Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Blame it on the Mistletoe 
SERIES: Blame it on the Mistletoe #1
AUTHOR: Eli Easton
NARRATOR: Jason Frazier
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
RELEASE DATE: September 21, 2014
LENGTH: 2 hours, 38 minutes
BLURB:
When physics grad student Fielding Monroe and skirt-chaser and football player Mick Colman become college housemates, they’re both in for a whole new education. Mick looks out for the absent-minded genius, and he helps Fielding clean up his appearance and discover all the silly pleasures his strict upbringing as a child prodigy denied him. They become best friends.
It’s all well and good until they run into a cheerleader who calls Mick the “best kisser on campus”. Fielding has never been kissed, and he decides Mick and only Mick can teach him how it’s done. After all, the physics department’s Christmas party is coming up with its dreaded mistletoe. Fielding wants to impress his peers and look cool for once in his life. The thing about Fielding is, once he locks onto an idea, it’s almost impossible to get him to change his mind. And he just doesn’t understand why his straight best friend would have a problem providing a little demonstration.
Mick knows kissing is a dangerous game. If he gives in, it would take a miracle for the thing not to turn into a disaster. Then again, if the kissing lessons get out of hand, they can always blame it on the mistletoe.
REVIEW:
I’m a huge Eli Easton fan. She’s written some of my absolute favourite stories. I read this story a few years ago and adored it, so it being almost Christmas, I figured, what story’s better to listen to than this one.
It all started with a cheerleader and a rumour going around campus. And no it’s not what you might think, just about the opposite actually. Fielding and Mick, best friends and roommates are out having a cup of coffee when a cheerleader comes up to them asking Mick out because she wants to find out if the rumour was true – the rumour that Mick was the best kisser at campus. This gets the sweet and nerdy Fielding thinking. Having never been kissed before he wants to learn from the expert and asks Mick to teach him. Only Mick is far from sold on the idea – neither of them are gay.
Jason Frazier absolutely nailed this book – he was this book and these characters! He brought you to campus, to that coffee shop, to the apartment. He truly made it all come alive and made you a part of it. I had a wonderful time listening to his narration of this sweet and happy story, and it’s one I know I’ll re-listen to every Christmas to come.
I have a huge weak spot for nerds, especially the genius ones, the ones truly oblivious to human behaviour, logical to a fault. They get me every time. So I would have loved to have more Fielding, and also getting to know and see things from his perspective. I believe his mind would have been an interesting place to spend time in.
Blame it on the Mistletoe is all about exploring and self-discovery, friendships and love. Mick and Fielding are as different as two can be, but they still become fast friends and then something more. It’s heart-warming, quirky and fun. It’s Christmas and pure happiness in a book.
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