goodreads | Christmas at Frozen Falls

Title: Christmas at Frozen Falls
Author: Kiley Dunbar
Genre: Christmas, travel, chick-lit
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 273
Date read: January, 2023

Sylvie Magnusson is going to be lonely this Christmas. Instead of jetting off for her honeymoon, she’s freezing at home in Cheshire. Guess that’s what happens when your fiancé dumps you a week before your wedding…

Sylvie’s best friend, Nari, plans a trip to see the Northern Lights and get Sylvie’s mojo back. But as their Lapland getaway approaches, Sylvie realizes that Frozen Falls is the hometown of Stellan Virtanen, her dreamy Finnish ex-boyfriend, the one that got away.

When they meet, Stellan’s still gorgeous – and her heart is warmed when he shows her the romantic delights of Lapland (as well as some adorable Husky puppies). But when she returns to England, can she really leave Stellan behind? Or will she find that her heart belongs in the frozen North?

Fortunately more a winter book than a Christmas book, since I didn't quite manage to finish it until mid-way through January. It totally made me want to go to Lapland though! I've never been, but Kiley Dunbar made it (or at least the area around Frozen Falls) sound so fascinating and charming that it definitely awakened the travel-bug in me.

And I'd definitely say that that's the charm of this book. I enjoyed seeing the friendship between Sylvie and Nari, and the romance was sweet (if not entirely believable - it suffered from much of the same issues as those in the movie "The Holiday"), but it was the setting and that kept me coming back for more.