Review and Giveaway: Mr. Frosty Pants by Leta Blake

08 December of 2018 by ButtonsMom2003

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

I loved it!

Mr. Frosty Pants By Leta Blake

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: November 7, 2018

Publisher: Self-Published

Cover Design: Dar Albert @ Wicked Smart Design

Synopsis

Can true love warm his frozen heart?

When Casey Stevens went away to college four years ago, he ghosted on his straight best friend, Joel Vreeland. He hoped time and distance would lessen the unrequited affection he felt, but all it did was make him miss Joel more. Home for the holidays, Casey hopes they might find a way to be friends again. But Joel’s frosty reception reminds Casey of just how hard he had to fight to be Joel’s friend in the first place. It’s going to take a Christmas miracle to get past that cool façade again.

Joel isn’t as straight as Casey believes, and his years of pining for Casey have left him hurting and alone, caring for his abusive father and struggling to get by. Unable to trust anyone except his rescue dog—and with no reason to believe Casey is interested in him for more than a holiday fling—Joel’s icy heart might shatter before it can thaw.

Can Casey and Joel’s love overcome mistrust, parental rejection, class differences, and four long years apart? Mr. Frosty Pants is a stand-alone, Christmas gay romance by Leta Blake featuring a virgin hero, childhood friends-to-lovers, second chance romance, and steamy mm first times.

90,000 words approx.

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Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

I loved it!

Friends to lovers is one of my most favorite romance tropes. Casey and Joel were close as kids even though they came from different social worlds. Casey knew that he was gay by the time he was a teen and that he was in love with his straight best friend Joel.

Joel would never admit that he wasn’t as straight as everyone thought; it was impossible because of his homophobic father. After Casey left for college he didn’t keep in touch with Joel and that left Joel feeling hurt and alone.

Parts of Mr. Frosty Pants were really sad – Joel’s father was absolutely horrible and Casey’s not a whole lot better – and yet it was a very satisfying and heartwarming one. Casey had to learn to deal with his father’s disdain for anyone he deemed beneath him and Joel had to learn to trust that Casey really loved him.

The path to their HEA wasn’t easy for Casey and Joel but I trusted Leta Blake to get them there and she certainly did.