Faking Under the Mistletoe

Faking Under the Mistletoe | Ashley Shepherd

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I have a lot of thoughts about this one. Maybe I‘m just used to a very certain office culture, but her behavior in the office stressed me out. She wore little booty pajama shorts and I think a tank top. Like you‘re still in an office environment even if it‘s a publishing firm in NY. And she would just spend all her bosses money.

Overall, I liked this book just little things bugged me. An office romance.
Finished 12/20.

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DaniJ

Faking Under the Mistletoe | Ashley Shepherd

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Little Christmas cutie. Pushy main character who becomes quite lovable. Mix in some serious content and some holly jolly. Not bad!

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Kshakal

Faking Under the Mistletoe | Ashley Shepherd

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A holiday book that also covered some dark topics… not my typical Christmas book but still a good read!

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BethM Cute cover though 3y

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TheAromaofBooks

Faking Under the Mistletoe | Ashley Shepherd

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I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, I actually really liked the characters and the banter was great. On the other hand, the book felt overly long and somewhat unfocused. There's also the whole dating-your-supervisor thing that felt weird, and then the book made a sudden turn away from fluffy romcom into sexual assault/MeToo territory. I was so confused because there was a point where Olivia literally has JUST BEEN TOLD that ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a male character is a known sexual predator, and then she just wanders off with him and ends up in a dangerous situation?!!? Like why did she go with him?!?! And it wasn't sneaky, he's basically like, “you should come sit with me in this isolated spot“ and she thinks “oh this guy is really bad and keeps getting away with it because he's a horrible person“ and then says, “oh, okay!“ and goes with him!?!?!?

Also, even though this book ⬇ 3y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) is listed as a standalone, it apparently has characters from Shepherd's first book, and she doesn't do a very good job at explaining them or their relationships to one another, so I felt myself floundering a bit at time because of the complete lack of background information.

Still, there were so many moments were this book made me snort with laughter and I really did ship the main characters completely. I think this one would have ⬇ 3y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) benefitting from another editing round to tighten it up, but I can also see myself checking out Shepherd's other book.

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kimmypete1

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Had a bit of a darker plot than normal holiday books, but it was a great read! #WinterGames2020 #ReadNosedReindeer

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