Recent Reads: One Week 'Til Christmas by Belinda Missen

One Week 'Til Christmas by Belinda Missen
Publisher: HQ Digital
Publication Date:  November 1st 2019

 

Format: Ebook
Source: From Netgalley and HQ Digital in exchange for an honest review. This in no way alters my opinion or review.

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

Two people. One chance meeting. Seven days to Christmas.
Isobel Bennett is waiting for the number 11 bus when a man quite literally falls into her lap. Snow is falling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and a gorgeous man with dark brown hair has just slipped on ice and is now pressed against Isobel.
Isobel knows she’s not imagining the chemistry between them. But then his ride arrives and, embarrassed, he beats a hasty retreat, murmuring apologies – and Isobel realises only too late that she didn’t manage to catch his name…
When she runs into him again the next morning, she decides it’s fate.
It’s a second chance for Isobel and Tom – but there’s only one week until she’s leaving London for good. Seven days of enjoying all the festive delights the city has to offer: ice-skating at Somerset House, mulled wine on the Southbank, Christmas shopping at Liberty.
There’s magic in the air and mistletoe in the trees – but what will happen when the week is over?
For fans of Josie Silver, Lucy Diamond and Marian Keyes, this is one Christmas romance you don’t want to miss! 

Review: 
I know it is well past the holidays and Christmas, but I finally dug myself out of work and school assignments and was able to read this one. 

It was such a lighthearted and wonderful holiday romance. I really love holiday romance reads, the whimsical holiday feel and the immediate love interests are just nice. This was a fun book about a journalist who meets a guy in the city and then spends a week with him before Christmas, getting to know him and also improving herself little by little. 

Isobel, the main character was realistic as a character and Tom is fun and keeping her on her toes which was fun to experience. I really liked Isobel's growth through the book and her courage for trying so many things in the week they spent together. Overall this was a festive insta-love romance that if you enjoy those types of books you will probably enjoy.