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L.D. Blakeley

Author of The Power of Peppermint

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Like all anthology's we are not going to necessarily enjoy them all - I loved some stories, liked others and some were just ok :) BUT the ones I didn't love, someone else may do!!

I did find some new to me authors and will certainly be checking out some of the other stories they may have written.

I do have to admit, the idea of a cruise after so long does not appeal to me BUT they never did LOL - I'd love to see where the authors/creators take this is a 2nd anthology is completed.

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SharingTheBookLove | Nov 2, 2023 |
 
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Marlobo | 3 other reviews | Dec 24, 2022 |
3.5 stars

This was really cute.

Noteworthy improvement in the style and especially in the pace handling, in comparision with the two previous books that I read from the author, both published in 2014.
 
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Marlobo | Dec 24, 2022 |
The Power of Peppermint is the story of Jamison Pritchett, a photographer, and Noah Hawkins a Christmas Elf. This is told in third person from both characters povs.

2.5 Stars


This book is a very fast read. There isn’t any angst to it even though Noah deliberately decides to mess with Jamison when they meet by not telling him he's Jamison's business partner's brother. Jamison thinks Noah is a kid when that’s not the case. Jamison also is concerned about their age difference when Noah shows interest in him. However, all of Jamison’s hesitation flies out the window when they have sex. I guess you could call it the ‘healing power of the magic dick.’ All problems solved.

There’s a lot of monologue in this story, I mean a lot. And with that monologue comes a lot of telling. There is so much telling for such a short book, I had to restrain myself from skim reading and I almost never, ever skim read. Another problem with the monologue was that the characters’ voices were pretty much the same. The only time there was distinction with their voices was during the dialogue, but that disappeared as soon as the monologue began again.

I do like the title of the book, it’s clever, but I don’t think there’s anything special about this story that will make it stick in my mind. The Power of Peppermint is a fast, no-angst read with too much monologue and telling. I won’t be re-reading this, but if you’re looking for a quick Christmas read to pass the time, it’s okay. I want to give this 2.5 stars, but I’ll give it 3 Stars because Goodreads doesn’t allow half stars.

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Penumbra1 | 3 other reviews | Oct 11, 2022 |

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