Tropes: childhood acquaintances to lovers ~ The story starts off in a cozy bookstore that Nory owns and then moves to the castle but where is the Christmassy vibes? I felt like it had Christmas stuff near the end of the book but I was expecting it from beginning to end. There was a lot of friend drama, maybe too much drama, but I was hoping for a simple, sweet Christmas love story. So there was a lot of judging going around. Nory went to a boarding school and all her friends are rich, compared to Isaac and everyone at home who isn’t rich. There is also the subject of classism throughout the story. ~ I was expecting light hearted but got a book with some heavy topics like a friend who committed suicide and even Nory’s past scandal of sleeping with one of her friends while drunk (and he’s married). Isaac is someone from Nory’s hometown and past and it was pretty funny how they reunite again. + I thought the love story was very sweet. Everyone had such different personalities, they each stood out. I thought they were a fun group and I loved how they interacted with one another. + There is a big cast of characters because we get to meet Nory’s friends from school. This is where she runs into Isaac and an attraction between them sparks. It’s a reunion of Nory and her boarding school friends and the castle is in her hometown. + It starts off in a cozy bookstore, I got the holiday feels right away just from that alone but then it moves on to a castle in the English countryside where Nory’s friend is going to get married at.
I was expecting a light-hearted Christmas romance but I got something a little bit more than that. And as Nory spends more time with Isaac over the wedding festivities, she finds herself falling hard for the boy who used to throw mud at her and her posh friends.Īs Nory and Isaac explore their common ground, pressures mount on all sides and Nory must decide what kind of life she wants to live and what sort of love is worth the risk…Ĭontent Warning: mention of suicide, cheating When she falls quite literally into the arms of Isaac, the head gardener with nothing but contempt for the ‘snobby prep school kids’, the attraction between them is undeniable.
The reunion brings back fond memories, but also requires Nory to dodge an ill-advised former fling. So, when her oldest friends invite their school gang to spend the days leading up to their wedding together at the school castle, Nory must prepare herself for an emotionally complicated few days. Forever torn between her working-class upbringing and her classmates’ extravagant lifestyles at the posh private school she attended on scholarship, Nory has finally figured out how to keep both at equal distance. Elinor Noel – Nory for short – is quite content running her second-hand bookshop in London.
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