Published: 3rd December 2015 (Paperback Edition)
Publisher: Transworld
Pages: 352
Available in Hardback, Paperback and on Kindle
Blurb
It is almost a year since Sean and Thea met and it's been a roller-coaster ride: they're getting married on Christmas Eve!
Neither Thea or Sean want a big fuss - a simple wedding, with Christmas carols and just a few sprigs of mistletoe for decoration is all they need. But before they know it, things begin to get complicated. Trying to manage a long-distance relationship in the build-up to their Christmas wedding is one thing, but as one challenge after another comes their way, the happy couple begin to wonder if they'll ever make it down the aisle...
Neither Thea or Sean want a big fuss - a simple wedding, with Christmas carols and just a few sprigs of mistletoe for decoration is all they need. But before they know it, things begin to get complicated. Trying to manage a long-distance relationship in the build-up to their Christmas wedding is one thing, but as one challenge after another comes their way, the happy couple begin to wonder if they'll ever make it down the aisle...
Review
A Merry Mistletoe Wedding is Judy Astley’s Christmas novel
for 2015. It follows on from last year’s book It Must Have Been the Mistletoe,
which I’d suggest you read first if you haven’t already and would like to. A
Merry Mistletoe Wedding could be read as a standalone novel but I feel it works
best as a sequel as you would miss out on a lot of information which really
adds to the story if you haven’t read the first book.
In this novel Thea are Sean are planning their wedding which
they want to be held in Cornwall at Christmas just like how they met. All they
really want for their day is the beach, some mistletoe and each other but like
any wedding they incur a number of setbacks which make them question if getting
married really is the right thing to do?
Like Judy’s other Christmas novels this book has a fabulous
cover which oozes festive spirit with the Christmas tree and all the twinkling
lights. However unlike It Must Have Been the Mistletoe it didn’t feel like it was
a Christmas novel at all. In fact Christmas only features in a little of
Emily’s plans and right at the very end of the book. Despite this, I did really
enjoy this book. I loved following Thea
on her journey through wedding planning with difficulties from her family and
was hoping she’d eventually find her happy ever after.
Along with Thea and her wedding plans the book also features
narrative from Anna who is on the hunt for a new home and Emily who is
struggling with post-natal depression after giving birth to Ned her third
child. I really felt closer to Emily in this book as we learn more about her
depression and her fears of being snowed in again and something bad happening
to baby Ned. Surprisingly it seems to be family friend Charlotte who makes the
most effort to try and help Emily and these scenes were definitely my
favourites in the book.
I really enjoyed this book and Judy’s writing style which is
heart-warming and easy to read has definitely put Judy Astley in my “must read
more of” for this year. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley who sent me a
copy to review. I’d rate this book 4/5.
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