Title: Hot Cocoa and Candy Canes
Series: Haven House Coffee Boys, #5
Author: Stephani Hecht
Genre: Young Adult (Holiday)
Length: Novella (65 Pages)
Publisher: Devine Destinies and Extasy Books (December 15th, 2013)
Heat Level: No Heat level
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 Hearts
Reviewer: Lisa
Blurb: It’s the holiday season and the Haven Coffee House Boys area looking forward to a time of parties, gifts, and good food. But their past comes back to haunt them in the worst way possible.
It’s Christian’s favorite time of the year, the holiday season. He thinks it’s just the thing he and his friends need to pick them up from the funk they’ve been in the past few months. Now, they are all back together and it looks like the bad times are behind them.
But the past has a way of catching up to you, whether or not you want it to, and it threatens the Haven Coffee House Boy’s dreams of a happy holiday. Will they be able to forget the former bad times? If not, will the holidays be doomed for failure?
Product Link:http://www.extasybooks.com/hot-cocoa-and-candy-canes/
Review: This was a sad story, but sweet at the same time.
Most of the kids had very lousy home lives, but they come together as a family. Andy was coming back to school after trying to commit suicide because of his friends and a very rude bunch of homophobes. Dalton’s own home life pretty much sucked, but his friends rally besides him and he even has a crush on Andy.
This story is told in such a way that you come to realize what happens to many teenagers that come out to their family and friends. It makes you want to stand up and scream at people who are such fools. To tell them that you support your friends and others that come out as gay or lesbian. The only problem I found is that it left me hanging wondering about Andy and Dalton. This story is told with seriousness and you feel the anger and pain from each character, but you also feel the support and love they have for one another.
If you want a truly heartwarming story, one that might make you cry and want to just hug each and every one of them.