Overall cute and quick short reads! All were fast paced and was able to read through them all very quickly. Some will stick with me more than others. I wished some of them had more character development, but know that is hard for short stories.

Cruel Winter With You - 3.5 Stars
Merry Ever After - 2 Stars
All By My Elf - 2 Stars
Merriment And Mayhem - 4 Stars
Only Santas In The Building - 3 Stars

Cruel Winter With You - 4
What a fun little novella. Ali did a great job at helping the reader really get to know the characters and their history in such a short amount of time. There was tension and longing, and I could feel their chemistry.

- Forced proximity
- Snowed in
- Best friends brother
- Women in stem

Merry Ever After - dnf

Much too much. Skipped to the epilogue, and don’t think I was missing out on anything.

All by my Elf - 3

Definitely some funny/quirky moments in this, but also don’t recommend “recreational activities” in the back of an Oscar Meyer Weenie while stuck in traffic.

- Laugh out loud
- Secret crushes
- Communication

Merriment and Mistletoe - 4

Probably my favorite short story in this series. Firefighter saving a not burning kitchen, then being there for all the random mishaps in between. We got to organically see them run into each other and slowly fall.

- Gingerbread cookies
- Firefighters
- Damsel in distress

Only Santas in the Building - 3.5

Okay, this one was sweet. The spice wasn’t too overpowering, and Theo was so sweet! I liked that he offered to help her with problems in her apartment no questions asked, and even offered his nicer kitchen to her. The neighbors pushing them together was also sweet. Not super memorable, but overall a cute story.

- Secret Santa
- Neighbors
- Insta-Love
- Apartment building parties

I loved this! So cute. Loved all of the stories and I'm excited to go check out more work by these authors!

Omg , this was the most cutes mini novellas ever, Ali had me crawling up the walls and tessa , love it so much. The rest as well so adorable , perfect little reads for Christmas time

Overall they were a nice and cute collection of short stories cheesy and spicy, just how I like it :D However I would like to quickly rate and rank them from my fav to my least fav:
1. Cruel Winter with You ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (I would reread)
I enjoyed this one so much that I want Ali to make a full book out of it, the yearning and pinning omg
2. Merriment and Mayhem ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 (I would also reread)
I found this very funny and cute, I love the cute firefighter trope lol The spice was "chef's kiss"
3. Merry Ever After ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tessa always gets me in her epilogues 😭, although the spice felt cringe...
4. Only Santas in the Building ⭐️⭐️.75
It was cutesy, but the culmination of the attraction felt rushed (yes I know this is a short story)
5. All by my Elf ⭐️⭐️
I couldn't vibe with how oblivious the fmc was, and the wiener van 🥲

I love when Amazon does this where they put all of my favorite authors together to write cute little fun short reads. All of these had so much holiday cheer, and were really cute and sweet and their own way. Overall, I would Recommend to anyone wanting to get in the holiday spirit.

Loved this series of short stories! All authors were some of my favorites and love their work in general.Thank you for allowing me to review this ARC!

Under the Mistletoe: KU Short Stories (eARC) — 4 ⭐️

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Out Now!

Cruel Winter with You - 5 ⭐️
Everything Ali Hazelwood writes is pure gold, but this one is exceptionally amazing! Is it too soon to re-read it? Asking for a friend.
Spicy Chapters: 7 🌶️

Merry Ever After - 3 ⭐️
This was cute, but it wasn’t my favorite. It didn’t really keep my interest.
Spicy Chapters: 3 🌶️, 5 🌶️, Epilogue🌶️

All By My Elf - 2 ⭐️
Very cringe. Almost DNF.
Spicy Chapters: 73% 🌶️ (no chapters)

Merriment and Mayhem - 4 ⭐️
Adorable! I would recommend.
Spicy Chapters: 4 🌶️

Only Santas in the Building - 4⭐️
Adorable! I would recommend.
Spicy Chapters: 5🌶️

Thank you, NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories, for providing me an eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

These were allll over the place.
Would I recommed:
Ali's - Sure! Not my fav Ali novella but enjoyed.
Tessa's- NOOO, 1/3 is just child endangerment it's so strange.
Olivia's- also no, this just made me depressed about working in academia.
Alexandria's-doesn't feel super Christmas-y but I loved it and would recommend. The spice is great.
Alexis's-ABOSULTELY YES, if you read only one let it be this one.

Thank you to Amazon Originals for the eARC!

Cruel Winter With You
I enjoyed this short story! These Amazon Originals are becoming some of my favorites. I wish we would have got more of Jaime's backstory like we did the relationship of Jaime and Marc. I enjoyed that but Jamie's was lacking. I have questions about her Mom and why Marc hates her dad. All could have been resolved with just a few extra pages. I did enjoy the plot arc of this story. The suspense of what she said to him kept me reading. I also enjoyed the winter storm. I definitely got me in the mood for a good ole Nebraska blizzard.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Merry Ever After:
This short story was not for me. I felt the characters lacked depth and the spice was just there for spice and not any kind of development. I also felt there were quite a bit of cringy moments and comments from both characters. I really wanted more story. I may have felt differently if there was more back story and not just a ton of spice. The setting also didn’t play a huge role in this one. Outside of simply mentioning that it was Christmas time, it didn’t play a role. I was really looking for more Christmas vibes. If you’re looking for straight spice, this one may be for you.

Rating: ⭐️

All by My Elf

This one took me awhile to get through. I think it was because I wasn’t swept into the story in the beginning so the plot of what was actually going on was beyond me. I did enjoy the characters and the romance. I also enjoyed Dade’s prose and writing style. I also felt this one lacked in holiday setting.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Merriment and Mayhem

I think this was my favorite one! I loved the banter, the tension leading up to the spice, the flirting, and the firefighter 😍😍. I also really enjoyed the setting of the cozy small town. I enjoyed why Everleigh was there. And I loved how she ended it. Seriously this one was my favorite. I also have never read this author before, any favorites of yours I should try?

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Only Santa’s in the Building

This one was definitely cute! I enjoyed the unique occupations of the characters and Theo 😍😍. I also enjoyed Evie’s sense of humor. I wish there would have been more with these characters. This one was my third favorite! I definitely enjoyed reading all of these novellas!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Seriously this was a hilarious good time. All of the stories had a spicy tale of attraction during Christmas Time. I enjoyed the laughs and cutesiness from each storyteller's unique perspective. Each novella gave something different each time. Some authors I've read before and some I'll be adding to my near future tbr's. Great way to introduce multiple authors in this genre.

Thanks again Tandem Collective, Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

I enjoyed each novella in this collection. They were all fun and festive romance from authors I've enjoyed reading before..

Cruel Winter With You - Jamie and Marc reconnect during a snow storm a not long after a disastrous date. Childhood crush into love isn't my favorite trope, but I thought that this was a fun, light wintery romance.

Merry Ever After - Single mom, Evie, is working at a thrift shop where local farmer Luke keeps trying and failing to find clothes that fit. It was a quick, fun romance, but the holiday setting felt pretty unnecessary to the story.

All By My Elf - Nina and her crush, William, are both working a seasonal job advertising mincemeat on a repurposed weinermobile. When they get stuck in a snow storm, they reveal their feelings for one another. A fun, short romance. I appreciated all the mincemeat puns.

Merriment and Mayhem - Everleigh keeps running into holiday trouble, but that's fine, since cute fireman Griffin Brantley keeps rescuing her. I felt like this one didn't have much plot, but it was still fun.

Only Santas in the Building - Evie is a comic book illustrator on a deadline, but she still has time to appreciate the mysterious ornaments left on her door, and to crush on her cute neighbor. A quick, fun romance.

These were a super fun way to get into the holiday spirit! My overall rating is a 3.5 but let me break down my exact ratings for each:
#1- 3 stars
#2- 3.5 stars
#3- 2.5 stars
#4- 4 stars
#5- 3.5 stars

My favorite was Alexandria Bellafleur's! I felt like she really nailed building a fun relationship within the length of a quick novella and it was perfect!

Thank you to Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

After last years Christmas themed Amazon Prime short stories, I knew I wanted my hands on this years Under the Mistletoe Collection. Though I did not recognize most of the authors, I was pleasantly surprised by this sweet and spicy Christmas thermoses collection of short stories. The perfect short stories to get you in the mood for Christmas and the magic it brings.

I usually love the Audible Original collections, but overall, this collection was pretty disappointing.

Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood - Five Stars
Cruel Winter With You was my favorite of the collection, an easy five stars. It takes a lot to execute childhood friends to lovers. I need to believe that the couple has been in love with each other for years, even if they didn't know it, for it to work for me.

I rooted for them the entire time. I believed the angst and the tension. I loved the dialogue and the atmosphere.

Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey - One Star
Let me preface this by saying that Tessa Bailey and I don't see eye to eye. I have read several of her books and have yet to find one I liked. I gave up on her but read this since it was part of the collection.

I found the instalove was too much and the dialogue so cringy. Bailey also loves a super tiny female lead and an impossibly big male lead. I am so tired of that and do not need a reminder every other paragraph. I promise you, my mental retention is better than that. I just found this whole story icky.

All By My Elf by Olivia Dade - 2.5 Stars
I usually like Olivia Dade, but I was disappointed with this. The first quarter was confusing. I honestly had no idea who the love interest was supposed to be. This needed more pages and fewer plot holes.

Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur 3.5 Stars
I thought this would end up another five-star read, but the ending killed it for me. The first 90% of this story was great. I loved the banter between the main characters. I loved the setup and the setting. However, I needed more time with the characters to find the ending believable. It was a bit too fast.

Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria 4 Stars
I liked this a lot more than other reviewers. I thought it was sweet, and it made me laugh. Overall, it was a good time.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Cruel Winter with You
*cues up “My Best Friend’s Brother” by the Victorious cast*

I LOVE an Ali MMC that is so beyond gone for the FMC. In classic Ali fashion there was a dash of science and a whole lot of pining and not feeling worthy. Less of a Christmas novella and more of a novella set at Christmastime. Don’t you worry though, I still giggled and kicked my feet. The box of printed photos was a tad strange and serial killer-y but overall I loved Marc and Jamie!

Merry Ever After
Someone get the eye bleach!

This was horrendous, I don’t know why I keep giving Tessa a shot. She hasn’t written something I’ve actually enjoyed since the Bellinger sisters’ books. The first chapter made me hopeful and then she immediately ruined it with Luke’s backwoods Texas patriarchal filth.

I’d say never again, but I know I’ll keep giving her chances.

All by My Elf
What in the Oscar Meyer weinermobile?

This made me giggle but also what the heck was going on? It was a funny concept for a novella but was kinda ruined by the clunky “academic” dialogue that made it feel like our MCs had practically no chemistry.

Merriment and Mayhem
3.5⭐️ rounded up for Goodreads

Disaster girl meets dashing firefighter one too many times while trying to find Christmas merriment in her dead grandma’s house and they all live happily ever after. I actually loved these two MCs and all the side characters. If I could get a Captain Keegan novella stat that would be great.

Only Santas in the Building
Arguably some of the best plot and fleshing out of characters in the entire novella collection. I wish this was a full length book, there is so much more I want to know about Evie and Theo. I had to doc stars for the unrealistic epilogue though. I don’t know of a single person that would introduce the person they JUST started dating to their entire family and a family in another state (regardless of how close NJ is to NYC).

I got the biggest disappointment over three of these five short stories, and I can’t say it doesn’t matter - like, wtf Ali.
Still, please, never stop doing these collections.

Thanks to Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley, who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

I wanted to love this but I was not my favorite at all. I was really hopefully but it was a bit disappointing.

Out of all these short stories there really weren’t any that stood out to me and were memorable. Majority of the time I felt myself physically and visibly cringing. These all seemed quite rushed and not in the aspect of it being all novellas, in the aspect of it probably took an hour to write and publish. Novellas can pack a punch despite their short length, but these ones just didn’t at all.

A super fun, spicy, and sometimes silly collection of holiday romance novellas. All quick to get through - a great little break from IRL holiday stress! Standout elements include the plethora of very tall, hot men, the MinceMobile, the handmade ornament gifts, and plenty of chaos.

3.5/5 for all