Stephanie Jane recenzis Gingerbread at Moonglow de Deborah Garner
Love this series!
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I love these seasonal novellas by Deborah Garner! I read the first two last December and was delighted to be offered the chance to review their new companion this year. Reading Gingerbread At Moonglow is like immersing myself into the perfect secular Christmas and to give you an idea of how effective Garner's atmosphere creation is - I read it sat outside my caravan on a sunny Spanish campsite and came away feeling as though I had genuinely experienced the Montana festivities! These books are becoming traditional for me.
It was lovely to spend time with characters I remembered from the previous novels - meeting up without the antagonism and bickering of real people at this time of year! Much of the story revolves around delicious-sounding meals so I would caution readers to have snacks to hand! There's a tempting recipe section at the end too. Gingerbread At Moonglow is …
I love these seasonal novellas by Deborah Garner! I read the first two last December and was delighted to be offered the chance to review their new companion this year. Reading Gingerbread At Moonglow is like immersing myself into the perfect secular Christmas and to give you an idea of how effective Garner's atmosphere creation is - I read it sat outside my caravan on a sunny Spanish campsite and came away feeling as though I had genuinely experienced the Montana festivities! These books are becoming traditional for me.
It was lovely to spend time with characters I remembered from the previous novels - meeting up without the antagonism and bickering of real people at this time of year! Much of the story revolves around delicious-sounding meals so I would caution readers to have snacks to hand! There's a tempting recipe section at the end too. Gingerbread At Moonglow is sweet without being saccharine. There's no great angst or dramas and the characters are refreshingly nice to each other. An unrealistic dream of course, but for escapist Christmas fiction I think I'd struggle to find anywhere better to visit than the Timberton Hotel.