All By My Elf by 
All By My Elf by Olivia Dade was cute, but would’ve been cuter if it wasn’t forced into being a condensed 55 page story. This is a workplace romance with some misunderstanding thrown in, but there weren’t enough pages to make this work as well as it should.
There isn’t enough of William on the page for us to gauge whether there is chemistry with Nina. He is nice, but quiet. Meanwhile, Nina is just wildly insecure for someone who feels confident enough to go head to head against horndog motorists. Her being convinced that her best friend, who knows she has a crush on William, is hooking up with him just doesn’t ring true and is frankly insulting to her BFF. The spice feels forced and uncomfortable. You’re telling me we couldn’t have them snowed in at a motel or something instead so they had to do it on the floor of a wienermobile?
All that said, All By My Elf by Olivia Dade was something that I would’ve really enjoyed reading longform. There were kernels of a good story. Unfortunately, we never get to see that happen. But, if you want to read something free with only slight holiday feels, this is quick enough to get through on the treadmill.
