My Review
This book was really lovely. So what did I take away from it you ask?
Darkness!!!!! No, not the bad kind of darkness but darkness as in pitch dark outside.
The book is set in winter in Norway when it's dark and cold most of the time .
But winter isn't dark and depressing it's also filled with light,love,warmth and happiness.
I don't read many books taking place in Norway so I really loved this one.
The Norwegian Christmas customs, the landscape descriptions and definitely the layering of clothing was informative. The Norwegian food descriptions sounded sumptuous.
The romance was fun, I enjoyed it. This is the type of book that's hard to put down and when you do you're wondering what type of mischief the main characters are getting up
to in your absence.
As much as I loved the main characters I believe Froy has stolen the show, he's the male main character's Norwegian Forest cat. These cats are ancestors to the Main Coon cats.
Froy is more dog like than a cat, very intelligent and wants to be included in everything.
Another show stealer was baby Rosie, what a cutie her niece is.
Delicious authentic recipes included in the back of this book I know you'll want to try.
I recommend this heart warming holiday book be read with a steaming mug of tea.
Pub Date 30 Nov 2020 by HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.
GoodReads Summary
Cosy up in front of a fire and discover Christmas the Norwegian way…full of romance, cosy traditions and hygge!
In the bleak midwinter…
A really frosty wind is making Holly’s life absolutely miserable
After all the years of hard work it took Londoner Holly Greene to become a doctor, now it could all be taken away and she only has herself to blame. She’s retreating to her brother’s rustic home on an island off the coast of Norway to lick her wounds. Only, it’s the middle of winter and icy slush plus endless darkness isn’t exactly the cheery, festive getaway she had imagined.
Nearly stumbling off the edge of a cliff in the dark, Holly is saved by Frøy, a yellow-eyed cat of fearsome but fluffy proportions, and his owner – grouchy, bearded recluse, Tor. Tor has his own problems to face but the inexplicable desire to leave a bag of freshly baked gingerbread men on Holly’s doorstep is seriously getting in the way of his hermit routine.
Call it kindness, call it Christmas, but Holly’s arrival means midwinter has never looked
less bleak.
About The Author
Born
Haugesund, Norway
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Natalie Normann grew up in a shipping town on the west-coast of Norway and always wanted to be a writer. Actually, she wanted to smoke cigars and drink whiskey like Hemingway but settled for chocolate and the occasional glass of Baileys. Her writing journey started with short stories in women’s magazines until her first book was published in 1995. Christmas Island is her second romance written in English.
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