Tic-Tac-Mistletoe

By: N.R. Walker

Narrated by: Glen LLoyd

Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Hamish Kenneally is moving from Australia to the US for a fresh start, beginning with Christmas at his sister’s place in Idaho. When a snowstorm diverts his plane to Montana and leaves him stranded two days before Christmas, he hires a car and drives right into a blizzard.

Ren Brooks has always called Hartbridge, Montana, and his family hardware store, home. After a few failed attempts at love, he’s resigned to being single forever - after all, no guy wants to stay in his sleepy little town for long. And after his dad’s passing earlier in the year, Ren’s Christmas is looking bleak. But when a car runs off the road in front of his property, Ren pulls the driver out and takes him home to get out of the cold.

With the storm and the holidays leaving Hamish with nowhere else to go, Ren kindly offers a place to stay. Hamish is certain he’s crashed right into a Hallmark Christmas movie, despite more car delays and road closures and the prospect of not seeing his sister for Christmas. And with help from Hamish, Ren is beginning to feel a little Christmas cheer.

These two unlikely strangers have more in common than they first realise, and after two days of Christmas decorations, cookies, and non-stop conversation, it looks like Christmas might be saved after all.

©2020 N.R. Walker (P)2020 N.R. Walker

A very cute gay romance

its nice to listen to a well written often laugh out loud gay romance. If you've watched Legally Blonde or Shitts creek you will get a kick out this book .Kudos to both the author and the voice actor. he made the characters come to life.

Very Sweet Story

That one MC says "it's like I've been dropped into one of those Hallmark movies" is an accurate description. The characters are charming and funny. The story is very sweet. There's some heat but its ancillary to the character development.

have to say the the narrator could have been better. One MC is an Aussie and everyone else is American. But you can't tell the difference from the narrator. He has pleasant voice and pulls you along in the story

loved it

Its seriously so good, all sugar sweet with little to no angst. My only gripe (little teeny tiny gripe that was actually kind of amusing so not that annoying) was that the narrator (who is native Australian so I can't fault him too much) mispronounces one of the city names (Spokane Washington).
But I highly recommend this story, I loved it. And parts of it were REALLY funny!

Delightful!

This a a lovely, Christmassy story, full of the warm and fuzzies and zero angst. And brilliantly narrated. I enjoyed every second of it!

Sweet, yet sexy and real.

What a lovely way to start Christmas season. Low angst and fun. I love the combination of the characters backgrounds and their ability to find humor in almost every situation. I read this last year, listened to the audio this year. There was one mispronunciation, specifically Spokane. As a Washington state resident I can tell you that despite the spelling it is pronounced Spo- kan, as if the e was not there. It is what Hamish, and most visitors, would say, but I would expect someone local to correct him early on.

❄ all the warm fuzzies ❄

Would I listen to it again: yes
Did the story keep me engaged: yes
Was I invested in the characters: yes

📖 A cute and entertaining story with an easy pace and low drama. The characters are likeable and their story was entertaining. I enjoyed the way Hamish would "translate" an Australian word into American 😆.

🎧 Glen Lloyd's narration just keeps getting better. I had no problem distinguishing characters his rhythm, tone and inflections have done a good job bringing Tic-Tac Mistletoe to life. I can't comment on the authenticity of his American accent, but I had no problem with it - it sounded genuine and worked for me.

How does it rate on my NR Walker "feels" scale: 2
{😁1:Henry [TWOIA] | 😊 | 😐 | 😢 | 😭5:Shelby [RDH] }

Loved it

Amazingly sweet story and great narration! Like with all of N.R. Walker’s books I’ve read so far, it’s very well written, easy to follow, and absolutely enjoyable.
Glen Lloyd did an awesome job narrating this book!

Candy cane sweet

Adorable holiday story. Glen Lloyd does an awesome job switching between accents. Zero angst and very low heat. Lots of holiday sweetness, even in February.

so much fun!

the perfect Christmas story! I love these types of holiday books just beautiful and sweet and not heavy on the extracurricular. I just want a beautiful simple story of two people who were meant to be finding each other at the right moment.

Uhmmm....

I'm a fan of NR Walker. I've read and/ or listened several of her books. However, there's so many stereotypes in this book that it's cringe-worthy. *smdh* The narrator isn't bad but he doesn't help with the mis-pronunciation of words when he's speaking for Ren, the American. However, if I was into the book, I would abandon the audio and just read it. But, no.

Unfortunately, this is a DNF at the 50% mark.