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A review by katiedermody
The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese
I apparently gave this book four stars when I read it the first time but I am not sure why, as this is a five star read for me. It stuck with me that I enjoyed it and appreciated the portrayal of demisexuality but the details of the story escaped me (I read a lot and brain fog/memory issues). But I loved it this reread and will likely read it again multiple times. The antagonist-coworkers to lovers aspect was well done and the spice in this book is great. Also, it is a very complete story as a novella and I love that.
Reread2024: I love this book! The disability and chronic illness rep are so well done (Autism, Type 1 Diabetes), the demisexual rep is great, and just the overall sort of enemies to lovers vibe. I say sort of because they coworkers who seemingly don't like each other, and it's all from her POV but the reader is able to tell sooner than she does that he doesn't dislike her as much as she thinks (or at all, really). But they're fiesty, competitive, working to save a bookstore before the holidays, there's sort of an epistolary aspect, and the spice when we finally get it is excellent. It feels like such a complete story in less than 200 pages and it always impressed me when a novella can do that. This was my second reread of this book and it won't be the last.
Reread2024: I love this book! The disability and chronic illness rep are so well done (Autism, Type 1 Diabetes), the demisexual rep is great, and just the overall sort of enemies to lovers vibe. I say sort of because they coworkers who seemingly don't like each other, and it's all from her POV but the reader is able to tell sooner than she does that he doesn't dislike her as much as she thinks (or at all, really). But they're fiesty, competitive, working to save a bookstore before the holidays, there's sort of an epistolary aspect, and the spice when we finally get it is excellent. It feels like such a complete story in less than 200 pages and it always impressed me when a novella can do that. This was my second reread of this book and it won't be the last.