I'm so happy to be one of the stops on the blog tour for The Best Little Christmas Shop by Maxine Morrey. Today I will be sharing my review and there is also the chance to enter a fab giveaway. First of all though let's take a look at the description for the book...
Genre: Romantic Comedy / Fiction
Publication Date: 3rd November 2017
Come home for Christmas to the
Best Little Christmas Shop – the snowiest, cosiest place you can be!
Home for the holidays…
Icing gingerbread men,
arranging handmade toys and making up countless Christmas wreaths in her
family’s cosy little Christmas shop isn’t usually globe-trotter Lexi’s idea of
fun. But it’s all that’s keeping her mind off romance. And, with a broken
engagement under her belt, she’s planning to stay well clear of that for the
foreseeable future…until gorgeous single dad Cal Martin walks through the door!
Christmas takes on a whole new
meaning as Lexi begins to see it through Cal’s adorable five-year-old son’s
eyes. But, finding herself getting dangerously close to the mistletoe with Cal,
Lexi knows she needs to back off. She’s sworn off love, and little George needs
a stability she can’t provide. One day she’ll decide whether to settle down
again – just not yet.
But the best little Christmas
shop in this sleepy, snow-covered village has another surprise in store…
After having a pretty long week where it seemed to be one thing after another going wrong I really needed a pick me up. So I knew it was the perfect time to read The Best Little Christmas Shop. The question is did it have the ability to cheer me up...
Well that's easy, of course it did if you have never read a book by Maxine Morrey you really need to pick one up. After just a few pages I was drawn right in giving me a gorgeous warm feeling just like getting a great big hug.
The story is pretty family centered which I loved there is a lovely connection that Lexi shares with her family. Then add in the wonderful father/son relationship between Cal and George, it made me smile and sigh at the same time. At the start of the book Lexi is a little lost and Maxine Morrey has written a wonderful main character that I couldn't help but become attached to. I loved her journey throughout the book and how slowly but surely she finds herself again. With a little help from her family, her blossoming friendship with George and her flirty interactions with Cal.
I was easily smiling all the way through especially at some of the embarassing scrapes and situations that Lexi found herself in and pretty much all involving Cal! The Best Little Christmas Shop is flirty, fun and completely heartwarming but also has a softer emotional side to it which gave the story an extra special touch. It's the type of story where you don't want to put the book down but you also don't want it to end. There is the addition of Christmas to the story but it isn't too overpowering and just added to the overall charm and romance of the book.
Left me glowing with warmth, just perfect for those colder evenings. A fabulous pick me up!
Five stars from me!
Five stars from me!
With thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the invite to join the tour along with my copy from HQ Digital & Netgalley. This is my honest and unbiased opinion.
Maxine has wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember and wrote her first (very short) book for school when she was ten. Coming in first, she won a handful of book tokens - perfect for a bookworm!
As years went by, she continued to write, but 'normal' work often got in the way. She has written articles on a variety of subjects, aswell as a book on Brighton for a Local History publisher. However, novels are what she loves writing the most. After self publishing her first novel when a contract fell through, thanks to the recession, she continued to look for opportunities.
In August 2015, she won Harper Collins/Carina UK's 'Write Christmas' competition with her romantic comedy, 'Winter's Fairytale'.
Maxine lives on the south coast of England, and when not wrangling with words loves to read sew and listen to podcasts. As she also likes cake she can also be found either walking or doing something vaguely physical at the gym.
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Giveaway
Signed copy of The Christmas Project
The Best Little Christmas Shop notebook
Box of mini gingerbread men
A chocolate teddy bear
UK Only
UK Only
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