Recent Release Review and Giveaway: The Christmas Pundit by V.L. Locey

10 December of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

The Christmas Pundit By V.L. Locey

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM, Holiday, Christmas

Tropes: Opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers

Released: December 9, 2020

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Laurel Holidays, Book 2

Length: 52,362 words approx.

Cover Design: Designs By Sloan

Synopsis

Will two complete opposites learn to cross party lines to benefit their beloved hometown and save Christmas?

Evan Griffiths is enjoying his tenure as the mayor of Cedarburg, Pennsylvania. While it may barely be a blip on the state map, it’s where he grew up, and he’s thrilled to be at the helm of the tiny rural community. With the recent election in the past, Evan can focus on his agenda to bring Cedarburg out of the fifties. Being the first gay mayor in the town’s history is a good start but there’s plenty more to do. His first big job is expanding the yearly Christmas Carnival to lure tourists to his fiscally challenged birthplace. Things seem to be moving along at a good pace then a ghost from Christmases past arrives on the morning bus.

As soon as Gideon Pierce returns to Cedarburg he picks up right where he left off back in elementary school—tormenting Evan at every turn. Only this time instead of shoving Evan down on the playground, Gideon is bedeviling him with snippy editorials in the local paper. Gideon is no longer the gangly, bucktoothed kid he used to be. When his gaze keeps touching on Gideon’s mouth and the appreciative fire in his brilliant holly green eyes, Evan is finding it harder and harder to keep his mind on witty replies to Gideon’s cutting viewpoints.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I loved it!

I’ve never thought of enemies-to-lovers as a favorite romance trope of mine but I sure did love The Christmas Pundit by V.L. Locey. There’s a lot of snark in this one, a great trademark of V.L. Locey’s writing which I love.

Gideon was Evan’s nemesis when they were young and now he’s back in town and Evan’s not sure how he feels about that. Gideon caused Evan a lot of emotional pain that it took him a long time to get over. Now they are adversaries on opposite sides of the political fence and yet Gideon seems to have set his sights on Evan.

I really loved everything about this story. It was heartbreaking to learn about Gideon’s childhood and how that impacted his behavior when then impacted Evan so much. It also impacted Evan’s parents to the point that his mother doesn’t want Evan to have anything to do with Gideon.

This story is so full of feelings and it brought a few tears as I was reading it. But the main thing is that it’s a romance and Gideon and Evan get their HEA and win over Evan’s parents. I loved V.L.’s description of Cedarburg; it totally made me want to visit there someday.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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Giveaway

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About Author

V.L. Locey

USA Today Bestselling Author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.

V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.

When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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