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A heartwarming delightful Christmas story
Definitely a Christmas book to put on your tbr for next season if you haven’t already!
The Christmas Bookshop is a really cozy feel good romance about a bookshop that is on the brink of closure and needs saving. The young Mr McCradie (who is by no means young) has let it run its course and because of that it doesn’t make any profit. In comes Carmen, a whirlwind with a chip on her shoulder. A true bookworm who doesn’t believe in herself and her capabilities. Reluctant to accept the job (because her successful sister arranged it for her) she discovers all her strengths and starts to see that not everyone is against her, quit the opposite actually.
The bookshop is situated in Edinburgh on the picturesque Victoria Street and Christmas is coming, so imagine all the cozy lightings and decorations, of which the bookshop has none. But slowly but surely Carmen revamps the shop and turns it into a Christmas Bookshop with fun, ever changing, window displays and all the pretty Christmas books you can imagine.
I loved this book so much, it reads like a warm hug and you’re truly transported to this old, filled to the nook, bookshop that turns into a Christmas book heaven. You feel the pain in Carmen and how hard it is for her to see all the success her sister has, the pretty house, the big job, the loving husband and the cute kids. Then she gets the opportunity to have a celebrity author in the bookshop and meets him, he’s interested but she sees red flags. Still she doesn’t really turn him down, because it gives her some status. She also meets Oke, a Brazilian Quaker teacher at the university. He’s unlike anyone she’s ever met. What should she do?
Christmas in Edinburgh was already on my bucketlist but is now a lot higher! I imagine it’s super magical and pretty.
If you want all the Christmas magic, with a side of personal development and some super cute romance, please read this book! I can’t wait to read the second book and will do that now even though Christmas is over.
The Christmas Bookshop is a really cozy feel good romance about a bookshop that is on the brink of closure and needs saving. The young Mr McCradie (who is by no means young) has let it run its course and because of that it doesn’t make any profit. In comes Carmen, a whirlwind with a chip on her shoulder. A true bookworm who doesn’t believe in herself and her capabilities. Reluctant to accept the job (because her successful sister arranged it for her) she discovers all her strengths and starts to see that not everyone is against her, quit the opposite actually.
The bookshop is situated in Edinburgh on the picturesque Victoria Street and Christmas is coming, so imagine all the cozy lightings and decorations, of which the bookshop has none. But slowly but surely Carmen revamps the shop and turns it into a Christmas Bookshop with fun, ever changing, window displays and all the pretty Christmas books you can imagine.
I loved this book so much, it reads like a warm hug and you’re truly transported to this old, filled to the nook, bookshop that turns into a Christmas book heaven. You feel the pain in Carmen and how hard it is for her to see all the success her sister has, the pretty house, the big job, the loving husband and the cute kids. Then she gets the opportunity to have a celebrity author in the bookshop and meets him, he’s interested but she sees red flags. Still she doesn’t really turn him down, because it gives her some status. She also meets Oke, a Brazilian Quaker teacher at the university. He’s unlike anyone she’s ever met. What should she do?
Christmas in Edinburgh was already on my bucketlist but is now a lot higher! I imagine it’s super magical and pretty.
If you want all the Christmas magic, with a side of personal development and some super cute romance, please read this book! I can’t wait to read the second book and will do that now even though Christmas is over.
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