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Title: Hanukkah at the Great Greenwich Ice Creamery
Author: Sharon Ibbotson
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Publisher supplied copy
Publisher: Choc Lit
Publication Date: 4th December 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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Hanukkah days, Christmas nights and strawberry ice cream …
Cohen Ford is a man who could do with a little bit of sweetening up. It’s no surprise that when he walks into The Great Greenwich Ice Creamery on a typically gloomy London day before Christmas, he insists on a black coffee rather than his childhood favourite – strawberry ice cream.
But then he meets River de Luca, the woman behind the flavours. After their first encounter, Cohen begins visiting the ice creamery every Tuesday, gradually learning more about the intriguing River. Could her influence encourage cynical Cohen to become the man who embraces Christmas, Hanukkah and even strawberry ice cream?
Cohen Ford is a man who could do with a little bit of sweetening up. It’s no surprise that when he walks into The Great Greenwich Ice Creamery on a typically gloomy London day before Christmas, he insists on a black coffee rather than his childhood favourite – strawberry ice cream.
But then he meets River de Luca, the woman behind the flavours. After their first encounter, Cohen begins visiting the ice creamery every Tuesday, gradually learning more about the intriguing River. Could her influence encourage cynical Cohen to become the man who embraces Christmas, Hanukkah and even strawberry ice cream?
I had no idea what to expect going into this book, I've never read anything by this author before, and rarely see a Hanukkah romance, let alone read one.
So all around I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by this story.
I loved the concept of the romance between Cohen and River.
Cohen is the Jewish man who is a workaholic, and has a patchy relationship with his mother. He's been known to be rather selfish in the past
But that all changes the day he meets River, who is serving at the ice creamery, who he cant really initially communicate with, but realises instantly that she's someone special.
We get to see just how they get to communicate, and how international the language of love can be.
I also enjoyed getting to know more of Cohen's past, as it shaped the man he is today.
This book touches on important topics and one of Rivers key attributes is so vital to the whole story, but I feel it is best read without any preconceptions about her.
I can't not mention how delicious the ice creams were sounding even though it did feel weird reading about ice cream in winter.
There are elements if Judaism throughout and it didn't feel completely stereotypical. I was also delighted to see a few words of Yiddish in there too.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story, the writing was great and I found the pages were turning a bit too fast. I would have loved to read more but it did have a perfect ending.
Thank you to Choc Lit for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
So all around I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by this story.
I loved the concept of the romance between Cohen and River.
Cohen is the Jewish man who is a workaholic, and has a patchy relationship with his mother. He's been known to be rather selfish in the past
But that all changes the day he meets River, who is serving at the ice creamery, who he cant really initially communicate with, but realises instantly that she's someone special.
We get to see just how they get to communicate, and how international the language of love can be.
I also enjoyed getting to know more of Cohen's past, as it shaped the man he is today.
This book touches on important topics and one of Rivers key attributes is so vital to the whole story, but I feel it is best read without any preconceptions about her.
I can't not mention how delicious the ice creams were sounding even though it did feel weird reading about ice cream in winter.
There are elements if Judaism throughout and it didn't feel completely stereotypical. I was also delighted to see a few words of Yiddish in there too.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story, the writing was great and I found the pages were turning a bit too fast. I would have loved to read more but it did have a perfect ending.
Thank you to Choc Lit for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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