This review is up a little later than it should be, but A Wonderful Night isn't all mistletoe, wine and the sugar plum fairy. It deals with a hard hitting subject mental illness which isn't an easy subject to get right and for the author to come across as sympathetic, not as a plot tool. Jamie Admans does justice to the illness and brings a focus to the illness.
My heart went out to the hero Leo and I found myself crying and feeling his pain, sadness I just wanted to give him a big hug and say that there is someone he can lean on.
Oakbarrow will remind many people of perhaps their own town, where lots of independent shops have closed down, people struggling to make a living or just getting by day to day.
There are so many themes running through the book but all woven seamlessly together but none over the power the other. I did laugh several times at Georgia's antics which could have quite easily blown up in her face.
If there is one book you read this year or even next makes sure It's A Wonderful Night, you won't be disappointed.
One
night will change their lives forever…
Georgia
Bailey is closing up her little charity shop in Oakbarrow when she
gets a mysterious late night call from a stranger, threatening to
jump off the town’s bridge.
Something
about the man’s voice is faintly familiar but all she can do is
stay on the line and, after talking for hours and losing sense of
time passing, coax him back from the edge.
The
next morning, Georgia walks to work, buys a festive latte from Leo
(who she’s had a crush on for months!) at the local coffee shop,
and is shocked when she suddenly recognizes the voice from last
night…
A
heartwarming festive love story that reminds us that even in the
darkest of times, hope is always just around the corner!
Bio:
Jaimie is a
32-year-old English-sounding Welsh girl with an awkward-to-spell
name. She lives in South Wales and enjoys writing, gardening,
watching horror movies, and drinking tea, although she’s seriously
considering marrying her coffee machine. She loves autumn and winter,
and singing songs from musicals despite the fact she’s got the
voice of a dying hyena. She hates spiders, hot weather, and cheese &
onion crisps. She spends far too much time on Twitter and owns too
many pairs of boots.
She will never have
time to read all the books she wants to read.
She is the author of
chick-lit romantic comedies The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters, The
Little Wedding Island, It’s a Wonderful Night, and Kismetology, and
she has also written young-adult romantic comedies Afterlife Academy,
Not Pretty Enough, and North Pole Reform School.
Author
links:
Book links:
Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D4679MT
Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D4679MT
Also available from
all other ebook retailers.
UK ONLY Giveaway!
It's
a Wonderful Night Goodie bag, includes:
*It's
a Wonderful Night notebook
*It's
a Wonderful Night fridge magnet
*A
signed postcard of the cover
*A
copy of It's a Wonderful Life on DVD because this is the inspiration
behind the story.
*An
invisible spine Paris notebook because it's where Georgia wants to go
more than anywhere in the world.
*A
light-up Christmas tree pen, because who doesn't need a light-up
Christmas tree pen at this time of year?!
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