Tutus And Tinsel by Rhys Ford
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Genre: Contemporary, Holiday (Christmas)
Length: Short Story (79 pgs)
Other: M/M, Anal Play
Rating: 3.5 stars
Reviewed by FernZig Reid-Harris has everything an eleven-year-old girl could ever want: a great home, two fantastic fathers named Deacon Reid and Lang Harris, and all the books she could possibly read.
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Zig and her fathers plunge into the insanity of holiday joy, exploring everything the season has to offer and learning how precious family truly is along the way.
Deacon and his husband Lang had adopted Deacon’s young niece, Zig after the death of her parents. They were a solid family, albeit in a non-traditional way. When Zig is tasked to do a “our family traditions” style project for the holiday season she’s upset that her different background means she doesn’t really have holiday traditions. Determined to give her everything, Deacon and Lang decide it’s certainly time for their little family to create their own traditions and ring in the holidays properly.
I enjoyed this heart-warming short story. I was pleased that Deacon, Lang and Zig were already well established as a loving family unit. And while Zig’s difficult past was heart-breaking, it was delightful to watch these three characters create some of their own happiness and make new traditions to go along with the few they already had. I loved both how different Deacon and Lang were, and how they could work together to offer Zig everything a young tween girl could need. I thought this story was both heart-breaking, outrageously funny and warming with how much love, tolerance and passion there was in it. I think this would be an excellent “pick me up” style of happy story for readers who enjoy family-orientated tales that always end with everyone being happy, safe and loved.
Readers looking for a strongly holiday-centric story might not feel this is quite “Christmassy” enough for them. Much like the characters themselves I feel this is a slightly non-traditional Christmas story. The tale isn’t about Christmas itself, so much as it’s about the small family of three discovering what traditions they enjoy as a family unit and learning/investigating some new ones that they can turn into future traditions. I think this is what gives the story so much of its “feel good” warmth. Deacon, Lang and Zig clearly adore each other and are strongly invested in each other’s happiness, and watching them interact together as a family and set out some new traditions was lovely. There is plenty of love and chemistry between Deacon and Lang – but not much graphic sex, so readers looking for a heavily erotic story might find this slightly lacking. Personally, I enjoyed the one descriptive scene and found it intimate and sensual.
I feel this is a lovely story and would suit both old and young readers. Modern and tolerant, this is a story that left me with a happy feeling and warmth that I really enjoyed. With interesting and vibrant characters and a really good plot this book was a delight to read.
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