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A review by rjordan19
A Very Stalker Christmas by Layla Fae
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥 (plus a shorter epilogue scene I decided not to count)
Humor: A touch
Perspective: first person from both hero and heroine (alternating chapters)
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: Immediately, he is watching her, but not real on page interaction between them until about 25%
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after for the mains
Epilogue: Yes, about a year later
Format: read an e-book version through Kindle Unlimited
Why I chose this book: It popped up on a goodreads ‘readers also enjoyed’ list and I was curious!
Mains: This is a M/F romance between a cishet hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I think this is a stand alone novella.
Basic plot:
Emma knows she has someone helping her – leaving things she needs, shoveling her driveway, and taking out her garbage….but she has no idea it’s her quiet neighbor
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- small town setting – Frosty Springs (come onnnnn so cute)
- you’re okay with some dubious elements – like the title says the hero is a stalker and goes into the heroine’s house and does things with her consent or knowledge…
- heroine loves animals, and fosters and rescues animals she finds (she has cats, dogs, rats, rabbit, and guinea pigs)
- size difference (view spoiler)
- he makes her tea
- celibate hero
- (view spoiler)
- mask play
- medium steam – 2 full scenes within a shorter page count (plus a shorter scene I decided not to count as ‘full’)
First line:
I press the binoculars to my face, honing in on the pet carrier in Emma’s hand.
My thoughts:
I’m wondering if this heroine is an ADHD rep? At least….I could totally relate to this heroine and have similar struggles haha. I need a Logan in my life 😂 Take care of everything I am forgetting…
I enjoyed this book! It was so surprisingly sweet to me. And I loved the ‘dark’ stalker aspect without really being dark. Being a novella, it’s short, and I really wanted a bit more from it. I was really enjoying myself and wanted a few more scenes. It ended rather fast!
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 6
Average rating: 4.5 stars
Favorite book: This one!
Quotes
Okay. I am swooning for this stalker. Can I have one? I hate doing this shit. lol
Like the last time I gassed up Emma’s car. I take a look at my notes to check when it was. Her tank should be at least half-full, but it won’t hurt to get her filled up tonight. I make a note on my to-do list and bring the binoculars back to my eyes.
She is inside now, letting the car out in her kitchen. I watch everything through the pristine, uncovered window that I washed last night to have the best view possible.
---
Emma is not stupid. That’s not it. She’s simply so incapable of seeing the evil and darkness in the world, it hasn’t even crossed her mind that her creep of a neighbor might be breaking into her place every night to sniff her panties and fantasize about doing vile things to her while she sleeps.
---
Hi, nice to meet you! I’m Logan. Would you like to grab dinner together?
That’s what a normal man would say to a woman he wants. But I’m not normal, so I take one last look at my beautiful neighbor, taking in her wide hips, gorgeous tits pushing through that thin sweater, and her thick, long hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun.
That hair would look so good wrapped around my hand.
---
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- hero is a stalker of the heroine and enters her house without her knowledge or consent, fills her gas tank, leaves her hats, etc
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex: Noooo? but I think the heroine is on some kind of birth control? I think the pill
How’s the consent? Oh, well you see the title. If consent is an absolute must for you, maybe forgo this one because the hero does stalk her/watch her and jerk off in her room without consent. But overall the heroine is into it all and consent isn’t an issue
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 in the story or pregnancy! I feel like it left as a no children in the relationship? But it's not openly a child free HEA
17% - the hero jerks off with her panties he stole while watching her, but it’s fairly short
49% - 🔥 kiss, fingering for her, hero comes in his pants
I want to tell her how beautiful she is. How perfect. That I’ll always protect her and be everything she needs me to be.
But I can’t speak, so I lean over, cradle the back of her head in my trembling hand, and kiss those words into her mouth.
82% - 🔥 the hero breaks into the heroine’s house at night, bj (incomplete), missionary
“That’s enough. Be quiet and listen to the rules.”
///
“You’ll be good for me, won’t you, baby?” I ask, testing her resolve. Will she answer the question and break my rules?
95% - epilogue sex – oral for her but it’s pretty short
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥 (plus a shorter epilogue scene I decided not to count)
Humor: A touch
Perspective: first person from both hero and heroine (alternating chapters)
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: Immediately, he is watching her, but not real on page interaction between them until about 25%
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after for the mains
Epilogue: Yes, about a year later
Format: read an e-book version through Kindle Unlimited
Why I chose this book: It popped up on a goodreads ‘readers also enjoyed’ list and I was curious!
Mains: This is a M/F romance between a cishet hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I think this is a stand alone novella.
Basic plot:
Emma knows she has someone helping her – leaving things she needs, shoveling her driveway, and taking out her garbage….but she has no idea it’s her quiet neighbor
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- small town setting – Frosty Springs (come onnnnn so cute)
- you’re okay with some dubious elements – like the title says the hero is a stalker and goes into the heroine’s house and does things with her consent or knowledge…
- heroine loves animals, and fosters and rescues animals she finds (she has cats, dogs, rats, rabbit, and guinea pigs)
- size difference (view spoiler)
- he makes her tea
- celibate hero
- (view spoiler)
- mask play
- medium steam – 2 full scenes within a shorter page count (plus a shorter scene I decided not to count as ‘full’)
First line:
I press the binoculars to my face, honing in on the pet carrier in Emma’s hand.
My thoughts:
I’m wondering if this heroine is an ADHD rep? At least….I could totally relate to this heroine and have similar struggles haha. I need a Logan in my life 😂 Take care of everything I am forgetting…
I enjoyed this book! It was so surprisingly sweet to me. And I loved the ‘dark’ stalker aspect without really being dark. Being a novella, it’s short, and I really wanted a bit more from it. I was really enjoying myself and wanted a few more scenes. It ended rather fast!
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 6
Average rating: 4.5 stars
Favorite book: This one!
Quotes
Okay. I am swooning for this stalker. Can I have one? I hate doing this shit. lol
Like the last time I gassed up Emma’s car. I take a look at my notes to check when it was. Her tank should be at least half-full, but it won’t hurt to get her filled up tonight. I make a note on my to-do list and bring the binoculars back to my eyes.
She is inside now, letting the car out in her kitchen. I watch everything through the pristine, uncovered window that I washed last night to have the best view possible.
---
Emma is not stupid. That’s not it. She’s simply so incapable of seeing the evil and darkness in the world, it hasn’t even crossed her mind that her creep of a neighbor might be breaking into her place every night to sniff her panties and fantasize about doing vile things to her while she sleeps.
---
Hi, nice to meet you! I’m Logan. Would you like to grab dinner together?
That’s what a normal man would say to a woman he wants. But I’m not normal, so I take one last look at my beautiful neighbor, taking in her wide hips, gorgeous tits pushing through that thin sweater, and her thick, long hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun.
That hair would look so good wrapped around my hand.
---
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- hero is a stalker of the heroine and enters her house without her knowledge or consent, fills her gas tank, leaves her hats, etc
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex:
How’s the consent?
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!)
17% - the hero jerks off with her panties he stole while watching her, but it’s fairly short
49% - 🔥 kiss, fingering for her, hero comes in his pants
I want to tell her how beautiful she is. How perfect. That I’ll always protect her and be everything she needs me to be.
But I can’t speak, so I lean over, cradle the back of her head in my trembling hand, and kiss those words into her mouth.
82% - 🔥 the hero breaks into the heroine’s house at night, bj (incomplete), missionary
“That’s enough. Be quiet and listen to the rules.”
///
“You’ll be good for me, won’t you, baby?” I ask, testing her resolve. Will she answer the question and break my rules?
95% - epilogue sex – oral for her but it’s pretty short