When physics grad student Fielding Monroe and skirt-chaser and football player Mick Colman become college housemates, they’re both in for a whole new education. Mick looks out for the absent-minded genius, and he helps Fielding clean up his appearance and discover all the silly pleasures his strict upbringing as a child prodigy denied him. They become best friends.It’s all well and good until … good until they run into a cheerleader who calls Mick the ‘best kisser on campus.’ Fielding has never been kissed, and he decides Mick and only Mick can teach him how it’s done. After all, the physics department’s Christmas party is coming up with its dreaded mistletoe. Fielding wants to impress his peers and look cool for once in his life. The thing about Fielding is, once he locks onto an idea, it’s almost impossible to get him to change his mind. And he just doesn’t understand why his straight best friend would have a problem providing a little demonstration.
Mick knows kissing is a dangerous game. If he gives in, it would take a miracle for the thing not to turn into a disaster. Then again, if the kissing lessons get out of hand they can always blame it on the mistletoe.
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I love Eli Easton’s writing and Christmas story from her makes it an auto-buy. The nerd and the jock, best friends to loves may have been done before but Fielding and Mick just click so well together they stand out. Fielding surprised me with his determination. Mick struggles a bit with the change in his self perception. His grand gestures on Campus and at home with his family made me cheer for him.
Audiobook: I like his voices for the main characters
Health-nut Mike takes in a new house mate at college, nerdy and social awkward Fielding. Enough said, this is only a 100 page romance novella and not many surprises are to be expected.
Two of my pet-peeves started the book: college (=YA drama) and Mike tells the story in 1st person POV *hurl*!
But it took the author only one page to get me hooked – the humor and self-depreciation in which Mike tells his story made me snuggle back and start enjoying.
The utterly lovable Fielding, seemingly naive but not at all stupid, and the exasperated Mike who sees the world he made up rolling away while trying to label his admiration for Fielding as “good ol’ friends” have a way to interact that is so sweet and so funny – awesome! Highly recommended!
This is an M/M romance with one fairly detailed intimate scene. While I usually prefer to skip bedroom scenes of any gender this one was a too important a part of the story to skip and well done.
I have never been one to read or write novellas. I confess that I long believed I wouldn’t be able to become sufficiently engaged in a story’s characters or plot in less than 40,000 words.
Well, I was wrong. I can and I did become enthralled with a novella. In Eli Easton’s Blame It On The Mistletoe, I was able to fall in love with Mick and Fielding, become invested in their quandary, and experience significant discomfort as I waited for them to come to terms with each other—all in 24,000 skillfully selected words!! In fact, there was something liberating about knowing that I wouldn’t have to wait forever to find out whether the two captivating young men were able to move forward together.
Eli Easton writes realistic characters, with genuine problems and attitudes toward life, and uses convincing and, at times, humorous dialogue. I will call Easton’s novella a page-turner, as I had difficulty putting it down once I picked it up.
And I will add a confession: I wrote a novella, A Hard Day’s Night, which will release later this summer, because I was inspired by the success and positive responses that Eli Easton received on her novella. So I guess I can Blame It (my very first novella) On The Mistletoe, as well. Thank you, Eli for a short but sweet reading experience and for opening my eyes to the art of the novella.
Blame It on the Mistletoe is book one in the Blame It on the Mistletoe series by Eli Easton. This is a holiday M/M New Adult romance that I would classify as best friends to lovers. The first word that comes to mind with this book is delightful. I couldn’t help but to love these two. They were just completely adorable. I’m not even a huge nerdy hero fan but Fielding had me at hello!!! The entire book is told from Mick’s point of view.
Mick Colman needs a housemate to share the rent with. He’s not sure what to think when he first meets the genius child prodigy, Fielding Monroe. But they fast became best friends. Mick feels protective of Fielding. He helps him to eat healthier, gets him to start running, change up his wardrobe a little, and introduces him to all of his favorite movies. They are pretty much inseparable. Until Fielding asked him to teach him how to kiss.
Fielding had been a child prodigy. He was a grad student at age nineteen. He had also missed out on so many of life’s experiences. Including a first kiss. With a department holiday party coming up, he wants to be prepared for the mistletoe. So who better to teach him how to kiss than the best kisser on campus.
Mick is straight. He’s known for being a bit of a player. He’s never had a real relationship. He’s shocked when Fielding asks him to teach him how to kiss. There’s no way he can do that. But when he really thinks about it, the thought is oddly appealing.
This was such an adorable story. Mick is so shocked at his own reactions to Fielding. And I think Fielding is about the most adorable man I’ve ever read about. He knows what he wants and has no hesitation asking for it. It even had the cutest epilogue. The book left me all giddy and I am so glad I added it to my holiday reading. The only reason it is only four stars is just that it was a very slow burn. My impatience wanted things to happen sooner. And because it was pretty short. I am definitely reading more of this author. Just a delightful little book.
So adorable, I think I read this with a smile on my face the entire time! (Well, except for that one little scene, but we won’t talk about that.)
Fielding was so just so precious- I love awkward, unsure characters like him. Mick was a sweetheart, (Well, except for that one little scene, but we won’t talk about that.), and I loved how he was with Fielding.
Really, what more can I say than this was the cutest, sweetest little Christmas read!
I borrowed through KU but I think I’m going to have to grab the audio so I can have it on hand whenever I might need some sweetness!
This is an oldie but goodie. I re-read it at the start of the holidays every year.
This to me is a perfect Christmas book… love… holidays… family… animals… more love… a *bad* guy… the *good guys* and most of all humour. I love Eli Easton’s books and this one is just the right book to sit with the Christmas tree and lose yourself in a funny, endearing, happy, loving and it left me smiling like an idiot. 6/5
Eli Easton Other books I loved from Eli Easton – The Mating of Michael , Superhero , A Second Harvest , Five Dares