Book Review - Wendy's Winter Gift by Debbie Viggiano

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Title: Wendy's Winter Gift

Author: Debbie Viggiano

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author Supplied Copy

Publisher: Self Published

Publication Date: 1st November 2022

Rating: 5 Stars

Everyone has secrets but some are bigger than others.

Wendy Walker can count on two fingers the number of birthdays until she’s fifty. She can also count on six hands the number of years she’s been married to controlling Derek. Whatever happened to the boy she used to lark around with in the back of a Ford Escort? Just like Derek’s hairline, that lad has gone.

Wendy yearns for freedom but is resigned to her lot. After all, there are others to think about. Like daughter Ruby who – as a teenage single mum still at home – needs supporting, especially since abandoning her hopes of being on Love Island and achieving fame as a reality star.

But secrets dare to spill at the most inopportune moments.

Ruby is nurturing a mystery romance that she frets about her mother discovering, while Derek finds himself under the spotlight in the most disastrous of circumstances.

But just when Wendy thinks her world is falling apart, she discovers that sometimes unexpected joy is just around life’s corner…

This was really funny, so many giggles were had as I read Wendy's regular daydreams and inner musings. She regularly went off at a tangent in her inner voice and it takes a bit to get used to that particular character trait but once you do it's rather endearing. 

Wendy wants more than anything to be free from her husband Derek.  He is controlling and not overly pleasant and doesn't seem to like his daughter or granddaughter that much either. He is also adamant that divorce is waste of money and isn't too pleased when Wendy tries to ask for one. 

However that does set into play an a series of events that will ultimately change Wendy's life forever. 

I loved Wendy, she is s a dog walker, and amongst the dogs she walks there is the rather mischievous William Beagle who gets her into various amusing situations.  

And then there is the Paul Newman lookalike who Wendy keeps bumping into, normally in not the most straightforward of circumstances. 

Oh and I loved little Mo, Wendy's toddler grand-daughter, who has a fabulous habit of repeating new words from anyone around her, especially if they are naughty words! 

This is Debbie Viggiano at her humorous best. It's fabulous, I found it really quick to read and was thoroughly enjoying every moment I spent with this cast of characters. A triumph. 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.