Tuesday 22 September 2020

Book Review - Christmas at the Cornish Confetti Agency by Daisy James

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Title: Christmas at the Cornish Confetti Agency
Author: Daisy James
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Author Supplied Copy
Publisher: Self Published
Publication Date: 27th August 2020
Rating: 5 Stars

It's Christmas at The Cornish Confetti Agency!

When Lexie Harrington is asked to choreograph Phoebe and Sam’s Christmas-themed wedding, she can’t wait to create the perfect winter wonderland - elegantly dressed fir trees, glossy garlands of holly and mistletoe, baskets of yule logs and pine cones, and the mouth-watering fragrance of gingerbread, cinnamon sticks and warm mulled wine floating through the air.

With handsome wedding columnist-cum-fledgling scriptwriter Theo Barker at her side, she’s confident that she can create the perfect festive ambience the bride and groom have been dreaming of since their engagement in the Swiss Alps; no rampant hosepipes, no mechanical mice, no confetti-filled hairdryers.

But this is The Cornish Confetti Agency, and the words ‘plain-sailing’ and ‘hassle-free’ do not feature in the promotional brochure. So, when a much-loved portrait of the groom’s father is adorned with pirate eye-patches and black plastic moustaches, and his expensive cologne is switched for toilet cleaner, Lexie and Theo must once again don their metaphorical deerstalkers and unravel the mystery before the wedding dissolves into Christmas-themed chaos and calamity.

A perfect Christmas wedding?
Is there such a thing for The Cornish Confetti Agency?

A glittery, feel-good story perfect for the festive season, and the third book in The Cornish Confetti Agency series.

I couldn't have enjoyed this book more if I tried...

... it's the latest book in a series that I'm loving 
.... it's a Christmas book 
... it has weddings 
... it has the assorted chaos that surrounds Lexie
... some absolutely fabulous hen / stag party activities - I loved the details of the various designs on the Christmas tree decorating, gingerbread competition and also snow globe creations
... there is love in the air, and more new pairings than you may initally think
... it was just a book that has made me smile a lot while reading it. 

I suspect it could be read as a standalone but I have been enjoying the series so much that to me it was like returning home to some friends. I couldn't wait to catch up with all my favourite characters. 

Jasper's waistcoats seem to get more and more inventive.  Zak's methods for taking photos were amusing, bordering on the bizarre! I liked the whole of the main wedding party, but that was just one of the two main events Lexie was organising this time around. 

It's just a book full of creativity, and a clear love of weddings, wedding fashion, and Christmas! It just worked for me and was a pure pleasure to read. 

This would be the most absolutely perfect end to the series, I love how all the series wide story arcs so far have reached really good if not conclusions then settling points, and it has had me smiling throughout.  However the only reason I can't say its the perfect end to the series, but rather a great way of tieing up loose ends from the first three books - is because I can already see there is a fourth book due out in the series and I'm already far too excited to read that too! 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

1 comment:

  1. Wow, what a fabulous review - thank ever so much, Rachel, so thrilled you enjoyed it! Love Daisy xx

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