Book Review - Five Gold Rings by Kristen Bailey

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Title: Five Gold Rings

Author: Kristen Bailey

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Storm Publishing

Publication Date: 30th October 2023

Rating: 4 Stars

Five gold rings. Delivered to the wrong addresses. Five Christmas proposals and weddings ruined. Unless Eve can save the day…?

As Christmas lights twinkle around London, twenty-eight-year-old Eve arrives home ready to celebrate her favourite holiday, only to find… her boyfriend in the shower with a pretty blonde.

Heartbroken, Eve throws the gifts she’s selflessly bought and wrapped for HIS family out of the window, then heads to Caspars’ Jeweller’s, where she works, for some tea and sympathy.

But there she discovers another drama unfolding; five rings have gone AWOL, and unless she can track them down and deliver them to their rightful owners five perfectly planned festive weddings and proposals will end in disaster.

Eve’s colleague Joe – moonlighting as a naked butler at a Christmas party – races to assist on her wild goose chase across London, dressed as a sexy elf.

Together they set off on a mission to save Christmas. And along the way, just maybe, some of that festive cheer and romance might rub off on Eve and Joe, and help heal Eve’s broken heart…

An utterly hilarious novel for anyone looking for festive romance with all the feels. If you have a hot date with Love Actually every Christmas you will adore this gloriously funny and unmissable festive read.

I could totally see this book as a film! There are so many giggle worthy moments, and romantic moments too, that it is dying out to be made onto a big or little screen.  Actually I could probably see it as a stage production too - it's just so enjoyable. 

It's such a lovely story, and the mission to deliver 5 gold rings over the run upto Christmas, leads to so many fabulous situations. 

Oh and did I mention that Eve's co-Christmas good deeder - also works as a sexy elf, complete with his own jingle balls (I mean bells). 

There is just fun, innuendo and even more around every page.  

For Joe has fancied Eve for ages and just wants to make her feel better after she caught her boyfriend receiving a job in the shower (you can use your imagination as to what sort of a job).  Eve goes a bit ballistic, in one of the best instant revenge type scenes I've read in a long while. 

And there is even better revenge later in the book that had me greatly amused too, but I won't spoil it.  So when her employers at the jewellers, ask them to team up to deliver these rings it is very fortunate timing. 

Each chapter is split so that we get some from Eve's perspective and some from Joe's and I loved getting to know both characters. 

This book is a lot of fun, and made me feel quite festive and also it's full of romantic gestures too - all over London. 

Utterly enjoyable, provides hours of fun and amusement while you are reading it. I really should this author more often! 

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