Review: Have a Happy New Year
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2013
This one is a super short novella that takes place over the course of one day. New Year's Eve deserves some love and kisses. It was fun and flirty. Not too much detail about life obviously because of the length. But I had lots of happy tingles from reading about these two. I love Amy Andrew's voice in pretty much any story and this was no exception. (I have a definite weakness for Australian and New Zealand authors.) The book is set in the north east US, but there's definitely a little bit of Australia in it. Not as much as some of her other books though.Luke is fun and creative and doesn't let a little negativity stop him. He's younger than Tamara, but is feeling grown up and ready to settle down...and also all ready to show Tamara that he can bend her rules without officially breaking them, but still get what he wants. He was hot and open, but didn't overwhelm Tamara from having an active role in the action.Tamara is a kindergarten teacher. She's got the strict teacher looks down pat, but she's just so cute about it. I honestly couldn't get into the whole drinking to oblivion thing, but besides that Tamara is funny and outrageously honest. She's also horny. I loved that she wasn't ashamed of her sexuality. She may be trying to make good decisions, but she knows what she likes and also what she wants. She lets Luke take the lead in their journey because he wants to, but she doesn't give up her own role and doesn't sit second guessing herself once she's decided what she wants.The story is so self contained; everything happens in this little cabin, in the middle of a snow storm, over the course of one day. If anything, I wanted more of these two. They didn't know each other before, so the one-day-we're-ready-to-get-married thing takes some extra escapism to believe. But I truly enjoyed the story. When you only have an hour or so and want something light and sexy, this is a great story to pick.