The Christmas Invitation - Trisha Ashley

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Title: The Christmas Invitation
Author: Trisha Ashley
Genre: Christmas, Chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: Audiobook ~15hrs
Date read: January, 2022

Meg is definitely not in the Christmas mood. She’s never gone in for tinsel, baubles and mistletoe, and right now she’s still getting over an illness. Yet when she’s invited to spend the run-up to Christmas in the snowy countryside, rather than dreary London, she can’t refuse.

Arriving at a warm and cosy family home in a small hilltop village, Meg soon begins to wonder what a proper Christmas might be like. But just as she’s beginning to settle in, she spots a familiar face. Lex.

Despite the festive cheer, Meg suddenly wants nothing more than to get as far away from him, and their past secrets, as she can. But if she stays, could this be the year she finally discovers the magic of Christmas...?


A sweet Christmas story that's every bit as charming as I have come to expect from Trisha Ashley. I really enjoyed reading about Christmas at the Red House, and found it SO satisfying that Carla had backbone enough to stand up to pretty much everybody, so certain people didn't get to steamroll over everybody.

The plot is nothing special, but there were some twists and turns I hadn't guessed ahead of time (although some slightly more deux ex machina'esque than others), and as always the charm of Trisha Ashley's novels comes from her characterizations. I loved Carla, Henry, Meg and Teddy especially.