The Stocking Was Hung

The Holidays, Book 1

By: Tara Sivec

Narrated by: Neva Nevarre, James Cavenaugh

What happens when your life goes to crap the week of Christmas? You invite a hot Marine you met in an airport bar to come home with you for the holidays, to distract your crazy family from the truth.

With a handsy aunt, a meddling mother, and a father concerned for the wellbeing of his daughter's eggnog, there's no chance Sam and Noel will have time to fall in love...or will they?

The Stocking Was Hung is the first of three books about The Holiday family. It's a full-length Christmas novel that will make you laugh, make you HOT, and maybe even make you say, "Awwwww" a few times.

©2015 Tara Sivec (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

The Title Says It All

His last name is Stocking. He is hung. This had all of the dirty, holiday vibes with a whack job family. It was everything I wanted in a dirty holiday romance novella!

Noel and Sam

Great narration, I loved it.

Well, this was, um... different.

First things first - I loved Sam, a LOT. I liked Noel. I liked the meet cute at the airport and the first couple of moments when they got to her parents' house. There was a lot of "over the top" in this story.

But - Noel feels like a failure after losing her job and breaking up with her ex, so she asks Sam to pose as said ex on her trip home for Christmas. Hijinx follow. I think this actually could have been 1-2 chapters longer, and I think there was a lot of crazy happening in the story.

Sweet Scale: Sam would get a 5/5 but the story overall I'd probably rate 3.5/5
Spicy Scale: 3/5

Channeling a Chevy Chase P😜rny Christmas

Hyperbolic. Hilarious. Holiday rom-com at its best. It’s irreverent and raunchy and full of euphemisms like “diddling the doodlebug.” This type of novella is usually too silly for me, but during the holidays, it jingles my bells all the way. There are exclamations like “Jesus, Mary and all the Fing wisemen!” So, if you’re looking for more cozy or deep, this ain’t it. I for one loved the combination of humor and heart, not to mention Noel’s crazy, colorful family. This is a HFN novella, with a logical stopping point that I wouldn’t call a cliffhanger. But, Noel and Sam’s romance continues in other seasonal novellas, with each hitting on a new relationship stage. I found each to give diminishing returns and will probably only listen to this one again, and only during the holiday season.

This was cute!

I listened to the audio, and it was a cute book. Sam and Noel meet at the airport, and she asks him to come home with her and pretend to be her boyfriend. Since it's a Christmas book everything happens between the two of them very quickly, but it was perfect for a little Holiday romance. And I had some laughs along the way, I love Aunt Bobby! 🤣

Hilarious!!

I'm a little late listening to this since it's past Christmas but I don't even care! I loved this short story! It was sweet, charming, ridiculously funny and romantic. Loved it!