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sarahs_bookish_life's review
4.0
I have to say that this isn’t probably an obvious choice of book for me but I was very pleasantly surprised. It is the second book in the Norfolk Mysteries series but am assuming that each book probably features different characters as this definitely reads as a stand alone.
As a child who wouldn’t be fascinated with the circus and the people and animals that work within one? I was really intrigued as to how this story was going to work with a lion and a performer going to a stately home. I mean it isn’t your everyday type of story but it worked really well.
I liked Justine and Tom. Justine is more stronger in personality from her circus background. I liked how she stood up for herself and didn’t let people put her down. Tom on the other hand is more soft spoken but it made him more likeable because of it.
As this is a novella it didn’t take long at all to devour, I loved the setting of the stately home and whilst not overly festive, you really get the sense of family which I’m sure for most of us is what Christmas is all about.
A Lion Is Not Just For Christmas was a great little read that held me captive through out. As with any story line to do with families, you are guaranteed a bit of drama and as Justine tries to settle into life at the stately home, there is plenty of that. There are even some unexpected surprises. Would definitely recommend giving this one a go.
My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
As a child who wouldn’t be fascinated with the circus and the people and animals that work within one? I was really intrigued as to how this story was going to work with a lion and a performer going to a stately home. I mean it isn’t your everyday type of story but it worked really well.
I liked Justine and Tom. Justine is more stronger in personality from her circus background. I liked how she stood up for herself and didn’t let people put her down. Tom on the other hand is more soft spoken but it made him more likeable because of it.
As this is a novella it didn’t take long at all to devour, I loved the setting of the stately home and whilst not overly festive, you really get the sense of family which I’m sure for most of us is what Christmas is all about.
A Lion Is Not Just For Christmas was a great little read that held me captive through out. As with any story line to do with families, you are guaranteed a bit of drama and as Justine tries to settle into life at the stately home, there is plenty of that. There are even some unexpected surprises. Would definitely recommend giving this one a go.
My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
katie_83's review
4.0
A Lion Is Not Just For Christmas
By Henriette Gyland
4 stars
Reviewed on behalf of 3 Degrees of Fiction Book Blog
I love a Christmas story and I love a good mystery story so when I read the blurb for this book and realised it was two in one I was really excited to get started – and I loved every minute of it! It’s definitely one of those ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ types of books’ because I probably would have passed it by but I am really glad I gave it a chance. There was danger, romance, and mystery at the turn of every page. I found the authors writing style to be really engaging and exciting. I haven’t read anything by this author previously and as this is the second book in this series I will definitely be checking out book 1 as well.
Whilst I am not a fan of the circus at all, the thought of animals being made to perform is just awful in my mind, I did really feel for Justine, it’s all she has ever known and she obviously really cared for the animals, especially Rexus.
I really liked Tom, he had this brooding quality about him and I loved reading about and watching the relationship between him and Justine unfold.
Definitely a good read that I highly recommend.
By Henriette Gyland
4 stars
Reviewed on behalf of 3 Degrees of Fiction Book Blog
I love a Christmas story and I love a good mystery story so when I read the blurb for this book and realised it was two in one I was really excited to get started – and I loved every minute of it! It’s definitely one of those ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ types of books’ because I probably would have passed it by but I am really glad I gave it a chance. There was danger, romance, and mystery at the turn of every page. I found the authors writing style to be really engaging and exciting. I haven’t read anything by this author previously and as this is the second book in this series I will definitely be checking out book 1 as well.
Whilst I am not a fan of the circus at all, the thought of animals being made to perform is just awful in my mind, I did really feel for Justine, it’s all she has ever known and she obviously really cared for the animals, especially Rexus.
I really liked Tom, he had this brooding quality about him and I loved reading about and watching the relationship between him and Justine unfold.
Definitely a good read that I highly recommend.
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