truly the narrators and the friend group carried this Hanukah romance novella audio original for me.

Eight Winter Nights is sort of a Cyrano-esque retelling mixed with "I've always loved you and met you first, but you then met my bestie and got with her, but now you've broken up with her and have asked me to help you win her back." Not my fav trope setting tbh, and with a mere 2.5 hours to accomplish it I wasn't sure how that could possibly work.

All in all Maverick did a pretty good job of convincing me, but it made me uncomfy in an otherwise warm and fuzzy story about finding one's person, family, and hanukah light.

Oz is a ding dong, Tamara the best friend is a jerk for ghosting out and refusing to just say "hey we broke up I'm done, go get your girl," and Rachel is sweet but far kinder to her friends than maybe she should be.

a fine listen, if you enjoy the friends-to-lovers trope. also there is some mild horniness but this is a end-kiss only story, which felt right for the story.