This is sweet story with a touch of romance, Nolan and Benji have been in a relationship over a year. This Christmas is going to be different Nolan has to go away for a few months to look after his mother after her surgery, but Benji doesn't like American prefer to stay in Scotland. So Nolan goes Benji stays ,Nolan sends him little notes full of cute count down to DEC 25. With his "advert calendar thingy" as Benji says. Can these 2 guys spend coming up Christmas alone or will they do something about it. This was a very enjoyable read. Centered around the journey Benji takes in realizing how much he relies on his partner and how he figures out just how much he's come to miss and love Nolan. It's a sweet story and I really liked how the whole 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' angle. Benji was very stubborn, though, and wouldn't accept that he's come to depend in Nolan so much.One thing I really liked was the advent calendar letters Nolan wrote for Benji. I thought they were very cute and clever! I'll use that idea in the future because it'd be a sweet gift for when you can't be home. The story is very short however I noticed that Nolan, who is from Chicago, spoke like he was from the UK while Benji, who's from Scotland, spoke like he was from America. It was hard to match up the speech patterns with the characters and knowing their origins, which made me confused on who was saying what in the beginning.Other than that, this was a nice read. A feel good story about self discovery and sweet love. Definitely should have been longer, though!
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Wish it was longer. Loved the grumpy Scot even though we are not always like that haha.
—ssreddy
A holiday tale about absence making the heart grow fonder.
—asdfghj
Very sweet story about the person we take for granted.
—crystal
4.5Totally choked up. I love this, I do.
—amandajeannnn
