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The blurb:
The perfect seasonal tale of how
laughter, friends and wacky Christmas jumpers can mend a broken heart. For fans
of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan.
Heartbroken after being jilted at
the altar, Sybil has been saved from despair by her knitting obsession and now
her home is filled to bursting with tea cosies, bobble hats, and jumpers. But,
after discovering that she may have perpetrated the cock-up of the century at
work, Sybil decides to make a hasty exit and, just weeks before Christmas, runs
away to the picturesque village of Tindledale.
There, Sybil discovers Hettie’s
House of Haberdashery, an emporium dedicated to the world of knitting and
needle craft. But Hettie, the outspoken octogenarian owner, is struggling and
now the shop is due for closure. And when Hettie decides that Sybil’s
wonderfully wacky Christmas jumpers are just the thing to add a bit of
excitement to her window display, something miraculous starts to happen…
My Opinion:
I love Alexandra Brown’s
Carrington’s series and that’s why I was really excited for this
book!!! And
it’s the start for a whole new series, that’s awesome!
This story follows Sybil.
After being left at the altar six months ago and having trouble at work she
decides to go away for a while. Her broken heart needs a mend. She goes to this
lovely village called Tindledale, to visit a friend.
Sybil is such a wonderful
character; she is in a bad place when we meet her. But that change seems to her
good and she is finally doing something to get out of her misery. I loved
following her story, getting to know all these wonderful people in Tindledale
and let me tell you one thing: This village is perfect and sweet and the right
place for Sybil to change her life. The other character’s are so sweet and
helpful and they all become friends really fast.
When Sybil goes into Hettie’s House of Haberdashery
she falls in love with the place and that lovely woman. Her shop is in for
closure, but can Sybil help to change that?! After all she has a huge passion
for knitting and she comes up with a plan.
Eventually
parts of her past come creep9ing up, but she has her own way to deal with it
all now and let’s not forget gorgeous and sexy doctor Ben. They had the perfect
chemistry from the start and it was great to read about them getting to know
each other more and more, there were so many sparks and sweet scenes between
them.
Tindledale
is an amazing place and just the place for a Christmas story, with so much
magic, festive spark and the snowy and sweet surroundings.
Sybil’s dog
Basil added so much cuteness to the book, I loved the way Alex included him
into the story.
It wouldn’t
be an amazing book without some drama going on. It added the right amount of
mystery and secret to the story and all the revelations towards the end, made
the personalities of all character’s clearer. All the character’s are well
lined out and one can see that Alexandra Brown has put a lot of thought and
details into each one of them
This book is
my fave out of Alex’s books so far. I love her writing, t’s brilliant. It’s so
detailed, vivid and sparkly. I felt like being there with the characters in
this beautiful, festive and romantic place!!
THIS BOOK
IS A MAGICAL MASTERPIECE!!! It’s full of emotions, warm feelings and
Christmassy spark. The perfect book to snuggle up to surrounded by Christmas
lights and mulled vine.
I can’t
wait for the next book of this series!!! Hurry up Alex ;)
Rating:
My possible cast:
Sybil: model
Ben: model
Alex on Twitter: @alexbrownbooks
Website: http://www.alexandrabrown.co.uk
