(WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS)
Title:
All I Want For Christmas
Author:
Amy Silver
Publisher:
Arrow
Date Published:
25th November 2010
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Pages:
325
Chapters:
12
Synopsis:
Twelve days and counting...
It's Bea's first Christmas with her baby son, and this year she's determined to do everything right. But there is still so much to do: the Christmas menu needs refining; her café, The Honey Pot, needs decorating; and she's invited the whole neighbourhood to a party on Christmas Day. She really doesn't have time to get involved in two new people's lives, let alone fall in love...
When Olivia gets knocked over in the street, however, Bea can't help bringing her into The Honey Pot and getting to know her. Olivia's life is even more hectic than her own, and with her fiancé's entire family over from Ireland for Christmas, she shouldn't be lingering in the cosy warmth of Bea's café. Chloe, on the other hand, has nowhere else to go. Her affair with a married man has alienated her friends, and left her lonelier than ever.
But Christmas is a magical time, and in the fragrant atmosphere of The Honey Pot, anything can happen: new friends can be made, hearts can heal, and romance can finally blossom...
It's Bea's first Christmas with her baby son, and this year she's determined to do everything right. But there is still so much to do: the Christmas menu needs refining; her café, The Honey Pot, needs decorating; and she's invited the whole neighbourhood to a party on Christmas Day. She really doesn't have time to get involved in two new people's lives, let alone fall in love...
When Olivia gets knocked over in the street, however, Bea can't help bringing her into The Honey Pot and getting to know her. Olivia's life is even more hectic than her own, and with her fiancé's entire family over from Ireland for Christmas, she shouldn't be lingering in the cosy warmth of Bea's café. Chloe, on the other hand, has nowhere else to go. Her affair with a married man has alienated her friends, and left her lonelier than ever.
But Christmas is a magical time, and in the fragrant atmosphere of The Honey Pot, anything can happen: new friends can be made, hearts can heal, and romance can finally blossom...
Source:
Phyiscal book received as a gift.
Date Read:
28th December- 30th December 2014
Review:
***** 5 out of 5 stars
All I Want For Christmas, is a standalone novel. It is about a widowed mother called Bea, who owns a little cafe/deli called The Honey Pot. Oliva, a successful journalist, who is a regular in The Honey Pot gets knocked down outside the cafe by a cyclist. Bea helps Oliva into the cafe to sit down and have a drink after her ordeal, they are interrupted by a rude, stuck up female Lawyer called Chloe. Oliva occidentally takes Chloe's purse home, so both she and Chloe go to The Honey Pot the next day, Chloe to ask if anyone had seen her purse and Oliva to say thanks to Bea before going to hand in the purse to the police. Chloe starts having a go at Oliva for taking her purse, so Bea tells her to leave. Over the next few days their paths all cross with each others, and even tough at first both Bea and Oliva really dislike Chloe they soon realise that she isn't really that bad and is actually very lonely. Soon the three women are very good friends. And they all have the best Christmas ever.
I thought this book was really good. I really like the way that these three completely different women, go from complete strangers to the best of friends in just a matter of days. I also like that we get to see things from each woman's point view.
My favourite part of this book is when Sam, Bea's next door neighbour comes home on Christmas Eve, and Bea finally admits to herself and him that she loves him, and they get to spend Christmas together. My favourite character is Bea Marinelli because she has had a troubled past to which I could relate to, and she has changed her life for the better and is finally happy again.
Overall, I thought this book was excellent. I would love there to be more books written about Bea and her friends as I would love to learn more about her future. I think I will definitely be trying other books by this author. And I will almost certainly recommend this book to other people.
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