Thursday 26 November 2020

Book Review - The Christmas Swap by Sandy Barker

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Title: The Christmas Swap
Author: Sandy Barker
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: One More Chapter
Publication Date: 16th October 2020
Rating: 5 Stars

Will all three women have their Christmas wishes come true?
Christmas is coming and best friends Chloe, Jules, and Lucy are needing change… so swapping homes for the holidays could be the perfect present for all of them!

Australian Chloe spends her Christmas in a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, England. She is totally star-struck when she discovers who lives across the road.

Lucy, who has jetted off to snowy Colorado for her dream-come-true white Christmas, is taken into the fold of Jules’s loud and brash family, discovering more about herself in a few short days than she has in years.

And Jules leaves the cold climes of Colorado to spend her Christmas on a beach with Chloe’s friends in Melbourne, finding that time away is just what she needed.

The only thing better than one Christmas romance is three, and this wonderful festive novel is perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Holly Martin and Karen Swan.

So this is like the film The Holiday but on drugs. 

We have the fabulous locations of Melbourne Australia, Beckenridge, Colorado and a small village in Oxfordshire England. 

We have three women - one who has always dreamed of a white Christmas, one who has always wanted a traditional family Christmas, and one who likes Christmas but hates the cold and wants to break out of a rut.  All three have been best friends since they met age 11 on holiday and despite living at opposites ends of the world, they have kept in touch and have holidayed together plenty. 

Then there are three incredibly sexy men, the snowboarder, the film star and the winemaker.   

As you may have guessed from the title, all three women swap Christmases, and stay with the family or friends, of each friend, allowing them all to have the Christmas of their dreams. 

The action alternates between the three women, the differing locations and I loved seeing how each of them spent the fesitve period and few days afterwards. 

You can expect amongst other things from this book, snow, Winter Wonderland, a Christmas fair, embarrassing relatives, horse riding, wine, winter sports, being papped, and a great deal of laughs and happiness, and instant chemistry. 

Now I'm not going to tell you who goes where, or what of those things happens where, but suffice to say I loved all three story lines, even if I could have done with drawing a diagram of who  is who and where they went and normally live - as my head just couldn't retain it all at the same time!!  

Although our three leading ladies are all lovely, it was the men in this story that caught my eye, and I can honestly say I'd happily have all three of them as book boyfriends at the same time!! 

I loved the location details, and just well everything about this book.  I think it would make an even better film than The Holiday too, and would be a lot easier to keep things straight if you are watching!   So please big film companies, or Hallmark, put this on the big screen! 

Easily my favourite book from one of my favourite travel romance authors! 

Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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