Finding Love at the Christmas Market by Jo Thomas




 Love and Friendship under the sights and sounds of a Christmas Market

 

A lovely wee festive read, which transported me to a traditional German market as the descriptions had me imagining the sights and sounds as I walked along with the characters. Visiting for two very different reasons, Connie to meet up with the internet date and her motley crew of OAP’s who wants to (apparently illegally) scatter their recently departed neighbour’s ashes, in a happy place from her childhood. 

Whilst Connie takes her dating seriously, being shown the very bright lights and sounds of the new town’s market, the pensioners are drawn in by the dwindling traditional Christmas market, acting out in the live Nativity, singing carols, and flying across the ice, they are almost like children again. 

 

Though I did have issues with everything to do with the neighbouring town, including the love interest, I don’t see this as a negative as it is all part of the reading experience, but had I been taken to a baking factory for a date I would have walked out and legged it back to the traditional baker in a heartbeat!

 

I loved this book, not just because I am a hopeless romantic who could be mistaken for a Christmas elf with all my festive romances but what I enjoyed most about this book was the backstories of all the characters, and this insight into the mind of older people, how they can feel, especially at Christmas, and the fact that they still have dreams what have every chance of still coming true.

 

My thanks to #Netgalley and @RandomHouseUK, part of @Transworld, and especially @JoThomasAuthor for giving me the opportunity to read and review #FindingLoveAtTheChristmasMarket

 

 

Check out my latest book review of ##FindingLoveAtTheChristmasMarket by @JoThomasAuthor

My thanks to #Netgalley and @RandomHouseUK, and especially @JoThomasAuthor for giving me the opportunity to read and review #ChristmasWishes

 

 

Purchase links: 

 

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0552176850/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_Z6C1FbTTSW8JW

Barnes&Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/finding-love-at-the-christmas-market-jo-thomas/1138280590?ean=9781473573611

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/finding-love-at-the-christmas-market

Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/finding-love-at-the-christmas-market/jo-thomas/9780552176859

 

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