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A review by beate251
Christmas with the Knights by Hannah Langdon
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this ARC.
Fallon Honeywood is an overworked events planner who gets invited to her mother's fiancé Douglas Knight's manor Blakeney Hall on the Yorkshire Moors for the Christmas period.
Mother Jacqueline is a soap actress in a soap called Mayfair Mews. Throughout Fallon's childhood she has been largely absent, making Fallon feel abandoned. She is still manipulative, used to getting what she wants, roping her daughter into organising an engagement party for her with extremely short notice. However, it looks like Douglas is softening her.
At Blakeney Hall Fallon and her small dog Runcible soon get sucked into the Knight family - Douglas' son Alexander, a widower, and his son Theo, Alexander's gay half-sister Coco and their aunt Constance, plus Douglas' ex-wife Estelle who fronts a popular baking show and unexpectedly bonds with Jacqueline.
Fallon is not one to sit idle - she packs a lot into her day, likes bracing country walks and soon helps Alexander with the marketing for his artisanal gin at the Christmas Fayre.
She is also, against her better judgment, getting involved with nine year old Theo, even though she does not want to have children or look after other people's, largely because she thinks she would be as bad a mother as her own was.
This is predictable and sweet, largely conflict-free and sufficiently Christmassy. It reads well, has a clean romance and lovable supporting characters. The mother-daughter conflict is explored well. If you don't want to engage your brain too much, this is for you.
Fallon Honeywood is an overworked events planner who gets invited to her mother's fiancé Douglas Knight's manor Blakeney Hall on the Yorkshire Moors for the Christmas period.
Mother Jacqueline is a soap actress in a soap called Mayfair Mews. Throughout Fallon's childhood she has been largely absent, making Fallon feel abandoned. She is still manipulative, used to getting what she wants, roping her daughter into organising an engagement party for her with extremely short notice. However, it looks like Douglas is softening her.
At Blakeney Hall Fallon and her small dog Runcible soon get sucked into the Knight family - Douglas' son Alexander, a widower, and his son Theo, Alexander's gay half-sister Coco and their aunt Constance, plus Douglas' ex-wife Estelle who fronts a popular baking show and unexpectedly bonds with Jacqueline.
Fallon is not one to sit idle - she packs a lot into her day, likes bracing country walks and soon helps Alexander with the marketing for his artisanal gin at the Christmas Fayre.
She is also, against her better judgment, getting involved with nine year old Theo, even though she does not want to have children or look after other people's, largely because she thinks she would be as bad a mother as her own was.
This is predictable and sweet, largely conflict-free and sufficiently Christmassy. It reads well, has a clean romance and lovable supporting characters. The mother-daughter conflict is explored well. If you don't want to engage your brain too much, this is for you.