Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: A touch
Perspective: first person only from the heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character (sex??)
How did the speed of the story feel? medium to fast
When mains are first on page together: soon in, about 13% (chapter 2)
Cliffhanger: This ends...with the possibility of a happy for now. They are going to date each other after spending a night together. But it has the uncertainty of a new relationship. She does have an extended scene about their future dates though that might make it feel more complete!
Epilogue: No, but you can sign up for Thea Masen’s newsletter and get a bonus scene
Format: read the e-book version through Kindle Unlimited
Why I chose this book: I saw @fern.does.books post about it on instagram and was curious!
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine

Should I read in order?
I believe this is a stand alone.

Basic plot:
Sienna decides to make her move and wrap herself up, naked, as a present for her crush. But instead, his brother shows up...

Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- she wraps herself up as a Christmas present but is found by her crush’s brother instead…
- heroine is a sex researcher
- tattooed hero
- hero is a Berkeley professor
- some unrequited longing from the hero
- higher steam – 2 full scenes within a shorter page count (and they are lengthy)

Ages:
- didn’t see them mentioned

First line:
“Are you sure this is a good idea?”

My thoughts:
This was a fun, quick, and steamy read! I loved how this one played out – the set up was super fun and somehow the tension was really great for me even in such a short page count. I adored how vulnerable these characters both felt, and how they just seemed really perfect for each other! I grabbed their bonus scene to read soon, because the book did leave off on a tentative happy for now, but I am used to a lot more concrete of a relationship – so I’m eager to check that out!

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 3
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: Stiff

Endearments

  The hero calls her ‘candy cane’

Quotes

“Alright, everything looks great from out here. Remember, you’re a fucking sex goddess. The Winter Witch. Mrs. Claus. A candy cane ready to be licked. A horny elf who wants to fuck Santa.”
“Ew.”
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“Guess this whole lack of communication thing is a gender free problem, then.”
He gives that strand of hair he’s been playing with a tug, and my breath catches. His second tug pulls me a little closer. “We should all be more direct.”
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Up and down. Little circles. I’m not rubbing so much as pressing with little tiny movements.
He curses, and his grip on my thighs tightens.
I stop and smile up at him. “I want you to touch yourself.”
“I want to you,” he practically growls. “I want to show you what a good little student I am.
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Myles laughs. “Aren’t you the little masochist? You want me to edge you, huh, baby?”
 

Content warnings:
- Didn’t really notice anything
Author content warnings? None given

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  Condoms used, heroine mentions she’s on the pill, and both talk about being free of STIs 

 
How’s the consent? 

  It’s good 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children or pregnancy in the book 

 
39% - 🔥 kisses, that lead to touches, fingering for her, blow job (praise) (incomplete), oral for her, bent over against a door, oral on the table, her on top on the couch, finishing on the floor
82% - 🔥 sex (missionary?) then followed by another brief scene