Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: A Very Armitage Christmas

SERIES: Mismatched Mates #3

AUTHOR: Eliot Grayson

PUBLISHER: Smoking Teacup Books

LENGTH: 70 pages 

RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2020

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’Tis the season…for zombies?

It’s two days before Christmas, and the Armitage pack’s getting ready for the holiday. Nate’s decorating the driveway with dozens of light-up candy canes (well, bullying Ian into doing it for him, but details). Matthew’s sitting through yet another endless pack council meeting.

And Arik’s raising revenants in the herb garden.

When a plague of zombies and an infestation of in-laws hits on Christmas Eve, Nate, Ian, Arik and Matthew will need to pick up their machetes, put some Bing Crosby on the record player, and overcome their relationship issues if they want to make it to Christmas morning.

This book follows the same characters and refers to the events of The Alpha’s Warlock and Captive Mate, and really should be read in series. Warning: Contains a modified inflatable Santa, a snowblower put to a really unusual purpose…and knotting. Because of course it does!

REVIEW:

It’s been a bit since I’ve read the first two of this series, which by the way, you need to read before reading this one. You will be lost if you don’t. But I had kind of forgotten what all had happened and the emotional upheavals and sensitive feelings from everyone…really. Even the alphas. So it was so good to see them all together again. And unfortunately, something always seems to go wrong. 

I think what broke my heart the worst though, was Arik. He really was trying to do something good and useful for the pack to make things better. He didn’t mean to make revenants appear out of nowhere, especially when one of them was his tormentor for so long. It was his way of trying to fit in and for Arik, that’s a huge thing. But things don’t always turn out the way we wish at times and Arik got flack from everyone for trying to do something to help. Yeah, so he messed up. Who doesn’t. How many times have the alphas alone messed things up? So it grieved me to see him being picked on so hard, even by his own mate. But the good thing about it, it made Matt, Ian and even Nate start to see a side of Arik they never really thought about. It made them take a good hard look at each other and themselves. It made them really question how much they loved each other and if the bond was real. And of course, it is. It just takes something big sometimes to make everyone see what really matters in life. Each other.

It’s a good short story. I loved it. It was great to see everyone back again. And I have to say, I choked on my water several times reading about Matt and Ian’s parents. If nothing else, that made this story even better. They are a hoot.

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