tinkcourtney's review
3.0
This was entertaining, and then ended rather abruptly without seeing so much as a kiss (though it was implied there would be one). Even in a short story, I expect a romance to have more than a conversation in an elevator and a promise of a future date. The chemistry was definitely there - I just felt let down by the follow-through, or lack of it.
cleo_reads's review
3.0
3.5. Cute M/M holiday romance short story. Our narrator gets stuck in an elevator in a mall with a good looking man. There’s flirting and talking and a surprising amount of emotional depth for such a short story (and no sex). It ends on a nice hfn.
I found the writing a little distracting - it’s in first person present tense (I think I have that right) and it didn’t completely work for me.
I found the writing a little distracting - it’s in first person present tense (I think I have that right) and it didn’t completely work for me.
suze_1624's review
3.0
My overriding question at the start of this is why anyone would wait two hours for giftwrap service!!
Meet cute in the stuck elevator plot - mostly we get Grant’s thoughts, what info comes from Will is in response to questions. Grant’s flustered verbal diarrhoea is amusing. I learned a lot about Kwanzaa which I’d heard about but now know more about.
Meet cute in the stuck elevator plot - mostly we get Grant’s thoughts, what info comes from Will is in response to questions. Grant’s flustered verbal diarrhoea is amusing. I learned a lot about Kwanzaa which I’d heard about but now know more about.
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