All by My Elf (Under The Mistletoe Collection #3) by Olivia Dade -- Starting 12th December 2024

[Shae]

Secret crushes, spicy Christmas treats, heinous holiday traffic, and a fateful snowstorm bring good friends together in a funny, heartfelt short story by bestselling author Olivia Dade.

Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long…

Olivia Dade’s All by My Elf is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.

[Abbie]

45%

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I’m not enjoying this one there’s no chemistry and they’re so awkward

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[Abbie]

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These have no chemistry at all I’m actually cringing reading this

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[Abbie]

Finished

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Ohh I didn’t like this I don’t know if it’s because I’m not American so some of it made no sense about the college or the fact that I have more chemistry with the dust in the house (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Starting now!

[Maddie]

There are no chapters and I can't tell where I'm up to in the audio so I'll just give updates

Update 1 (view spoiler)[I looove their funny Christmas punny names (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Update 2 (view spoiler)[Why do I think that William and Claudia are conspiring to get William to ask Nina out? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah A]

33%

(view spoiler)[ I think there are way too many puns in this book. Not my favorite. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah A]

45%
(view spoiler)[ Never have I ever game should not be played by adults in a wiener mobile. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah A]

Finished:
(view spoiler)[ Not my favorite so far in this novella series. I just didn't like William and Claudia chemistry (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Update 3 (view spoiler)[Well THANK YOU for that lack of miscommunication! That is how it's done! Just agreement and now they get together. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Update 4 (view spoiler)[This is ranked #2 so far. Better than Tessa's but not as good as Ali's. I honestly could read so much more about Mark <3 (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Sarah A wrote: "Finished:
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Hahaha Claudia was the friend. Nina is the FMC hahaha shows how much of an impact it left on you lol

[Sarah A]

@Maddie, this is what I get for trying to listen and work at the same time.

[Maddie]

Sarah A wrote: "@Maddie, this is what I get for trying to listen and work at the same time."

Hahaha I'm doing the same thing. I figure lowering the speed and the fact that they're novellas will allow me to focus more, and it's helping

[Shae]

Maddie wrote: "Update 2 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ I didn’t think that. I thought Claudia and William were definitely hooking up haha (hide spoiler)]

[Shae]

Sarah A wrote: "Finished:
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(view spoiler)[ I agree, definitely not my favourite of this series (hide spoiler)]

[Shae]

Maddie wrote: "Update 4 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I liked Tessa’s this was probably #3 for me. Wasn’t too keen on their chemistry. (hide spoiler)]

[Shae]

Abbie wrote: "Finished

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Ohh I didn’t like this I don’t know if it’s because I’m not American so some of it made no sense about the college or the fact that I have more chemistry with the dust in the house [sp..." (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[ I also didn’t really get all the college stuff (hide spoiler)]

[Leah]

Starting this one now - Loving these short little Christmas stories so far.

[Brianna]

Around 45%? (view spoiler)[This is strange... like he likes her right? And Im guessing that she has misunderstood his relationship with her best friend but wouldnt her supposed best friend tell her if there was nothing going on? Especially if she knew she had a crush on him.
also so random, never have I ever. and a wiener mobile? Really? (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

Sarah A wrote: "45%
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(view spoiler)[never have i ever played that game in a wiener mobile. (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

60%ish (view spoiler)[surprise surprise... he likes her! (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

Finished (view spoiler)[I feel like these are getting worse and worse. This was so awkward (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Brianna wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

Yep haha the only one I liked was the first

[Leah]

Brianna wrote: "Around 45%? This is strange... like he likes her right? And Im guessing that she has misunderstood his relationship with her best friend but wouldnt her supposed best friend tell her if there was n..."

The weiner mobile thing really threw me off haha. I found it hard to get into this one!

[Leah]

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Abbie wrote: "45%

I’m not enjoying this one there’s no chemistry and they’re so awkward

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I feel the same about this one! (hide spoiler)]

[Leah]

50% -

(view spoiler)[ Not really enjoying this one as much as i did the first two. All feels a bit forced and awkward - like neither of them want to be in that situation

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[Leah]

64% -

(view spoiler)[ Thank god he's finally told her - can't believe we got 64% through before he finally said anything! (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Leah]

80% ish -

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the whole 'weenie on wheels' things just makes this feel so much worse

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[Leah]

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Abbie wrote: "Finished

Ohh I didn’t like this I don’t know if it’s because I’m not American so some of it made no sense about the college or the fact that I have more chemistry with the dust in the house [sp..."

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Hahaha I totally agree.
Did not enjoy this and they had real no chemistry at all (hide spoiler)]

[Leah]

Finished

(view spoiler)[ I enjoyed the first 2 of this series, but couldn't get on board with this one. Just all felt a bit forced and odd. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Courtney]

Maddie wrote: "Update 2 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Definitely my thoughts as well. (hide spoiler)]

[Courtney]

50% (view spoiler)[ It makes me sad that teachers can't get enough to survive on when they are literally teaching our future. (hide spoiler)]

[Courtney]

Brianna wrote: "60%ish [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I dont see how neither of them got that they liked each other. (hide spoiler)]

[Courtney]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Not a big fan of this one. If the would have just told each other they liked each other, alot of the awkwardness would be gone. Then again so will the story. (hide spoiler)]