With Christmas on its way, will everyone get their wish granted?

Synopsis

Winter has arrived in Primrose Woods bringing with it new loves, new adventures and warm hugs on cold days.

Abbey Carter, her boyfriend Sam and their trusty canine companion Lady, relish living in the picturesque village of Wishwell at the edge of their beloved Primrose Woods.  The woods and the country park are full of activity as the festive season approaches.

Lizzie Baker is flat out at the Treetops café, serving all sorts of winter warmers, festive goodies and lashings of hot chocolate. And when her daughter and grandchildren arrive to stay, the run up to Christmas is set to be even more magical than she had expected.

Rhianna West has finally found the perfect man to fall in love with – if only Luke wasn’t moving away in the New Year. 

As the snow falls on Primrose Woods, and the village of Wishwell sparkles with Christmas lights, could this be the year that every wish comes true for the three friends?

Snowflakes Over Primrose Woods is the perfect feel-good love story to snuggle up with this winter. Just right for fans of Cathy Bramley, Heidi Swain and Julie Houston.

My review

Abbey Carter cannot grasp how much her life has changed over a year… Not only did she not get married, she even ended her relationship and is now deeply in love with Sam. And she absolutely loves her friends Lizzie and Rhianna, even if on paper they couldn’t be more different.
Lizzie Baker loves working at the Treetops café, with her new friend, and Abbey’s father, Bill and is over the moon when her daughter Katy and her grandchildren stand in front of her doorstep.
And Rhianna West has returned from her trip to Australia, even more certain of her feelings for Luke. Only, she seems to have friend – zoned and to make things even worse, Luke is moving away in the New Year.
With Christmas approaching, will the three friends have their greatest wishes granted? Or should they just enjoy all the wonderful things they already have? 

I was over the moon when I could finally start reading this book, as I fell completely in love with Primrose Woods with the first.
Now, you can read this as a standalone, as the necessary bits are shortly explained, but I truly recommend you to read book 1 too. And not only for being completely up to date, but because it is a wonderful book! 

While the focus is again mainly on Abbey and Sam, I felt my heart grow with love for each woman and her partner in crime.
While they are very different from each other, I recognized bits of each woman in myself too, making it even more easier to like and love them. 

I loved reading how perfect Abbey and Sam were together, with the sweet presence of Lady too! It’s obvious from every interaction that this couple is endgame, as I could see the love in their eyes from each look they give each other, every hug, every kiss,…
But no matter how perfect they are for each other, what made these marvellous even more real, was that despite everything going so well, doubts sometimes keep creeping in. It can be from a ghost from the past, a found gift that has not been given, or just doubting yourself being right for the person you love.
Those bits show us that even the most perfect characters have so much in common with the real people out here.

But even I was happy with Abbey’s and Sam’s part, I was the most curious about Rhianna…
I knew her feelings for Luke and I was very eager to know if they would or wouldn’t. And seeing how Rhianna is being friend – zoned, which breaks her heart, is also something many of us can relate to. Yet I admired her for valuing her friendship with Luke so much. While it breaks her heart for not being together – together with him, she wants to be his friend anyway. If that isn’t love… 

And Lizzie… she is just the perfect (grand)mother. She loves her daughter Katy deeply, even if she misses her and the children so much as they live in Australia. I could feel her happiness emanating from the pages when Katy stand in front of the door. I loved her for understanding Katy’s issues, for offering Katy a helping hand whenever needed. And Lizzie finding also her own happiness was the cherry on top of an amazing cake.  

The focus of this book is obviously romance, but even if I loved every bit of that romance, it was the friendship and other versions of love that made me adore this book. The author managed perfectly to make us fall deeper in love with each character, but also made us appreciate those we have around us even more.
The setting is around Christmas, and that added an additional, special, magical layer over this story. But I have no inch of a doubt that I would have adored this story in any season!