Book Review - We Three Kings by Kristen Bailey

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Title: We Three Kings

Author: Kristen Bailey

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Storm Publishing

Publication Date: 14th October 2024

Rating: 4 Stars

Maggie Field was looking forward to a solo Christmas in her cosy London flat – before her three workmates decided to liven things up for her.

Maggie loves her job as head of IT at a financial firm, and her three geeky but lovable work buddies. And when they invite her to stay with each of them for the holidays, she can’t resist the chance to get to know them better.

But then her boss tells her she has to make one of her beloved team redundant, and Maggie is distraught. Frank’s work is his world, Jasper’s sarcastic humour is everything, and Leo…well, he’s talented, professional, confusingly attractive, dependable, and funny… Maggie definitely doesn’t want to lose him.

With her career and her heart on the line, Maggie sets off on the Christmas adventure of a lifetime, from playing fake girlfriend at a lavish wedding, to rescuing baby foxes on a posh country estate, to chasing a very confused donkey on Christmas Day in the Lake District. She can’t ignore the sparks between her and Leo – but she also can’t avoid her dilemma.

Can she find a way to keep her work family together, and maybe even find true love under the mistletoe?

A hilarious and heartfelt celebration of friendship, workplace romance, and finding where you belong. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Beth O’Leary, this festive rom-com will have you laughing, crying, and reaching for the mince pies.

This was certainly a rather festive book, that I really enjoyed.  It sums up the feelings of the festive season, while also being really fun. 

I do love a geek, so a team of three men plus Maggie in a basement IT department instantly caught my attention, and after a really early but makeshift Christmas party at a Mexican restaurant, her team decide there is no way Maggie is going to spend Christmas alone this year. 

So they decide to share her between them, starting with her being a plus one at Frank's sister's wedding, then a trip to Jasper's country pile and finally Christmas day with Leo and his family.  But what they don't know is Maggie has to make a decision that is going to have to break the work family up. 

I'll admit I guessed very early on what Maggie's decision would be as it made the most sense, even before we get to know the men and their respective families.   I there some lovely moments with each of them, and I loved all the contrasts between the characters at play. 

And Maggie is trying to do her best to do right by each of them, be it last minute Christmas shopping at Westfield to help Frank with the women she is sure he is meant to be with, or a cunning fox rescue, not to mention an encounter with a Donkey, 

It was a lovely story that definitely had me feeling a lost more Christmassy for having read it. 

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