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Title: Notting Hill in the Snow
Author: Jules Wake
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: One More Chapter
Publication Date: 11th October 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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It's mayhem in Bethlehem…unless they can work together!
Viola Smith plays the viola in an orchestra (yes really!), but this year she's been asked to stretch her musical talents to organising Notting Hill's local nativity.
Nate Williams isn't looking forward to Christmas but as his small daughter, Grace, has the starring role in the show, he's forced to stop being a Grinch and volunteer with Viola.
With the sparks between them hotter than the chestnuts roasting in Portobello market, Nate and Viola can't deny their feelings. And as the snow starts to fall over London, they find themselves trapped together in more ways than one…
Viola Smith plays the viola in an orchestra (yes really!), but this year she's been asked to stretch her musical talents to organising Notting Hill's local nativity.
Nate Williams isn't looking forward to Christmas but as his small daughter, Grace, has the starring role in the show, he's forced to stop being a Grinch and volunteer with Viola.
With the sparks between them hotter than the chestnuts roasting in Portobello market, Nate and Viola can't deny their feelings. And as the snow starts to fall over London, they find themselves trapped together in more ways than one…
I have fallen in love...
...not with the the simply amazing story that really does sum up London and Notting Hill in the snow
...not with the simply fabulous sounding Nativity that Viola helps to put on
... not with Viola's family who frankly were driving me mad, but equally amused me
... not with Nate the incredibly sexy and wonderful man
... but with Nate's daughter Grace, who has crept completely under my skin and is key to the whole story. She is old beyond her years, and doesn't seem to know how to relax and just be a child. Which is of course due to her high flying mother and Elaine's need for perfection and appearances.
Grace was in some ways so wise, but in others so insecure and adorable. As Viola spends more time with Grace and Nate, it starts to feel like they are a family unit, but they also know nothing could ever happen between them.
It was wonderful to see a familiar setting and faces from Covent Garden in the Snow, but if you haven't read that then don't worry, this will easily work as a standalone novel.
Written with Jules Wake's trademark warmth, wit and incredibly relatable to characters, this is a sure fire hit book for me. I loved every second of it, and just couldn't seem to read it fast enough.
I thought it was incredibly clever to have so many references to Frozen 2, not in detail but just to help show just how excited children this winter will be for the film, and I desperately want to see it myself. I loved all the Frozen references, although I have just had to look up LOL dolls. It is clear Jules has definitely researched well what children will be enjoying this Christmas.
Oh and the nativity, and the children in Grace's class, so adorable, I loved George the innkeeper. Some incredibly touching moments throughout this book.
This is a wonderfully heartwarming story to read this winter. I adored it!
Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
...not with the the simply amazing story that really does sum up London and Notting Hill in the snow
...not with the simply fabulous sounding Nativity that Viola helps to put on
... not with Viola's family who frankly were driving me mad, but equally amused me
... not with Nate the incredibly sexy and wonderful man
... but with Nate's daughter Grace, who has crept completely under my skin and is key to the whole story. She is old beyond her years, and doesn't seem to know how to relax and just be a child. Which is of course due to her high flying mother and Elaine's need for perfection and appearances.
Grace was in some ways so wise, but in others so insecure and adorable. As Viola spends more time with Grace and Nate, it starts to feel like they are a family unit, but they also know nothing could ever happen between them.
It was wonderful to see a familiar setting and faces from Covent Garden in the Snow, but if you haven't read that then don't worry, this will easily work as a standalone novel.
Written with Jules Wake's trademark warmth, wit and incredibly relatable to characters, this is a sure fire hit book for me. I loved every second of it, and just couldn't seem to read it fast enough.
I thought it was incredibly clever to have so many references to Frozen 2, not in detail but just to help show just how excited children this winter will be for the film, and I desperately want to see it myself. I loved all the Frozen references, although I have just had to look up LOL dolls. It is clear Jules has definitely researched well what children will be enjoying this Christmas.
Oh and the nativity, and the children in Grace's class, so adorable, I loved George the innkeeper. Some incredibly touching moments throughout this book.
This is a wonderfully heartwarming story to read this winter. I adored it!
Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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