Book Review - That Festive Feeling by Heidi Swain - Blog Tour

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Title: That Festive Feeling

Author: Heidi Swain

Format reviewed: Paperback

Source: Publisher supplied copy

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 12th October 2023

Rating: 5 Stars

Holly has the place to herself this Christmas. It’s not her place, though – she is house-sitting for friends who live on Nightingale Square – just there to keep the place warm and cosy and only for long enough for her to sort her life out. Newly single and finding herself unsure about next steps for her career, she plans to hunker down and make some life decisions.

To clear her mind, she sets off on early morning walks around a nearby lake and bumps into May, an older lady who is also new to the area, and her dapper Dachshund Monty. Quickly, a firm friendship blossoms. Then when Holly meets Bear, a rather large and rather attractive man, at the local pub, and his rescue dog Queenie, her stay at Nightingale Square suddenly feels even more appealing.

As the community comes together for the season’s festivities, Holly must start thinking about where her life will take her next. Some big decisions need to be made, but distractions close to home make thinking about the future more tricky than ever…

Will she get that festive feeling this Christmas…?

Absolutely loved this latest Nightingale Square book, featuring a cast of brand new characters who are totally fabulous, as well as all the regulars I already knew and love from previous books in this series. 

Holly is house sitting in the Square, in the run up to Christmas for her friends and she is utterly determined to keep her head down and not be drawn into the community or life around the Square. However she soon realises saying yes to things will actually enrich her life. 

Especially after meeting May, who she starts taking regular walks with, and her dog Monty. May and Monty are brilliant, she's larger than life, and meeting Holly is the best thing that has happened to her in years. And Monty I think has more clothes than I do! 

Add in handsome new stranger to the square Bear, who has a memorable first meeting with Holly, and his dog Queenie, and you have absolutely loads of four legged friends in this book - and this humans are just as interesting. 

I loved seeing Holly's character development over the course of the story, as she starts to embrace her life, and is open to new ideas, from her new friends.  I loved seeing more of The Chapel, and even liked the cameos from one of Heidi Swain's other series too. 

This can easily be read as a standalone, but for fans of the author, seeing familiar faces is always a thrill. 

This had me smiling from start to finish and i couldn't read it fast enough. An utterly delightful story, that has me wondering whether the end of September is too soon to put the tree up! 

Thank you to Simon and Schuster for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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