Book Review - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

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Title: The Christmas Orphans Club

Author: Becca Freeman

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 28th September 2023

Rating: 4 Stars

Christmas is a time for family, but what if you have to choose yours?

For ten years Hannah and Finn have spent Christmas together. With no one to enjoy the holidays with, they've created their own festive traditions. From crooning in a karaoke bar behind a China Town restaurant, to waving from a parade float. Through the years, they've been joined by other lonely souls, Priya and Theo, creating The Christmas Orphans Club.

But everything is about to change. After their friendship suffers the test of a rocky year, Finn and Hannah are finally speaking. They’re trying to put the past behind them and bring back their Christmas spirit. Until Finn announces some rather big news.

News that rocks the group to its core. This may be their last Christmas together…

Can Hannah make this one to remember?

I do enjoy a Christmas debut novel, and this is certainly a great start from this author. 

A very enjoyable story of Christmas's past and present with a group of people who are more like family than friends to each other. 

We get to discover just what caused Hannah and Finn not to speak for an entire year,  we get to discover just cemented all of their friendships in the first place and so many fabulous New York Christmas adventures in between. 

And we get this year's Christmas which could be the last they spend together as a group, and as a result the pressure is on to make it even more memorable than normal.  While the friends all have other pulls on their time this festive season. 

I loved the group dynamics and I was definitely hoping for one specific romance to happen.  And there are other romances present but this is a novel of friendship, and how close friends can really be. 

I really enjoyed this story, and always love spending time in New York at Christmas between the covers of a book.  

A really lovely book. 

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