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Resting Scrooge Face by Meghan Quinn
3.25
funny lighthearted

I haven't read anything by this author, although the name is familiar in the "smutty" circles. Smut just isn't really my cup of tea. This was a bitty book, included in KindleUnlimited (text and audio) and it's December, so I figured I could give it a try. It was completely clean and cute and quick. Totally stereotypical "Hallmark" Christmas movie though.

SPOILER
boy and girl once dated, broke up, she's now back in town and they are awkwardly avoiding each other, both NOT feeling Christmas. He writes a throwaway letter - signed "Resting Scrooge Face" detailing some of his dismay. Somehow the letter finds its way to her ... she writes back (the mailman is in on it all) signed Ho-Ho-No ... they click via letter, then it's revealed who they are, they get back together, it was all a setup from Grandma. All the Christmas accoutrements happening along the way, although most is just little conversations between the two MCs. 
 

FUNNY ... a recipe passed down, given in a box, in a box, in an envelope ... 

Dual POV from Caleb and Nola, switching chapters. Both first person, present tense. Two narrators in the audio.