This Christmas: The most romantic love story since The Holiday by Emma HeatheringtonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Rose loved Christmas until her boyfriend Michael was killed in a car accident on Christmas Eve, now she can't bear to celebrate and hides away from friends and family. This year, on a whim, she asks her uncle if she can stay in his AirBNB Seaview Cottage in Donegal, even though it technically isn't available at Christmas.
Charlie is spending his first Christmas without his beloved six year-old daughter Rebecca, who has moved to Spain with his ex-wife and her new husband. Unable to face a Christmas without his daughter, his accountant has pulled some strings to get him Seaview Cottage, because he and his wife know the owner.
Of course no-one knows what has happened until Rose and Charlie arrive at the one-bedroom cottage together. Eventually they agree to share the cottage, alternating the bedroom, with their two dogs. Charlie suggests since they both wanted to be alone that they only converse via text message and/or the whiteboard in the kitchen.
Despite their bah humbug attitudes the season gradually wins them over, but can they get over their feelings and get together? And can they put the past behind them?
This both dragged and seemed to be a case of instalurve in a few days. There was some needless attempts at suspense and some strange to-and-fro at the end which left me wondering exactly where Charlie was at any one time.
Anyway, I should know better than to buy any book that has a colon followed by some hi-falutin' claims in the title - the only thing that guarantees is that the statement after the colon is 100% not true.
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