Review for The Christmas Wish by Tilly Tennant: ★★★

The Christmas Wish by Tilly Tennant

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


::..Reviewed for Red's Midnight Readers..::

This is the first time I have read anything by Tilly Tennant and I had mixed emotions about this book as there were parts I loved and parts that I really didn't.

The main character Esme was a weak character throughout the majority of the story. She was constantly making excuses for the absurd behaviour of her already married, cheating, controlling fiancé, despite the intervention from her parents and her Gran. I might have enjoyed it more if it wasn't for this ridiculous aspect of the story, I have little or no time for characters like this.

However, I did start enjoying the story more when she took off on the perfect Christmas holiday, that her late Gran has planned for them both. It was a gorgeous setting that set the tone for the rest of the story.

The Christmas Wish is a story of heartache and self-discovery and it is a real cute story for this time of the year!

Blurb

Christmas is coming but it doesn’t feel that way for Esme Greenwood. Recently jilted by her cheating fiancee Warren,she’s had enough of London life and escapes to Thimble Cottage in the Peak District, home of her beloved grandmother Matilda. 

While Esme mourns for the wedding she’ll never have, Matilda puts her granddaughter back together again with comforting words and generous helpings of fruitcake and together, they plan the trip of a lifetime, to Lapland to see the northern lights, somewhere Matilda has always dreamt of going. 

But tragedy strikes and when Matilda dies, Esme screws up the courage to go on the trip on her own to honour her beloved grandmother’s wishes. At the airport she meets a motley crew of characters including Zach, a handsome, brooding, out-of- work actor and together they set off for an adventure. 

Beneath the indigo skies of Lapland, Esme and Zach grow closer. But when Esme is bombarded by messages from Warren promising he’s changed and she discovers that Zach is hiding something very significant - will her head be turned? And when a trip to the northern lights reveals the full extent of Zach’s own secret past, is there any hope that Esme will get the happy ending that her grandmother wished for her? 

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