Review: Daddy, It's Cold Outside

Daddy, It's Cold Outside by Max Walker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Christmas story about second chances. About the one that got away, for Jude. Or the one you let get away, which Logan did. The writing is good, the plot is a tried and true. Through mishaps and circumstances, Jude and Logan get stranded together. Giving them the time to hash things out and realize that they still care for each other, maybe even the big “L” word.

There is a lot of angst as you read about the horrible childhood Logan went through. With his mother dead, he was raised by his homophobic grandmother. The only thing in his life that kept sane, it was Jude and his family. And yet, how does he get past the echoes of everything he’s grown up with, the slurs thrown his way by his grandmother.

From the beginning of the story, you knew that something big had happened to end the best friends and budding romantic relationship between Logan and Jude. And now that they work together, they both are trying to act as if the past doesn’t matter. But it does still matter to both of them. So Boss Logan sets up a retreat, insisting that Jude be there. His assistant does him a favor by mixing up the arrival time of the others on the work team. Mother Nature does him another favor by throwing a snow storm at them and stranding them alone.


There were times as I read that I felt like I had missed something. Through research, I found out that most of these characters have appeared in another story by this author. All of the characters were great. This is an enjoyable, good read.


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