctuation should be calling for.
-Awful, high-pitched voice, extremely painful to listen to.
0 stars on this front.
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