Book Review - Mistletoe and Magic for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett

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Title: Mistletoe and Magic  for the Cornish Midwife

Author: Jo Bartlett

Format reviewed: Ebook 

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 27th October 2022

Rating: 5 Stars

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

But for single mum and busy midwife Nadia, it’s quickly turning into her worst Christmas ever.

Her marriage is over, and whilst her husband has moved on, Nadia finds herself back home, squashed into her mum’s spare room with her two small children. They might not be a perfect family anymore, but Nadia is determined to make this Christmas special for them.

Dr Hamish Spencer totally understands Nadia’s pain. As a fellow single parent, he’s struggling to cope with a rebellious teen daughter and a precocious six-year-old! Perhaps if he and Nadia join forces, they could make this Christmas slightly more memorable for everyone?

The last thing Nadia wants is a new man in her life, but she’d definitely like lovely Hamish as a friend. But Christmas has a way of melting the hardest of hearts and maybe a kiss under the mistletoe could change everything?

Once again Jo Bartlett delivers a book filled to the brim with drama, excitement, emotion and of course a way to catch up with all the other midwives we have met too. 

This is another excellent addition to the series, and there is one storyline in particular that had me welling with emotion fairly early on.  Then there are as you would expect a variety of different births, given Frankie and Nadia both work on the midwife unit, some rather unexpected and all quite varied in circumstances. 

It was lovely to meet so many more expectant mothers within the Three Ports area, and I have to say that Cornwall by now must be undergoing a baby boom! 

Frankie and Nadia are our main characters this time, along with Dr Hamish. Nadia and Hamish are both single parents and their 6 year old daughters are best friends. They are though both single for very different reasons and I was fascinated by their back stories. 

And it was great getting to know Frankie a lot better too, and she is also struggling with a family relationship, not with her daughter Nadia, but her son Hari and her mother are both being completely and utterly unreasonable and I really wanted to knock some sense into then. 

And although the book does take part in the run up to Christmas, it was more as backdrop, than a key part of the story, so if you are dubious about reading festive things too early in the year, then this one should be fine as the emphasis on the story is more on a variety of relationships both romantic and family.

I absolutely adored this book, and this series as a whole, I love the authors writing style and felt as t though I was returning to friends, such is the sense of community that has been created.  I really hope there will be more books to this series. 

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.