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Loading... Happy Christmas Eveby Jackie Ladbury
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"Pure festive joy; fun, charming, cheery and a very delicious romance, everything you would want from a Christmas book is right here." --Chicks, Rogues and Scandals All I want for Christmas is you . . . or you? Eve Halligan is back in her hometown for Christmas after a whirlwind few years touring with her band, the Molotovs. A lot has changed since she left, but two things have stayed the same. One: Eve is head-over-heels in love with Lucien Malikov, the Molotovs' bad boy lead singer. Two: Lucien is completely indifferent to her. Still, Eve dreams that this could be the Christmas where she convinces Lucien that they're made for each other. But when childhood friend and local caterer Theo Wright comes back into her life bringing with him festive cupcake and sausage roll conundrums, Eve begins to question whether her Christmas dreams have been wasted on the wrong man . . . "Full of sparkling snow and cozy baking sessions, this is a treat of a read for Christmas this year . . . festive reading like a huge hug." --Books, Life and Everything "Very addictive reading . . . a fun and festive tale told with warmth and humor . . . a fabulous read." --gingerbookgeek "I just love this book. It's not sugary sweet with some humor and of course the much longed for happy ending. 5 stars." --B for Bookreview No library descriptions found. |
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Eve is in love with a selfish man-child who is incapable of loving anyone other than himself. Until her eyes are fully opened to him, she will be unable to free herself from him and find true love.
Enter love-lorn Theo Wright, who has loved Eve for as long as she has wanted Lucien. Theo is now a successful caterer, and hopes to win Eve over. He knows that he has to wait for Eve to get over her infatuation with Lucien, and see him (Theo) for the man he is. And all this plays out against a Christmas backdrop.
This is a lovely, well-written, Christmasy novella with plausible, well-drawn characters. I was rooting for Theo from the beginning, and desperately wanted Eve to wake up and see that Lucien was merely using her. Lucien is absolutely despicable, wrapped up in himself, and only offers Eve the hope of a relationship with him when he thinks she is about to fall into the arms of another.
I felt very cross with Eve that she could not see what everyone else could about Lucien. She kept making excuses for him, and accepted that he was the authority in all things related to the band. In reality he was keeping her hidden in the background so that the limelight would fall on him alone.
Theo gives her the courage she needs to rectify the situation, and has a couple of friends help along the way.
Of the secondary characters, I particularly liked Maisie, Theo's step-sister. She wants to be an angel with gold wings in the school nativity, despite being given the leading role of Mary. Let's just say she goes a little off-script on the big night, and I found it hilarious.
A lovely cosy Christmas love story. (