Sleighed by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward Narrator: Andi Arndt, Teddy Hamilton, Sebastian York, Zachary Webber, Maxine Mitchell
Published by C. Scott Publishing on November 15, 2022
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Holiday - Christmas
Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
Format: Audiobook
Source: Audible
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"Get Sleighed"
When my ex dumped me right before Christmas, I was left with a luxury: an all-expense paid trip for two to Cabo—private jet and all. Somehow, my best friend roped me into giving away the other half of the trip as a contest prize on her podcast. Kelly won the “World’s Worst Dump Story”. She and I didn’t meet until we arrived at the airport, which was when I discovered she was actually a he. Apparently, we’d forgotten to include open-to-women-only in the rules. My trip to Cabo started as a disaster, but as time went on Kelly and I grew close. Until someone unexpectedly showed up....
"Lights Out Love"
Cole is utterly annoyed by his neighbor Josie’s obnoxious Christmas display. When she blows out power on the street, he marches over and lets her know what he thinks of the mess she’s made. But when the only generator in town brings the two nemeses together...the Christmas display isn’t the only thing burning bright.
"Hot Item"
Getting into a fight with a sexy stranger over the last hot toy on the shelf was not the way I intended to spend Christmas Eve. And I certainly didn’t plan on spending hours more trying to win a contest to decide who would get to buy it. But when our time is up, would the toy be the only hot item I wanted to take home?
I’ve listened to a few Christmas audiobooks written by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward over the years, and they’re always fun! I was excited to see this one pop up on Audible one day. I hadn’t even heard of it so it was a nice surprise! This was a short and sweet listen that I enjoyed crocheting to for a few hours!
It’s hard to review three short stories, so I’ll just be short and sweet with my review as well! The first novella is called “Get Sleighed“, and it was fun! I thought the idea of having a contest to give away the second half of a vacation after being dumped by the guy you were supposed to go with was a cute idea. I enjoyed my little jaunt to Cabo and had fun hearing about what our hero and heroine (I cannot for the life of me remember their names) did while they were there vacationing. The romance was super sweet. My favorite part was the contest itself. Contestants had to call in to a podcast and share their worst getting dumped story. Some of those stories were hilarious and very entertaining!
The second novella, “Lights Out Love“, was cute, but not my favorite. Josie loves decorating the outside of her house with millions of lights for Christmas. Cole can’t stand having the light pour into his house like the noonday sun every night. Then the power goes out (of course Cole assumes it’s totally Josie’s fault) and he’s even more upset! But Josie, being the kind soul that she is, lets him benefit from her generator and has him over so he can charge his computer and get work done. They strike up a friendship, and Cole softens to her. She de-Scrooges him a little. It’s a very happy, heartwarming story!
The last novella, “Hot Item“, has my heart and really made this book for me. Two people in search of the hottest toy of the season have to battle it out to see who gets to buy it when the manager can’t deal with their arguing. So they spend the evening wrapping presents for charity and whoever gets the most tips wins the right to buy it. They talk a lot and it was all just very sweet. I got a little teary-eyed (in a good way). Really loved this story!
All in all, I had fun with Sleighed! I loved all the narrators (so many of them are my favorites), and it was fun to listen while I crocheted Christmas presents! It was like listening to a movie. Definitely give it a try if you’re in the mood for something short and festive that will make you smile!