Review: On A Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk

Within days of wishing she could change her life, Fran Cooper is acting assistant to a celebrity, on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and en route to a tiny Italian island and the glittering Crystal Ball, along with the world’s rich and famous.

When she – quite literally – bumps into a handsome American called Evan, a man able to keep his cool in the face of chaos, the magic really begins.

Evan makes her a promise: no last names, no life stories, just one unforgettable night. Yet Evan belongs at the Crystal Ball and Fran is a gatecrasher. They may be soulmates, but their homes are an ocean apart, and their lives a world apart. They’ll never meet again – unless, on a night like this, everything can change forever…

Review: I know I've said this multiple times about other Lindsey Kelk novels but this would make such a great film! The whole thing played out in my head like a movie and all the glitz and glamour of the entire book would just look amazing on the big screen. 

There's something just so magnetic about Lindsey Kelk's writing that elevates it from great to amazing. I know once I pick up one of her books I'm not going to be able to put it down again. I read this book in 2 delicious chunks because I just had to find out what was going to happen next to Fran. I felt like I was living vicariously though her and I just wanted all the best things to happen to her because Fran, like a lot of Lindsey Kelk characters, is just like us. This authors writes people and situations that we can relate to and then lets amazing things happen to them whilst dropping in quick and clever jokes that make you laugh out loud throughout. 

Fran has it pretty tough at the start of this novel and I'm sure we can all relate given the world right now. She is a down to earth character with a lack of self confidence but big aspirations and an amazing best friend. I love the fact that we have this strong friendship bond in the book because that is something that this author writes so well in all of her novels. When Fran and Jess sat down for a cuppa, I felt like I was at the table with them joining in on their chat, I just found them so easy to relate to. 

Despite the fact that so much of this book takes place in locations I could never dream of visiting, the description of them and the humorous way they're compared to other locations make them really easy to picture as I was reading the book. I think that the glamour of the yacht and the ball must have been really fun to write and they definitely have a certain sense of Disney magic about them. I loved getting to set sail with Fran despite being slightly worried for her safety and then when she arrives at the ball it was just breathtaking. I was also really drawn to Evan as a character. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to trust him with our girl Fran but he was certainly magnetic on the page. 

There's a return of a character from another Lindsey Kelk novel in this book and it was so great to catch up with them again. In their own book they had another character cameo and so it feels like they were paying it forward appearing in this book. Another thing I always love about a Lindsey Kelk novel is the nods to popular culture. The brief mentions of celebrities and social media personalities; the way the darker side of fame and the internet is fully explored and of course whenever she gets to drop the names of other authors or her cats into the book. It always feels like part of her is just vibrating off the page. 

A Lindsey Kelk novel is always filled with heart and humour, relatable characters and cracking one liners and this one is no exception only this book has that extra dollop of glitz and glamour that just elevates it on another festive level. I just had the best time reading it and I am sure you will too!

To order your copy now, just click the link: UK or US

Review: Always The Bridesmaid by Lindsey Kelk

Everyone loves a bridesmaid - except Maddie, who’s perpetually asked to be one.

Everyone loves a wedding - except Maddie’s best friend, who’s getting divorced.

And everyone loves the way Maddie’s so happy behind the scenes - except Maddie herself.

One best friend is in wedding countdown while the other heads for marriage meltdown. And as Maddie juggles her best chance at promotion in years with bridezilla texts and late-night counselling sessions, she starts to wonder – is it time to stop being the bridesmaid?

Review: a new Lindsey Kelk book is always a delight and this one was no exception. This book is fairly different from her other novels and yet still has that fabulous Lindsey Kelk sense of humour and charm about it-fans will not be disappointed. One of the things I like most about Lindsey Kelk's writing style is that she says what we're all thinking. I particularly like a line in the novel where she references look at someones baby scan by pointing out that you're looking at the inside of someones uterus! This storyline in particular is incredibly relevant to those of us who are at the age when all our friends are getting married. The endless cycle of hen parties and weddings and often, the bridesmaids dresses too (my most recent one was red like the one on the cover!)

Maddie is an interesting character. I loved reading about her over the course of this book because she seems to be fearless. She just goes for what she wants and doesn't care how she looks doing it, she has no shame and I think that's an ace way to be in life! Her friends on the other hand, i didn't have so much love for. Lauren seemed incredibly spoiled to me and like the kind of high maintenance friend we all try and phase out eventually. Sarah seemed a little bit more sensible and I liked her a little more but I did feel that she was trying to put a brave face on her divorce and that if she had've just let herself wallow for a bit then her emotions wouldn't have gotten the better of her at pivotal points during the wedding planning. 

Of course there are some male interests in this book-it couldn't be a Lindsey Kelk novel without a delicious guy or two to lust over and there are males a plenty in this novel. I kind of don't want to mention how many or who because I don't want to give anything away but there is a moment where Maddie is romanced to the hilt, proper old Hollywood style, and this was just a joy to read. This book had me laughing hysterically in points. I read the majority of this at an airport or on a plane which was a little embarrassing but totally worth the laughs because I just relate to Lindsey's humour so much! Even if you haven't read any other Kelk novels, you should pick this one up. Its relatable, romantic, funny and so so true to life. I loved the ending and its just a great read!












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Fabulous Night In with Lindsey Kelk, Lucy Robinson and Lucy Holiday

This week I was lucky enough to bag myself some tickets to Fabulous night in hosted by Fabulous Magazine & the wonderful Claire Frost. This was all set to be an evening of fabulous Drinks, Fabulous Authors and fabulous books! We were greeted with a drinks reception of wine, Baileys and a few nibbles and then there was mingling before the authors were brought out for their grilling. 

Claire asked some excellent questions and we learnt all about Lindsey's new Christmas Tess book, the fact that Lucy Robinson has been writing a Christmas follow up to The Greatest Love story of all Time-soooooo exciting, and how Lucy Holiday overdosed on Audrey Hepburn films when she was writing her novel A Night In With Audrey Hepburn. I attended the event with my lovely friend Janine, who is a massive Lindsey Kelk fan and whilst we were waiting for the authors to arrive we enjoyed the view of London in the sunshine from the 14th floor of The News Building. 

After the Q & A with the authors, we were able to go and get our books signed by each of them in turn. It was great to get to chat to Lucy Robinson and Lindsey Kelk again and to meet Lucy Holiday-we discussed buying your own bridesmaid dress and whether this was acceptable or not...  Of course the lovely Lindsey Kelk agreed to have a picture with me so that I could add it to the collection. 

Being on the 14th floor meant that I was able to see the fabulous Harper Collins Book wall-how awesome is this, you could honestly spend hours just looking at it and feeling the spines of all the fabulous books it contained. Its such a great idea and I want one in my house now!

I cannot wait to read A Night In With Audrey Hepburn, it sounds like so much fun and the next book is going to be a sequel featuring Marilyn Monroe so that's even more exciting!

And of course, my edition is signed!

I got myself a paperback copy of The Day We Disappeared, I had previously read this on Kindle. This is such an amazing book, please do have a look at my review of this one-it's rather gushy!

And now I have this gorgeous paperback signed to go with my other Lucy Robinson signed books!

Lindsey Kelk also signed my copy of Always a Bridesmaid which i am currently 40 pages away from finishing. If only I didn't have to do any work or actually go to work, I would be done with it already. It's killing me not being able to find out how the story ends because its such a funny read so far and I'm enjoying it as much as I expected to with something written by Lindsey Kelk!

We also received a goody bag at the event which contained some samples of beauty products as well as some sweeties, a copy of fabulous magazine and some interesting new water which certainly has a tang to it...

We also received a copy of the new novel by Lucy Clarke: The Blue!

Thanks to Fabulous for hosting the event & to all the authors for speaking so candidly about all aspects of writing!  

Review: The Single Girls To Do List by Lindsey Kelk

Rachel Summers loves a to-do list: boyfriend, flat, great job.

NOT on the list: being dumped.

Best friends Emelie and Matthew ride to her rescue with an entirely new kind of list – The Single Girl’s To-Do List. Rachel doesn’t know it, but it will take her on all kinds of wild adventures – and get her in some romantic pickles too. And then it won't be a case of what but who she decides to tick off: Mr. bendy yoga instructor, Mr. teenage sweetheart, Mr. persistent ex, Mr. deeply unsuitable.

The Single Girl’s To-Do List gives Rachel the perfect heartbreak cure – and proves love is out there if you’re willing to take a chance.

Review: I did read this book when it first came out but that was before I even had my book blog so this will be a review of my re-read of The Single Girls To Do List by Lindsey Kelk!

I adored this book when I first read it and reading it again it was just as funny and really just a relevant now as it was then. I listened to it on audiobook the second time around, the narrator was excellent and whilst i don't often laugh out loud when listening to an audiobook I certainly did whilst listening to this one. I loved getting to wallow with Rachel just as much as I enjoyed getting through the single girls to do list with her. When I first read this I was recently single and now I am married and yet i related to Rachel equally both times. 

Lindsey Kelk has a way of dropping throw away comments from characters of tiny little physical things that happen to those characters subtly into her novels that are just so funny and so entertaining and timed perfectly and this novel is just such a great example of that. This story is true to life and some parts are tough to read because a lot of people are really not very nice to Rachel throughout the book but the timing of those moments is just balanced so well with the adventures that she has and then funny comments from her best friend or funny things that she trips over or wears that it doesn't come across as in many way gritty or depressing. 

I had completely forgotten that there is an amazing character cameo in this book from someone from the I heart series and when she made her appearance I swear I cheered. It was wonderful seeing that character interaction with Rachel, it's like when you meet someone famous in real life, you feel like you know them when really they're on TV but you are so happy to see them. 

I definitely think I would reread this book again, especially now I have the new paperback edition as well as the audiobook. It was just such a great time and I listened in just 2 sittings. I loved all the supporting characters as well as the running toothpaste gag and now I just want to go away and immediately start another Lindsey Kelk novel. I highly recommend The Single Girls To Do List-then, now and always!

To order your copy now, just click the link: UK or US

Review! About A Girl by Lindsey Kelk

I’d lost my job. I’d lost the love of my life. My mum wasn’t talking to me. My best friend was epically pissed off. And my flatmate probably had a hit out on me by now. I never meant for things to get so out of hand…

Tess Brookes has always been a Girl with a Plan. But when her carefully constructed Plan goes belly up, she’s forced to reconsider.

After accidentally answering her flatmate Vanessa’s phone, she decides that since being Tess isn’t going so well, why shouldn’t she try out being Vanessa? With nothing left to lose, she accepts Vanessa’s photography assignment to Hawaii – she used to be an amateur snapper, how hard can it be? Right?

But Tess is soon in big trouble – she isn’t a photographer, she isn’t Vanessa, and the gorgeous journalist on the shoot with her, who is making it very clear he’d like to get into her pants, is an egotistical monster.

Far from home and in someone else’s shoes, Tess must decide whether to fight on through, or ‘fess up and run…

Well you saw what happened when I went to get my copy of this signed, and met its lovely author, now here's what happened when I actually read the book...

Review: I was very excited about the release of this new novel from Lindsey Kelk, i am a massive fan of her writing and so I was looking forward to another stand alone novel from her, having loved The Single Girl's to do List. We are thrown straight into the action, with our main character losing her job, her boyfriend and not receiving the support she might have expected from her family. I love a book that throws you right into the action to begin with and so I was hooked right from the word go.

The character of Tess was fabulous. She was pretty spontaneous and yet often lived to regret her decision afterwards, but ultimately, she did what many of us would love to do-she was selfish! She decided that she had had enough of her bad luck whilst trying to please everybody else, and took matters into her own hands, jetting off to sunny Hawaii, taking advantage of her horrible flat ate and ditching her friends in the process. This made me really warm to her and I found her very pleasant to spend a novel with!

Lindsey Kelk always writes a rather fabulous beat friend too, and this novel is no exception to the rule. Tess has two best friends, one of whom she happens to be in love with, or so she thinks, and the other of whom is a fun, fearless female. At one point in the novel best friend Amy takes no horrible flat ate Vanessa, wearing a snoopy t-shirt and hot pink knee-high socks! I love her for this! Tess also gains another BFF when she arrives in Hawaii, in the form of Paige, a creative from the magazine she is loosing as Vanessa for. She soon takes on the role of Amy in Tess's Hawaiian life, and leads mot some interesting storylines for the both of them!

I can't go any further without mentioning the fabulous setting! Whilst this book begins in the UK, it quickly moves over to a tropical Hawaii island where Tess indulges in fabulous cocktails, long walks on they beach and boat rides around the island. To say I was jealous was an understatement! But to say I was jealous, shows just how well the setting is laid out to me as a reader, I felt like I was there on the beach with Tess. It was perfect reading for this spell of hot weather.

This is definitely another hit for Ms Kelk! It has fabulous characters, a great storyline and a delicious setting, it is the perfect read for summer and definitely something people will enjoy, whether they are a fan of this author already or not. The BEST part of the book for me though, was the ending. This novel actually ends on a cliffhanger...Tess has some big decisions to make and Lindsey had admitted herself, sap that even she doesn't know what decision is going to win! We will just have to wait until next summer for the next book to find out! 

If you haven't read Lindsey Kelk before, this is great place to start. You can click here to buy the book.

You can also follow Lindsey on twitter  @LindseyKelk

Review: We Were On a Break by Lindsey Kelk

‘You’ve just had a holiday,’ I pointed out, trying not to yawn. ‘Wasn’t that enough of a break?’
‘I don’t mean that kind of break.’

There’s nothing worse than the last day of holiday. Oh wait, there is. When what should have been a proposal turns into a break, Liv and Adam find themselves on opposite sides of the life they had mapped out.

Friends and family all think they’re crazy; Liv throws herself into work – animals are so much simpler than humans – and Adam tries to get himself out of the hole he’s dug. But as the short break becomes a chasm, can they find a way back to each other?

More importantly, do they want to?

Review: As always, I was very excited about this book coming out. I love the premise behind this one. Lindsey Kelk always writes about real things that can happen to real people. This book is a very realistic take on relationships, dating and settling down in society today. It focuses on what life is like as you hit your thirties and get more responsibility, what life is like when your friends are settling down and having children and what dating and relationships are like since the advent of social media and dating apps like Tindr. I love Lindsey Kelk's take on everything, I've said it before and I'll say it again, she just says it like it is. You know that nothing is hidden, nothing is sugar-coated and its like she's saying what we've all been thinking, but just haven't had the guts to put it out there!

Obviously the concept of 'we were on a break' is a very famous part of the TV show Friends but this is nothing like that and so don't expect it to be. The concept of the 'break' as alluded to on the front cover was exactly as ambiguous and complicated as I hoped it would be. Obviously the structure of this novel is a little different for this author because this is the first time things have been told from both sides, we have Adam and we have Liv and both of them tell the story. I love a dual narrative and I love getting to hear what each person makes of a situation or indeed of the other person. The storyline is also interesting because Liv is a vet and Adam is a carpenter. I don't think I've read anything with such high-profile characters having these careers. It was incredibly well-researched though and so I was happy with that aspect of the novel. 

In terms of Liv and Adam themselves. I really liked the way they interacted with each other and with the other characters in the book (best friends Abi and Cass are seriously funny, and Chris is one of those love to hate brothers who ultimately means well, don't even get me started on David-love him!) its all very real and very naturally, you're not always going to get along with everyone are you? As characters themselves, I think the 'break' made me dislike them just a little bit, they were both somewhat indecisive and I think if i were their friend, I would have lost patience with them at some point...

This book isn't set in London or in New York, but in much more rural England and this was also a little different for this author. I enjoyed the fact that people couldn't just hop in a taxi or on a tube and be somewhere super-quick, it was nice that they had to drive for 2 hours to get home from the airport and get in the car to go and visit someone! The timeframe that the books takes place over is really rather short. I think for me, this made the book move a little slower, I'm used to a little more pace in Kelk's novels but, as you can see from above, it clearly didn't harm my opinion of this book. I wouldn't say this was my favourite Lindsey Kelk story but it had all of the features that I come to expect from her novels, which was great, and I absolutely loved the ending, made me laugh and cry. Defintiely pop this one on your TBR!

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Review! I Heart Christmas by Lindsey Kelk

Angela’s planning her very own fairytale of New York…

• Enormous Christmas tree

• Eggnog

• Eccentric British traditions

• Gorgeous man

But Santa’s throwing her a few curveballs – new job (as if it’s not mental enough already), new baby-craze from her best friend Jenny, and Alex determined they should grow up and settle down. Once friends start turning up uninvited on her doorstep (and leading her astray), can Angela really have a merry little Christmas? So much for happy holidays – something’s got to give…

Review: I love an I heart book and I really enjoyed the latest offering from Lindsey Kelk. I'm such a massive Angela fan and what I got here was a large dose of her scattiness, her clumsiness and her all round whirlwind of a personality. I have to admit that I found the beginning of this novel a little hard to get into. It wasn't until abut 50% of the way through that I was completely hooked by the usual mixture of mayhem and happenings that this tutors writes. I don't know if it was because I read this book quite far away from Christmas and so I found Angela's preparations for the festive season a title dull but there was certainly enough actions in the second half of the book to make up for the slight dip in goings on in the earlier part. 

Angela is now settled down and married and so talk of babies and families does rear it's ugly head making for some interesting concentrations between her and her fabulous husband Alex and also between her and her crazy impulsive friend Jenny. Angela has also become more settle din her career and so in this book things really hot up there for her, among for some extremely stressful scenes in this novel. I love Angela but she was awfully self centred for a a large part of the book, I felt a bit like I was judging her when I really didn't want to. Her Christmas preparations were also somewhat hampered by he unexpected arrival of best friend Louisa and her toddler Grace. I thought this as a rally good addition to the storyline because it gave all of the baby discussions a whole other level. Angela is also preparing to welcome her parents to New York I the new house the Alex springs on her right at the start of the novel.

There is a good dose of Alex in this book which was pleased bout because I love him, but because Angela was being fairly self- centred, readers be warned, there are some tense scenes where I was just waiting for the two of the them to have a massive bust up, perhaps this is another reason that I couldn't get into the book right at the beginning, that's just how much I love these guys! There were some really dramatic scenes involving characters who have taken much more of back set in previous novels, and ms Lopez seems to be growing up in this book, it's about time but I really really don't want her to change and hope that she doesn't in any future novels. 

Overall this is a welcome addition to the I heart family and something that all fans of Lindsey Kelk will very much enjoy. I think that this book would also work whether you are encountered Angela before or not, it's fab for the festive season as well- what could be better than a New York Christmas? My advice would be to read this nearer to the festive season and if you get chance to read the other I hearts first, do so because they're all wonderful! I heart I Heart Christmas and I Heart Lindsey Kelk, roll on the next Angela Clark/Jenny Lopez instalment! 

Review: In Case You Missed it by Lindsey Kelk

When Ros steps off a plane after four years away she’s in need of a job, a flat and a phone that actually works. And, possibly, her old life back. Because everyone at home has moved on, her parents have reignited their sex life, she’s sleeping in a converted shed and she’s got a bad case of nostalgia for the way things were.

Then her new phone begins to ping with messages from people she thought were deleted for good. Including one number she knows off by heart: her ex’s.

Sometimes we’d all like the chance to see what we’ve been missing…

 

Review: Oof this book hits close to home and because of that of course it is amazing. Lindsey Kelk has been making me laugh for over 10 years now and she continued to do so with this latest novel (believe me that is a big accomplishment in the climate we’re living in right now) I loved this book from start to finish and I think everyone should read it. 

Ros is fab and is so easy to relate to. She finds herself moving back in with her parents after starting off a new life in Washington. I really felt for her having to do this and going back knowing there would be questions, I can literally still feel her pain now but thankfully she has an amazing group of friends who are there to cushion the blow. 

I loved Ros’s friendship group and they represent a fairly typical friendship group for me, I really felt like they could have been my friends. Lucy is about to have a baby and brings all the fun and games involved with that. Adrian is single and really doesn’t have a clue about how real people live since he seems to be stinking rich and then there is Sumi, I love her and she and Jenny Lopez could totally take over the world. Sumi almost has it all and the things she doesn’t have yet, she is on her way to conquering-just fab. 

Of course we have some love interest options in this book and I absolutely fell head over heels in love with bar owner John. He is so generous and understanding and funny and helpful and we all need him in our lives. Then there is the love interest we love to hate and oh my goodness I hated him so much. Bravo to Lindsey Kelk for writing an amazing villain. 

Ros is lucky enough to land a new job for a podcast production company and this is where we get to another thing that this author does so well, her books are always up to date and relevant and real with interesting and exciting corners of the internet and the job market in general. We cover Esports and a YouTube gamer child-star with the best character name ever! I do feel like this name was inspired by the movie Cats I have to say. But all of this is the reality of the market we live in, podcasts are massive and child YouTube billionaires are a real thing and so I loved reading about them in this novel.

The cast of characters in this novel is also wonderfully relevant and diverse and I love that Lindsey Kelk is doing what is often missing in modern romcom. We have characters who are non-white and non-straight, older characters enjoying a full sex life the representation in this novel is just on point and this is what elevates it from being a good novel to be a great novel and one you should definitely all read!

To order your copy now, just click the link: UK or US

Review: Jenny Lopez Saves Christmas by Lindsey Kelk

Jenny Lopez has had a crappy twelve months.

Determined to turn her festive frown upside down, she plans an escape to a cabin in Vermont, the best Christmas tree the world has ever seen and more bottles of champagne than is legal to transport across state lines. Someone’s got to cheer up her best friend Angela’s holiday season.

But nothing goes according to plan,starting with work and ending with her travelling companion, and before she knows it, Jenny’s Christmas is looking shaky. But this is Jenny Lopez. She’s going to have the best Christmas known to man and she’s not prepared to accept anything less, even if it means dragging a turkey three miles in the snow. Even if it means chopping up her beloved Christmas tree to start a fire.

Single-handedly and in an inappropriate outfit Jenny Lopez is determined to save Christmas. Whether it likes it or not.

Review: I literally couldn't wait for this fabulous novella to come out, I love jenny Lopez, I love Christmas and I love everything written by Lindsey Kelk so you can see why I would be so excited. This novella is a little different because this is written from Jenny's point of view and we don't normally heard from jenny in the first person that is probably because Angela is usually the star of the Show and so it is more about her but this is all about Jenny and she really doesn't hold back on any subject. 

This novella has just the right amount of festive cheer versus festive humbug and so it will appeal to all of you out there in that sense, whether you are a love or a hater of all this Christmas. There are dilemmas that jenny has to face, things she has to overcome and men she has to try and date. There is also a massive helping of New York city which is awesome and we get to see a bit of Angela, Erin, Sadie and a few other recurring characters. 

You will definitely find yourself racing through this book because it is just such a fun read, everything is really pacey and yet it has the right amount of substance for a full novel, considering the fact that it really is a short story. The opening and the ending are fabulous and fans of Lindsey Kelk will be able to hear her usual voice and comedic charm as much through this novella as through her full length novels. This book could totally be read as a standalone although it would give you a couple of spoilers for the I Heart Series. If this is your first Kelk read you won't be disappointed and if you're a fan of Ms Kelk and Ms Lopez, you'll be in your element with this read!

Review: The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk

 Newly single lawyer Gwen Baker is hoping that a family Christmas – countryside, a mountain of food and festive films –

will salve the sting of her career hanging by a thread and her heart being trampled on. Because everyone else has their life sorted: even Dev, her boy-next-door crush, is now a tall, dark and handsome stranger with a fiancée. She can’t help wishing her future was clearer.

Then Gwen wakes up to discover it’s Christmas day all over again. Like Groundhog Day but with turkey. And family arguments. On repeat.

As she figures out how to escape her own particular Christmas hell, Dev is the one bright spot. He might be all grown-up but underneath he’s just as kind and funny as she remembers.

Maybe, just maybe, her heart can be mended after all.

But how do you fall in love with someone who can’t remember you from one day to the next?

Review: A new Lindsey Kelk book is always a treat but when it is a new Lindsey Kelk book set at Christmas following the pattern of one of my favourite films and it’s a beautiful, strokable hardback edition, that is my idea of heaven right there. This book has Kelk’s usual mix of heart and humour, real life with absurd things going wrong that you know this author has probably experienced at one time or another. You don’t have to have read any of Lindsey’s other books to enjoy this one though. Whether you are new to this author or have read all of her books multiple times, this one is for you.

Gwen is a great character to spend this book with because she is wonderfully imperfect and living in the real world like all of us. She is having a moment, an existential crisis, a journey of self-discovery and she is doing this while she is ‘home for the holidays’ because that’s the perfect time for this to happen. When I describe her in this way I know I have already sold you on this but when I add in the fact that she gets to spend Christmas day over and over and over again like Groundhog Day but she is Billy Murray, you know things can only get better. I loved going on this journey with her and seeing her grow and her mindset change over the course of the novel.

What is wonderful about living the same day over and over again is that we also get to see more of our supporting cast again and again. Gwen gets to know her long suffering mum and her slightly emotionally repressed dad a lot better over the course of the book and so we do too. It was a real treat to be disc covering these characters through the main character and I love this as a writing choice on the part of this author. We have cousin Manny and of course the matriarch of the family-Nan. They were great characters and provided some real comedy moments too.

Of course, this is a romcom and we have former crush and boy next door Dev to get to know in this novel too. The wonderful thing about Dev though, is that is isn’t always around. Because he is the boy next door and he doesn’t know that Gwen is living Christmas again and again, we get to know him again and again. He doesn’t feature in every Christmas day and so Gwen is just free to do her own thing whilst he is doing his. I loved this balance and this old friendship that the two have. It made for more ‘will they, won’t they’ moments as well as keeping the book about Gwen and not just her search for someone to ‘complete’ her.

There were moments where I laughed out loud, several of them, I also read a few chapters of this in audiobook form and so I can highly recommend that narration as well as the beautiful hardback. I think there really is something in here for everyone. It is a Christmas book but I think it would work as a funny read to let you escape at any time of year. I loved it and I think you will too!

To order your copy now, just click the link: UK or US

Reading Wrap Up March 2020

Well March was quite the month wasn't it? I read more than I expected to and that's all we're going to say about that!

I'm really pleased that I read everything on my TBR bar one book, and that's because I didn't want to rush the beauty of Lindsey Kelk. I also posted 42 blog posts this month and read more things than there were days in the month!

As always I will break down the books that I read into ebooks, physical books and audiobooks and leave links to any reviews I have already posted.

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Let me know in the comments what you read this month!