I'm so happy to be taking part in the weekend blitz for The Big Little Festival by Kellie Hailes. Today I will be sharing my review but first of all let's take a look at the description for the book...
Love happens when you least expect it…
Jodi is panicking. It’s only weeks until her little village in Devon
holds its first ever festival and everything is falling apart.
Desperate to avoid disaster, she brings in notorious party planner
Christian to save the day. Although she wasn’t prepared for just how gorgeous
he would be!
Men are off the cards
for Jody and surely Christian is the last man she would ever date? But with tensions
rising – along with the bunting and home-made scones – she’s about to find out…
Buy Links:
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Even though this book is part of a series I found it could be easily read as a standalone. You do get to catch up with characters from the first book but it just added to the overall story. Along with being a lovely touch for readers who had read The Cosy Coffee Shop of Promises.
I loved the first time that Jodi and Christian meet there is tension galore and the sparring between them was lots of fun to see. There were plenty of moments where this story had me smiling away. Jodi is likeable and very determined to make the festival a success and at first Christian is a bit of a mystery but as time goes on more of his personality is revealed. The question is can Christian and Jodi work together?
There is a lovely warmth to Kellie Hailes writing that easily draws you in plus some laughs along the way making it very easy to find yourself immersed in the story. The Big Little Festival has that lovely community feeling to it and I loved how everyone rallies together.
I read this book in an evening after grabbing a hot chocolate and in no time at all I had finished. If you need to unwind I can definitely recommend The Big Little Festival and I'm already looking forward to re-visiting Rabbits Leap!
With a gorgeous heart warming vibe that will leave you in a lovely mood!
Four stars from me!
With thanks to Jenny at Neverland Blog Tours for my copy. This is my honest and unbiased opinion.
At the age of five Kellie Hailes declared she was going write books when she grew up. It took a while for her to get there, with a career as a radio copywriter, freelance copywriter and web writer filling the dream-hole, until now. Kellie lives on an island-that’s-not-really-an-island in New Zealand with her patient husband, funny little human and neurotic cat. When the characters in her head aren’t dictating their story to her, she can be found taking short walks, eating good cheese and hankering for her next coffee fix.
Author Links:
Twitter: @KellieHailes
Thank you for the fantastic review, Rae! And thanks for hosting me, too. X Kell
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, can't wait for my next visit to Rabbits Leap xx
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