12 Days of Mistletoe by Jen Atkinson Purchase on: Amazon
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Synopsis:
How to end up in Christmas kissing lessons with your downstairs enemy…
Break apartment rules? Guilty.
Send holiday cards to the downstairs neighbor's grandma? Done.
Accidentally become said neighbor's fake girlfriend for a family Christmas photo? Wait, what?I, Bonnie Miller, am no troublemaker. I’m just an anxious girl trying to keep my emotional support pup in a no-pets apartment building. But my downstairs neighbor is determined to be my personal Grinch and get us both evicted.
Just when I think things can’t get any worse, Elliot Eaton offers me a deal I can’t refuse. Suddenly I’m playing girlfriend and giving mistletoe kisses to my sworn enemy, all to keep my home.
Who knew that breaking one little rule would lead to a fan-mistletoe-tastic holiday?
12 Days of Mistletoe is a closed door, laugh out loud, warm your wintery heart romcom. If you need a book with all the feels, some mistletoe kisses, and lots of holiday spirit, look no further!
Review:
12 Days of Mistletoe was an enemies to lovers, fake dating, closed door Christmas romance that was so much fun! With deeper emotional moments to tug at your heart, and a cast of characters that will have you laughing out loud, this adorable story was so memorable!
She’s just a lying dog hoarder with pepper spray up her sleeve.
Beautiful faces are deceiving. Like a siren’s song.
Elliot Eaton was an elementary PE teacher who wanted to buy his Gran’s apartment complex, and had to prove himself to her in the meantime. In the midst he found a rule breaker, and that woman was Bonnie Miller. She was a passionate woman who worked multiple jobs so she could help out a cause near and dear to her heart. With her emotional support dog, Noel, I loved the two of them right away. Yet Elloit and Bonnie got off on the worst foot ever!
Elliot’s eyes draw to mine and I can’t help it—my gaze drops to his mouth. The mouth his grandmother says I must kiss to keep my dog. To keep my home.
It’s ridiculous.
It’s outlandish.
It’s a price I’m willing to pay.
A Christmas card picture, that went all kinds of wrong and had me laughing so hard I was crying, led Elliot and Bonnie to make a deal. She pretended to be his girlfriend, and in exchange she got to continue to live there with Noel. With a mischief making Gran, and side characters that popped from the pages, like Bill, I adored this book! It was filled with all the Christmas fun!
“Oh wow. Okay.” I choke on the words, a nervous tremor making its way down my back. “We’re doing this now? Like now now?”
“Yes. If it helps, I’ve placed mistletoe in every single one of my doorways for you.”
And while this book was laugh out loud funny, there was also a strong emotional side to this story too. Noel was the sweetest dog ever, and we got to watch her help Bonnie with her anxiety and panic attacks. I loved that we also got to see how Noel’s relationship with Elliot progressed, it warmed my heart. And while Bonnie and Elliot were continuing their fake dating around his family, it led to them having deep and meaningful conversations. So with fake kisses thrown in the mix, it became hard for them to tell anymore, what was real. And what was fake.
One should not be attracted to one’s fake boyfriend. It makes the word “fake” become confusing.
With Christmas tree adventures, sentimental ornaments, sweet kisses, drawing pictures that had me cackling out loud, and so many adorable moments, this book was so much fun. Plus, it ended with a fabulous and happy epilogue. This was my first book by Jen Atkinson, and I’m looking forward to reading another one of her books in the future!
“I might… need more practice.” My chest pounds with my thundering heart. Because this is more than putting myself out there. This is begging the man to kiss me.
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