🎄 Novel of the Week [Christmas Edition]: With Love at Christmas by Carole Matthews

The only thing Juliet Joyce longs is the perfect Christmas, with homemade food, tons of presents and with every member of her family jolly and serene...Reality, however, couldn't be more far from this desire: both her children are selfish, lazy and have no intention of leaving the house and start to take care for themselves. Her mother, Rita, who has been rude and difficult to deal with for as long as Juliet can remember, is showing signs of demetia and is even harder to bare with.

Thankfully she doesn't have to worry about her father, who recently turned out to be gay, and her extremly patient husband, Rick...

But life's unpredictable and as Christmas Day gets closer, Juliet and Rick will have to face a tragic and unexpected event, Rita's daily uncontrolled behaviors and any other sorts of problems you could think of, making Julies fear everything will fall apart before the big day....

👍👎My Thoughts

This book is going to be remember as the SADDEST Christmas story I’ve ever read! Seriously, that’s why it took me so much to finis hit…every turning page ment more dramas for the ever ottimist and strong protagonist and one more stomach’s knot for me!  

Juliet is the ultimate heroine: generous (way too much sometimes!), always putting her and her needs after everybody else. Even so she has her flaws , which make her just more human and relatable. Her family is complete madness, her senile mother first, but thankfully she has her husband that fills even the most tragic situation with the purest example of British humour!

Before you start the book I highly recommend you to watch tons of kitties and baby pandas videos, but I’d still say it is worth reading exactly because it is not the average Christmas book! Plus, I don’t know why, but I love English characters because they often say “bloody”, “lad” and such a slang always makes me feel like I’m in England! (exactly like Covent Garden in theSnow)

My vote: 7/10

Ph: goodreads.com