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Title: The Twelve Dates of ChristmasAuthor: Jenny BaylissFormat reviewed: EbookSource: NetgalleyPublisher: PanPublication Date: 28th September 2020Rating: 4 Stars
On the first day of Christmas, a dating app offered me
Twelve tailored chances for perfect harmony . . .
Kate Turner is happily single – a bit too happily, in fact. Since returning to her hometown of Blexford, a sleepy village where everybody knows each other, and between catching up with her oldest friends Laura and Matt, a flourishing career as a fabric designer, and taking care of her beloved dad, love hasn’t really had a look in.
But Kate does love Christmas. So when Laura insists she signs up to the Twelve Dates of Christmas, a brand new dating app service, she doesn’t need too much persuading. Twelve perfect festive dates with the area’s most eligible men – who could say no?
Amongst the twinkling lights and over hot chocolates and glasses of red wine, romance is easy to find. But with each date, Kate learns more about the men, and even more about herself.
As the big day approaches, Kate’s left wondering – is it really the season for true love, or will this Christmas be the coldest yet?
I loved the concept of the dating agency's 12 dates of Christmas, where in December they will match you with 12 different men, you have a choice of activities for each date, and hopefully come out of with with a new love.
At least that is what is meant to happen, but well things don't go that smoothly for Kate, as you may imagine with this sort of story! I don't think it will spoil things to say she is stood up on the first date, but there are some good guys in amongst the 12 - there are also one or two complete and utter sleazeballs.
And its a good variety of activities for the dates, and if this was real, then I would be tempted to sign up myself as it would certainly get you out of your comfort zone, and able to meet some new people.
But between the dates we get to know Kate a lot better and her childhood friends Laura and Matt, and also her family. I loved that she is a fabric designer for Liberty's which sounds like such a creative job, and Kate is also a fabulous baker and there are so many yummy treats mentioned to make you very hungry.
I'll admit I had an inkling very early on as to who Kate would end up with, which didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story, as I was keen to see what would happen on each of the dates, but at the same time my head kept wishing she would come to her senses!
The village of Blexford is charming and I loved the small town gossipy community vibe going on, where others knew what was going on with you, almost before it happened! And it sounded so lovely in the snow.
This is a rather charming debut novel, from an author I would happily read again. It's not the most festive of books, although it does have a wintery / Christmas backdrop to the whole book, which means you could easily read it quite far out from Christmas!
Thank you to Pan and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,
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