Dear Santa...

by A. Fae

The holidays don’t mean much to Nadia. There are be tons of socialite parties her parents will force her to attend. She’ll be expected to find just the right outfits to pass the inspection of her mother, as well as to hopefully catch the eye of one of the belles at the ball. None of which she cares about in the least. To say she’s a Scrooge is an understatement.

Before the kick-off event takes place, Nadia receives an unexpected call from the daughter of one of her parents’ friends. They’ve met before, but for the life of her, Nadia just can’t place her. They exchange pictures through text—a gorgeous woman to match the sultry voice. As her mood is heightened slightly, enter nerves galore.

How will the holidays turn out? Will this mysterious woman from the past be able to pull the Christmas spirit out of her after all? And when is the right time to tell her she’s asexual?

Genres: Asexual

ebook

First published November 27, 2017

Reviews

[Xan · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 20%. There is a lengthy very obvious yknow Bob asexuality 101 infodump conversation with her friend of four years that is a big mess of wrong information, aroantagonism and just bad ace rep. The infodump defines asexuality as not being interested in sex. In it, the ace characer insists that she still can find love. Her friend asks if she is ace because of bad sex. (She says no, with a lengthy explanation that refers to pressure put on aces to have sex they don't want.) He also asks about her sexual history. He is clearly supposed to be the ignorant friend that she educates, and she does call him on his ignorance. She also lays out all the things she is into (e.g. cuddling, kissing) in a rather defensive way (all of which involve touching).

It basically was a great example of what not to do when describing asexuality.

It presents inaccurate information, it includes a lot of ace antagonism and stereotypes, and it pushes back against the ace antagonism with aro antagonism and antagonism against touch averse folks. It was really hard to read, and I am not up for reading an ace character in a book containing this.

Trigger Warning Ace antagonism, allonormativity, aro antagonism, antagonism targeting touch averse folks, stereotypes about aces.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the very start of the story, you are so easily drawn into the story with such an easily seen imagery. It's always amazed me that authors, with just the use of mere words, can paint such lovely pictures.

Going forward, you get to know the characters so well. You learn their fears and desires. You end the piece not wanting it to end because You want to know more about them. You feel as if you are living right there with them.

A Christmas tale at it's best. This will definitely be going in my Christmas season reads file! Can't wait to check out what else the author has available.

[Shanzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short novel.
Would have liked it to be a longer story, but covers from Christmas to New Years. Deals with the struggles of coming out and identifying as Asexual. Main character struggles with the commercialism of the time of year, and her family life does not help matters either.

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Nadia from Dear Santa is asexual!