Book Review: Snowflakes on Silver Cove

5 twinkling stars (I absolutely loved it) for Snowflakes on Silver Cove by Holly Martin

Libby Joseph is famous for her romantic Christmas stories. Every December, readers devour her books of falling in love against the magical backdrop of the Christmas season. If only Libby believed in the magic herself… 

Struggling to finish her current novel, Libby turns to her best friend and neighbour George Donaldson to cheer her up. But George also needs a bit of support himself. Nervous about getting back into the dating saddle after splitting from his wife, he and Libby strike a deal. She will teach George how to win over the ladies, and Libby will in turn be inspired to inject her novel with a good dose of romance. 

As Libby and George explore the beautiful White Cliff Bay on a series of romantic Christmas-themed dates, Libby finds herself having more fun than she’s had in ages and…discovers feelings that she never knew she had for George. 

But is it too late? Will George win someone else’s heart or can Libby act like the heroine in one of her stories and reach for her own love under the mistletoe this Christmas? 

Snuggle up with a piece of Christmas cake and mulled wine, and spend the festive season at White Cliff Bay. You won’t want to leave! Christmas at Lilac Cottage also out now.  

Source: Goodreads

I was kindly given a copy through Netgalley, with many thanks to the publisher. And thanks to Holly for including me in the blog tour.

I tend to waffle a lot whenever I read a brilliant book and fail to do it justice in a review. And this is one of those occasions! 

She's done it again. Holly is slowly but steadily becoming my favourite women's fiction author. Her stories are always filled with a little bit of magic and lots and lots of strong relationships that make you all warm and fuzzy inside.

We're back in White Cliff Bay and this time we aren't treated to one love story but two! (I know!)
We first meet George and Libby, best friends from the moment they met 6 months ago. George has been in love with the quirky Libby ever since, if only she thought of him that way!

But as Libby struggles with writing her current novel and her departure date out of WCB is slowly approaching, she finds herself reluctant to leave and she has the feeling that George is a big part of it.

When they get a new neighbour, George sees this as the perfect opportunity to forget all about his feelings for Libby and ask out this stranger. Only, he's been alone for so long that he isn't sure anymore if he's got what it takes to charm a girl. Libby agrees on helping him out by going on practice dates with him and giving him useful tips.

Libby finds that not only is she enjoying these dates, they're also firing her creativity, and starts feeling things she hasn't felt in a long time.

As time goes too fast, and Libby's departure date is fast approaching, there's only one question that really needs answering: What's the point in practising taking out another person, when the one that you want is sitting right in front of you?

Libby and George will soon find out.

I did tell you about a second love story developing in this lovely book. But you know what, I'm not going to give away everything. I'll leave that one up to you to discover ^^

The WCB series have become the perfect Christmas reads and dare I say that I enjoyed Snowflakes on Silver Cove even more than I have enjoyed Christmas at Lilac Cottage? :O  I can hardly believe it myself! But Holly didn't disappoint. She gave us characters that you loved from the first page up until the last one. This combined with a lot of sexual tension and plenty of sweet and wonderful moments, it's been an absolute delightful experience to read.

The fact that I couldn't stop giggling throughout the first two chapters is saying something. And in truth, the rest of the story had me smiling like an absolute loon too. There's nothing about this story I can think of that I didn't like and that's saying something.

I also totally squealed in delight when my old friends Penny and Henry made an appearance!

I envy Holly's talent so much and aside from being one of the sweetest people out there, she is an enormously talented writer who I wish I could steal some fairy dust from. She simply masters the skills that make a brilliant author.

Snowflakes on Silver Cove was a story that made me wish I could be a fictional character in this story myself!