Book Review - The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Lizzie Shane - Blog Tour

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Title: The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

Author: Lizzie Shane

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Headline Eternal

Publication Date: 29th September 2020

Rating: 5 Stars

Pine Hollow has everything Ally Gilmore could wish for in a holiday break: gently falling snow in a charming small town and time with her family. Then she learns some Grinch has pulled the funding for her family's rescue shelter, and now she has only four weeks to find new homes for a dozen dogs! But when she confronts her Scroogey councilman nemesis, Ally finds he's far more reasonable - and handsome - than she ever expected.

As the guardian of his dog-obsessed ten-year-old niece, Ben West doesn't have time to build a cuddly reputation. But he does feel guilty about the shelter closing. So he proposes a truce with Ally, agreeing to help her adopt out the pups. As the two spend more time together, the town's gossip is spreading faster than Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. And soon Ben is hoping he can convince Ally that Pine Hollow is her home for the holidays...and the whole year through.

Dear Santa, 

I've been a very good girl this year, so please can you make it so that I can live in Pine Hollow and adopt as many of those twelve dogs of Christmas as possible. 

I promise to love and play with them, and give them loads of attention.  I absolutely adore all of them , even Partridge with his drool, and Harry's escape artist tendencies are fabulous.  And the little Papillon is adorable. 

And the community in Pine Hollow just sounds so lovely, I have forgotten how much I enjoy reading books se in small American towns, and this one seems like the perfect place to live.  There is a real sense of community and they even have their own Scooge-esque character.

Although I suppose Ben West isn't really scroogey at all, he just doesn't know how to let people in, and he is doing his best for his niece Astrid, who he has been sole guardian of for the past two years. And Astrid is a fabulous 10 year old, she is dog obsessed and well if she can help out at Furry Friends then why can't I?

You see Santa, this is a book which really gets Christmas with its various town activities which I could picture oh so clearly, and really felt as though I was there already, instead of sitting  an ocean away.  I couldn't stop smiling from the first few pages until the last as I read this wonderful story. 

Or, if transporting me to be a part of Pine Hollow and to play with the dogs  isn't quite what you had in mind for me this year, then my second Christmas wish would be for this to transformed into a Hallmark Movie, as it has all the makings of a Christmas classic, and would be sure to warm the hardest of hearts. 

With love, your biggest fan, and someone who knows for sure that you are real! 

Rachel

PS. In preparation that this may not happen, can you just fast forward my life a few months, to cut down on the waiting time for the next book in the Pine Hollow series, I already can't wait for my return visit. 

Thank you to Headline Eternal and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily, 

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