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I'll Run Away For The Holidays (2010)

by Stephani Hecht(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

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Amber Allure

review 1: Scott agrees to drive from Florida to Michigan to spend Christmas with his friend Madison's family. He's not thrilled when he realizes her younger brother Anson is riding with them. Anson came on to him 3 years ago when he was only 18 and Scott 23 and he rejected him. He sees Anson as his friend's bratty brother. However Anson has grown up and seems to delight in goading Scott. Finally to prove he's not the stick in the mud Anson claims, they end up in Anson's hotel room and Scott realizes that Anson's not a kid anymore but a man he kind of likes. When they get home they are faced with alcoholic Aunt Nora making inappropriate comments, Anson's mother who's still pissed that Scott ran over their turtle three years ago, tension between Anson and his Dad and a grandfather who... more's moved in. There's lots of Christmas drama and when Scott is afraid to open up to Anson he feels rejected and takes off but gets some great advice from Gramps. I know I complained about the "too perfect" family before and this one is more to my liking. They aren't completely dysfunctional, there is love and acceptance, but it's not a Folger's commercial either. Maybe it's a bit over the top, but I found this kind of family more real and appealing than one which I could never live up to. I liked how Scott was forced to adjust his thinking about Anson and get past that image he had in his head from three years ago. It was a cute read, with some touches of humour and some sweet touching parts too. A really nice read which although it's set at Christmas it was fine to read after the fact.
review 2: This was totally not what I expected. I thought I was going to read about some poor soul who got duped before the holidays and fell for his best friend’s brother on the ride home for the holidays. This was much better.What you have is a turtle assassin, a missing Christmas tree, a sister who thinks where enough orange to be recognized as a hazard cone is good fashion sense, and a crazy aunt who wears pink g-string on the outside of her clothing and sexually molest the wise men on the church lawn. How can you not have a good holiday with all of this fun going on? Add grandpa giving relationship advice in the way of two thumbs up when you are caught in bed with your lover and you have a well-rounded holiday.Loved Anson and Scott are perfect together. Even though this story had elements that were fun it did not take away from the very real issues that Anson and Scott had to face an overcome. And they did with such grace. less

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