Resting Grinch Face

A Holiday Revenge Romantic Comedy (Frost Brothers, Book 5)

By: Alina Jacobs

Narrated by: Leah Mallach, Gideon Frost

I might not be able to ruin his life, but I will ruin his Christmas. Yeah, I’m totally a grinch. But I come by it honestly. Because of Oliver Frost, I flamed out of college in the most humiliating way possible. Now I’m back in my small town—just in time to suffer through a display of small-town Christmas cheer so festive it will make you puke your eggnog. But who cares about being home for the holidays when you live with your family like a loser and have to share one bathroom with seven other people?

I plan to spend my Christmas purgatory being tsked at by elderly residents and passive-aggressively prodded by my mom’s friends about what I plan to do with my life. I don’t know, Deborah, work in the Christmas market and get screamed at by tourists because I didn’t put enough sprinkles on their little brats’ coffees? Seriously, who gives five-year-olds that much caffeine anyway?!

See? Like I said. A grinch.
I hate Christmas.
I set a nativity scene on fire.
Got in a fistfight with an elf—I lost, by the way.
And threw a vat of Snowman Surprise all over Oliver. Don’t ask. Small-town Christmas insanity.
Sleigh what? Oliver is here???
The man who humiliated me and ruined my life?

Ho ho ho, f**k no.

He doesn’t deserve a quaint small-town Christmas or a fancy Christmas tree from my family’s farm.
He should be haunted like Ebenezer Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past. Or at least the Ghost of Hookups Past.

Momma’s gonna have herself a very merry Christmas revenge.
Swapping the salt and sugar so his Christmas cookies are ruined? Be still, my shriveled little heart.
Spying on him so I can gather recon to ruin his holidate? Damn, I forgot how ripped his chest was.
Sneaking down his chimney to steal all the presents under his tree? Amateur hour.
Until I get caught....

Guess I’m spending Christmas in jail.
But when he sees I’m not wearing a bra under my ugly Christmas sweater, Oliver smiles like Santa has come early.
Crap! I knew I should have worn my good underwear!

Hold on to your stockings because the eggnog is spicy and mostly booze. This is a f**k-second-chances, Santa-stalker, holiday-revenge romantic comedy. Featuring Christmas-hating heroines with poor decision-making skills, ripped guys who will leave a very large package under your tree, and adorable corgis dressed up as reindeer, this stand-alone book has a happily ever after, guaranteed!

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yes, yes yes!

such a good listen it made me laugh so many times and it’s such a cute romance. Give this a listen it is definitely a five star!

Should have a trigger warning.

The voice actors did a great job. The story however, was only fine and should have trigger warnings. Not to spoil a huge plot point or anything, but when a grown man is accused of having sex with an 11-year-old that’s not just something to brush off and act like it’s no big deal which is essentially what happened after like, one chapter. Whether he did it or not that is a big deal, and the deadbeat mother slaps her 11-year-old when she thinks she might be pregnant. None of this is Christmas Rom-Com appropriate. The protagonist is not incredibly likable, but she has moments of being funny. The family which is supposed to be lovingly dysfunctional isn’t very likable either. Overall, by the end, I wasn’t really rooting for any of them.

Ho!Ho!Ho!

The rom-coms keep getting better and better! Alina sure can keep you laughing and smiling right to the end, with a surprise included!

My favorite frost brothers book

This was my favorite of all the frost brothers books. It’s cute and sexy but fun.

Better than some, not as good as others.

3.5 stars. This book was so-so. I sort of liked Noelle. She was spunky and funny. She worked hard and she tried to take care of her family. The only thing that fell a little flat with her was that if she was one project away from graduating from Harvard, she should’ve been able to get a really good job even without the degree. She would not have made as much money as she could with the degree but still she should’ve been able to get a decent job. Also as the book progressed, she became extremely unreasonable. She blamed Oliver for everything including her bad decisions and her parents bad decisions. She was way too whinny and holier than thou. By the end of the book, I got really tired of her.

Oliver was okay. However, he seemed to not really connect the dots on some things that he should’ve connected the dots on. As the book went on, he was much more reasonable and caring than Noelle.

The whole things with funding for the apps was just silly; Too unbelievably silly.

I would recommend this book. I’ve liked all of the other Frost brothers books better but this one is worth reading

The narrators were very good.