After reading this book, I have some mixed feelings…

I didn’t dislike the book, but I cannot say it got me all warm and cosy.

It was a rather short story, compared with other books I’m used to. I’m more used to books with over 20-30 chapters.

When I started reading it, I felt like I missed a lot of background. Have you ever read a book where the initial chapters were missing? Well, that’s the feeling I had. While I was reading, I was thinking that more information, more details about the characters would be welcome.

And also the fact this is a part of a serie, makes it harder to comprehend the other characters if you haven’t read the other stories.

It was fun to jump back and forth from the past to the present and vice versa.

I like the story of Charles and Milie more than the story of Tom and Emmy. There we saw how both characters had feelings for each other, but in first instance not able to declare their love.

For Tom and Emmy there was an instant attraction.

Something I missed also, was that how Charles and Millie lost each other, was nothing more than one sentence told in the present and we will never know how Charles survived his loss.

And in my modest opinion, Tom and Emmy accepted too easily the explanation. If I were in their shoes, I would be a little more sceptical, even if it is a magical love story.

It may seem that I totally disliked the story, but I don’t.

It’s just that for a magical Christmas story I would expect a little bit more of everything, more love, more magic and why not, even a little bit of drama, so that the ‘love that overpowers everything’ is in its right.

What a better period to read a Christmas story? I was looking forward to read this story, but sometimes my thoughts were ‘ a little bit more magic would have been better’.

It’s not that I didn’t like the story, because I did. But I missed a connection with the main characters. You get to know them, but in my opinion only superficially.

Ailsa and Ned meet each other and immediately there is a mutual interest. And how Ned is described, who wouldn’t be interested?

But looks aren’t everything in the world and I really would have liked to know him better. Out of the blue he seems to be a time traveller and he takes Ailsa with him to meet the past owners of the Carrick Park Hotel, who died in tragic circumstances.

And only after the time travelling part, I was able to enjoy the story. Here did the writer a great job in dragging you back in the years and make you imagine how wonderful it would be to actual be there.

After that I was intrigued into the story and kept reading it until the story was over.

It was a rough start to begin with, but after hanging on a little while, the story gets better and better.

Even if I missed the initial connection with Ailsa and Ned, it was an enjoyable story to read and in the end I was hoping to read more adventures about their time travelling together.

How first impressions can be deceiving…

In this great story, we follow Janey Cornwall after she gets hires as the new lady’s maid in Bosvenna Manor.

She quickly meets mysterious Daniel and after a while also James, son of the owners of the manor.

James immediately shows his interest in Janey and flirts with her.

On the other side, she hears some terrible rumors about Daniel and tries to avoid him as much as possible.

But is the rich and fascinating man also as wonderful as Janey thinks? Or are the rumors about Daniel just gossips of the town and is there more than sees the light?

In this story, it’s made clear that not always all is gold what shines and how wrong our ideas can be.

James is (excuse me for my language) a real dickhead and Daniel has more than what we initially think.

I was quickly attached to the story and kept reading as much as I could, even ignoring what happened around me.

Halfway the story I felt joy, sadness and anger. And there was even more to come!

As I kept reading on, my thoughts were: ‘ How much can they endure??? When will they finally be at peace and enjoy the perks of life?’ .

Despite of all the drama, it’s a very nice book to read, never gets boring.

The chapters are never boring, in everyone of them something happens and you just keep on reading.

I really recommend this book for those who like to read historical books, with lots of drama but, but lets not forget that love is always around the corner and you can find it in places you never thought of!

Even though it’s still a couple weeks left until Christmas, I started this book with curious anticipation.

Already in the prologue you get to know the main character and her sad story. Instantly you despise her husband and you cheer for a happy end.

Melissa never experienced the true Christmas spirit thanks to her ex-husband and distant parents.

When she finally stands up for herself, her first and only priority is her son William.

And a new love interest? Totally not in her plans…

But that’s only until William starts with taking tennis lessons from Daniel.

Both characters aren’t looking for falling in love again, but of course you cannot just decide to not fall in love.

This isn’t a simple love story where you just get to know all the characters superficially.

The writer really explains the thoughts of each person, so that you really get involved into the story and cheer for them.

And how not to adore little William??? He is the reason Melissa and Daniel bond. This little shy guy takes tennis lessons from super-hunk Daniel who proves himself more than just a teacher.

Melissa sees how William opens up and starts to feel more than just friendship for the man responsible for the changes in William.

The story is very easy to read. No chapters that never end and you’re looking for the end of it so you can take a break.

Every chapter has the perfect length. But that didn’t stop me from binge-reading and the book was finished quicker than I thought.

This writer has just found an extra fan!

What’s more to say about my blog about books I’ve read?

Well, this is my blog about books I’ve read 😀.

I always liked reading books, and it all started on a very silly way… It’s always good to blame my dad, so he is the cause of my reading addiction.

When I was still a little girl, a looooooong time ago, I saw him always going to the bathroom with the newspaper. One day I wondered why he did that, so I took a book and tried to see the fun of that.

And since that day, you can find everywhere in the house a book of mine.

A while ago, I had the opportunity to review some books, and now a new opportunity came to post them on an own blog.

So here we are, my own blog!

I read books, and I will post my thoughts about them.

Some books I’ll like, some I won’t like that much…. but you can be sure that I’ll give you my personal and honest opinion about them.

I hope you enjoy reading it!