Review ‘One New York Christmas’ by Mandy Baggot

It has
been a dream of mine ever since I was a little girl to go to New York someday.
And I love Christmas. So when I saw the cover of ‘One New York Christmas’ I
requested it immediately. Although this book isn’t the kind of romance novel I
read normally, since I usually read Contemporary Romance novels I definitely
wanted to check this book out. Luckily for me I got a copy to read and started
reading it for the #HoHoHo Readathon I was participating in.

In ‘One
New York Christmas’ we meet Lara Weeks. Lara is a small-town girl who always
loved Christmas and her little home town. Lara is definitely a small-town girl
through and through. She drives a truck, knows a lot about farm animals and
isn’t afraid to get dirty. When Lara gets dumped by her boyfriend of two years,
she and her best friend are determined to make him regret his choice. And what
a better way to do that than to go to New York and meet an handsome actor.

This was a
story that took me a little time to really get into. But not in a bad way. There
was just a lot to get into in the first view chapters. Lara is definitely a
tough hardworking woman but when she gets dumped by her good-for-nothing
boyfriend she is devastated. I get that! But I didn’t really like the way she
still wanted the guy back. It frustrated me, which is definitely a bravo to the
author who made me feel these emotions.

After the
first view chapters I began to love this story more and more. I looooooved
Seth’s character. He was an actor, waiting on his big breakthrough but he
definitely didn’t want the whole fame part of being an actor. I loved that
about him. And I loved how kind he was. And this book definitely made me laugh
multiple times. There were so many funny moments.. Especially those moments
when Lara acted without really thinking.

Not only
the romance and the humor in this book was something I enjoyed. I also really
enjoyed the other characters in this book like Seth’s mom, her homeless friends
and Aldo Lara’s brother. There where so many things that made this book fun
that I honestly can’t even write them all down.

Although I
didn’t really need to have any more reasons to want to visit New York one day,
this book made me want it even more. Christmas in New York just sounds magical
and dreamy.. and sigh..

‘One New
York Christmas’ was definitely a very fun Christmas read I enjoyed immensely. I
really have to read more Mandy Baggot books.

Mandy
Baggot is an international bestselling and award-winning romance writer.The winner of the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of
Romance, her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was also shortlisted
for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award
in 2016.

Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu, white wine, country music and handbags.
Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1’s Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor.

Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Society of
Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two
daughters.

For more information about Mandy Baggot please visit her website. Or visit her on Facebook and Twitter.