One Hundred Christmas Proposals – by Holly Martin

Original Cover

My own copy

The blurb:

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to One Hundred Proposals.

If you thought Harry & Suzie’s life couldn't get anymore sweepingly romantic than Harry asking her to marry him at the end of One Hundred Proposals – think again!

It’s Christmas in a snow-kissed London, and the.PerfectProposal.com have vowed to carry out one hundred proposals in December. No easy task at the best of times - made even more complicated by Harry & Suzie trying to plan their first Christmas and a visit from the dreaded in-laws. But one hundred deliciously Christmassy proposals later they find themselves asking if everything is still perfect in their own relationship….

Welcome back to the divinely warm world of One Hundred Proposals – with a sprinkling of pure, joyful, festive magic.

My opinion:

*Book provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*

The cover is just absolutely amazing!!! WOW!! Now words…

I was so excited to be back in Harry’s and Suzie’s world. I love One Hundred Proposals and didn’t want to leave the story and the characters, now let the story continue...

Harry and Suzie are one of my favourite couples ever! Why? That’s easy: They have so much chemistry and their love for each other is so deep, honest and romantic. Being best friends for two years and then admitting their feelings...

Well, it’s just before Christmas now and they are together for a while now. Suzie is still the happiest girl on earth, being with the love of her life, living together, working together and much more... But whenever the word marriage or wedding comes up, Harry is weird.

This gets even more confusing for Suzie when he lies to her about meeting up with Badger and then she overhears Jules and Badger talking. Of course she confronts Harry and they get into a fight. I couldn’t bare this situation, all I wanted fort hem ist o talk about it all. And they did... Harry telling her it was because of her Christmas present... What is he planning?! Well, I had an idea in mind quite fast and... Oh well, not telling you more here, you have to read this story, it’s amazing.

One Hundred Christmas Proposals, that’s what they have come up with for their company, blogging about all these proposals. It was so much fun reading about these various proposals and couples.

For the Christmas present Suzie’s parents turn up as well and let’s just say Suzie’s mother is a bit difficult and with Jules and Badger being a couple now... her son Jack hasn’t even been dead for 2 years. I liked the scenes with all oft hem, trying to hide Badger...

The ending of this short story is just WOW!!! Harry is perfect and they way he loves Suzie, awww.... I had tears in my eyes towards the end, because it was just so emotional, touching and sweet. All oft hem sticking together and being one big great family was also wonderful to read about

Holly found a great way to include both character’s feelings into the story. Suzie being the one telling from her point of view, but then Harry blogging and just doing what he always does.

This book is perfection once again, what are you doing to me Holly Martin?! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE your stories... Brilliant storyline, great voice of writing and so many feelings involved. This book is a must read, which is perfect for Christmas, so festive, authentic and magical...

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My possible cat:

Suzie: Jolina Fust

Harry: Ben Barnes

Holly on Twitter: @hollymartin00

Website: http://hollymartinwriter.wordpress.com

Books I’d Like To Live In by Charlotte Foreman

The above title suggests that I know precisely which books I’d like to live in . . . but I don’t. How can I possibly make such a decision?

If you gave me 10 seconds on the clock, off the top of my head I could name you at least 20 books I’d like to declare squatters’ rights over, and 10 minutes later I would have thought of a 100 more. For now though I’ll just give you my top five:

Harry Potter

An obvious choice, I know, so I’ll keep it brief:

Who wouldn’t want to live at Hogwarts with a prodigy boy-wizard, the female Einstein of spells and the most adorable ginger kid in the world? No one, that’s who.

Twilight

I was more than a little obsessed with the saga, and still hold out hope that I may one day get to visit “the wettest place in the continental US” aka Forks.

See, I hate rain on a level very few people can comprehend. I despise the feeling of damp clothes, holding an umbrella makes I arm ache, everyone is miserable and it ruins my hair (I’m not being vain, but imagine your hair being ironed flat to your face and that’s what I look like if my hair isn’t blow dried). Appalling weather aside, I would love to hang around acting all Bella-esque, looking moody, constantly gasping and whatnot, watching out for sparkly vamps and man-boys to turn into oversized wolves.

Kiss Chase

Whenever I write about my favourite books, Kiss Chase always gets a mention.

I long to be one of Phoebe and Felix’s friends, part of their motely crew, who mostly appeared to be hilariously drunk for most of the story - no one writes a drunk better than Fiona Walker. Fact. I want to be in that bar when Felix walks into the tune of ‘Fever.’ I want to shake some sense into Phoebe and urge her to face up to Saskia. But most of all . . . I want to be at the murder mystery party because it sounds like the best fun ever!

The Keepers Series

Being a huge fan of NA, paranormal and romance reads, Rae Rivers serves up Heaven on a plate for me with her Keepers series.

I adored everything in these books and I’d like nothing better than to see the Beckham grounds in real life, as well as being one of the protected Beckham witches. Although maybe without the life-threatening situations, as I’m a bit of a wimp.

Beautiful Disaster/Walking Disaster

Oh the emotions, the angst and so many more feelings all contained within this one book. While I’m not too keen to be on the receiving end of all these emotions, I’ve love to be a spectator to the epic love story that is Abby and Travis.  

Beneath the Moon and the Stars – by Amelia Thorne

Original Cover

My own copy

The blurb:

Home, sweet home…

Joy Cartier has been to some of the most beautiful places in the world – but none of them have ever felt like home. So moving into a tiny cottage in the idyllic village of Bramble Hill, walking distance from her childhood home, seems like the perfect plan.

That is, until she gets there. The surly inhabitants of Britain’s Friendliest Village are anything but welcoming. Even her neighbour, reclusive Hollywood star Finn Mackenzie, takes one look at her and walks in the other direction.

But when the village animosity steps up a gear, it is the infuriatingly brooding Finn who keeps coming to her rescue. Slowly Joy begins to realise that maybe a happy home isn’t about where you live, but who you’re with…

My Opinion:

*Book provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*

I was really excited to read this debut novel by Amelia Throne. The book sounded great and let me tell you this: IT’S AMAZING!!!

The first chapter was the perfect start to the story, a little mysterious and secretive.

Joy moves to the village of Bramble Hill with the hope of finally finding a real home and since it’s really close to the farm, where she grew up her hopes are high.

However, it turns out that the villagers don’t like her for some reason and her neighbour Finn Mackenzie doesn’t seem to like her. There are Casey and his brother Zach as well. I liked Casey from the start, him being so open about being gay and the two of them building a great friendship, was a pleasure to read about. I was so glad for Joy to have found such a wonderful friend. Zach just wanted one thing from her though…

And there was still Finn, unfriendly Finn, suddenly coming for her rescue and caring for her, several times. I practically saw the sparks flying around there, so much chemistry between them!!!

He stopped going for more though, because of what happened in his past.

I loved the two of them spending time together, getting to know each other and sharing intimate things about their pasts. There was also one thing connecting them…

Finn is amazing! A strong and sometimes a bit cold guy, having so much heart, love and care for a woman. Let’s just say I found me new book boyfriend ;)

Casey kind of had his own story to tell as well, being in love with his best friend and marrying a girl he doesn’t like…

Well, also Casey found his real home…

Joy’s brother Alex was there for his sister throughout the story and I liked how Amelia included him in this whole thing.

Where is home?! That was question Joy had to think about a lot and having developed feelings for Finn, didn’t make this situation easier. What about him and his feelings? Would he let go of his past and finally trust someone again?!

This story is a real emotional masterpiece!!! Full of heart, real feelings, a brilliantly written storyline, authentic characters and so much more. The ending and the epilogue were just so adorable. I had to read them again after finishing the book, because I just fell in love with the words. Joy’s and Finn’s moments were so real and honest and they had such a strong connection, it’s was a real pleasure to read their story and I was so sad when it all ended. I wanted to stay in this story.

This is a story I’ll never forget! I’m still in LOVE and I couldn’t put this book down, I even found myself reading at school, when I had like 5 spare minutes, because I just needed to know!!!

Amelia Throne thank you for such a wonderful, touching and heart-warming story!!! You’re a genius!!! 

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My possible cast:

Joy: Amy Adams

Finn: Henry Cavill

Amelia on Twitter: @Amelia_Writes