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An Island Christmas by Jenny Colgan
3.0
An Island Christmas by Jenny Colgan
It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings?
Meanwhile Saif, the doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons - but without his missing wife. Can the little family possibly find comfort and joy?
When I initially picked up this book I hadn't realised that it was the third book in the series. Sadly I feel that my enjoyment was spoilt by the fact that I had overlooked this - it works as a standalone to a point but I can't help but feel that I have missed out on a huge part of the story by not already knowing the characters.
Due to some of the topics covered in this book, it was difficult to read in places and definitely not what I would expect to be covered in a Christmas book.
Rating 3/5
It's a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love - unless, of course, you're accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In what should be the season of peace and goodwill on earth, will Joel think Flora is a bearer of glad tidings?
Meanwhile Saif, the doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons - but without his missing wife. Can the little family possibly find comfort and joy?
When I initially picked up this book I hadn't realised that it was the third book in the series. Sadly I feel that my enjoyment was spoilt by the fact that I had overlooked this - it works as a standalone to a point but I can't help but feel that I have missed out on a huge part of the story by not already knowing the characters.
Due to some of the topics covered in this book, it was difficult to read in places and definitely not what I would expect to be covered in a Christmas book.
Rating 3/5