Anexis Matos

Blind author, content creator, and freelancer

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Hi, everyone! I’m Anexis and my pronouns are they/them. Nice to meet you! I’m a blind college student majoring in english with a concentration in creative writing. I’m a content creator who began on YouTube with the channel Videl Blind-The Blind Reader. I now currently run the channel Anexis Matos and no longer post on my old one. I started blogging to share my writing. I’ve always enjoyed stories. I started writing when I was between the ages of 10 and 12. My stories started out as Dragon Ball fanfiction which will never see the light of day because I deleted them. Now, I write original stories that I hope to share at some point. My aim with this blog is simply to share my thoughts on whatever interests me. From reviews to blindness, you’ll see it here.

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun: A Love Story of Two Christmases

This Christmas, we have a romance for you to cozy up with. If you happen to see this before your Christmas dinner, I hope you can read it. It has my highest recommendations.

I first heard of this book through a wrap up by WithCindy. The premise immediately interested me, so I put it on my TBR. If you’re interested, Cindy’s channel is below.

https://youtube.com/@withcindy

Synopsis

Ellie agrees to an arranged marriage with her landlord to alleviate her financial problems. However, she falls for his sister instead.

Book Information

Genre: Romance
Category: Adult
Explicit violence: No
Explicit sex: Yes
Content warnings I noticed: Parental neglect
This is a standalone.

Review

The prose is good. Accessible and easy to read.

The story is told in Ellie’s point of view. First person present is one of my favorite point of views. However, a pitfall when it comes to first person POV is that you’re only in one character’s head. Because of this, you don’t get to see how the other characters go through the story. I didn’t feel this way with this story. Since the cast of characters is constantly with Ellie, we get to see a lot more of them.

The romance is really cute. There’s a lot of tension due to the miscommunication. The one thing I appreciate about this romance is the fact that there’s an attempt at communication rather than the miscommunication feeling odd. The miscommunication feels natural.

This is an instalove. I tend not to enjoy this trope, but these ladies have so much chemistry. It feels like their love story occurs throughout several weeks at least. They’re adorable.

The pacing is good. It’s not too fast or too slow.

The themes are well explored. They’re given enough time on the page. Themes of friendship, mental health, and found family are the biggest ones.

The characters are amazing. I love our leading ladies individually and as a couple.. I love everyone else, too. While we mostly spend time with Ellie, everyone has their own lives, personalities, and arcs. The family dynamics are also amazing.

Conclusion

Overall, this is a great story. It’s one of the best I’ve read this year. I rate it five stars.

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