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A review by effy
Sleighed by Penelope Ward, Vi Keeland
4.25
Sleighed is a collection of three heartwarming and delightful short stories that all take place around Christmas.
Having read from this writing duo before, I was pretty confident that this collection of stories was going to be a success for me and I was correct in my predictions. Each of the stories has an HFN with a sense that it could be an HEA.
Overall these stories were fast-paced but still allowed organic character and relationship development. I thought the pairings worked well and there was a good variety across the three stories. The middle story did make me raise a wee eyebrow as the language around a disabled boy felt as little condescending as he was very much “an inspiration” however it was a little more complex than that due to the fact that he had died undergoing a surgery. Beyond that issue. I had an overall fun time with these stories and really enjoyed how much the third and final story made me cry.
I hadn’t intended to finish this collection, however they were a compulsive read and once I picked it up, I couldn’t seem to stop.