Those of you that know me, Know I'm not a fan of christmas and call me the Grinch, After hearing good things about this book. I just had to give it a whirl.....so this is where the Grinch went fluffy one Sunday afternoon. And what a Magical Sunday afternoon it turned out to be, curled up on the sofa with a cuppa .Being whisked into this enchanting story. I hear this is a new title and was originally called The Postcard. which I think is more fitting to the story because this book isn't actually

I found Lily Graham's A Cornish Christmas delightful. Her characters are great, and the author's names for certain characters such as the mother-in-law being The Terrorist, and this name is started by her own children! A married couple move to Cornwall to start anew after experiencing frustration and failure while trying to have a baby. I enjoyed Ms. Graham's characters. They are real, and the things they experienced fit the character/s perfectly. I felt as though I knew them. The language the a...

It wasn’t my favorite Lily Graham book and not really my idea of a Christmas story but it was ok.

A Cornish Christmas by Lily Graham is a most delightful contemporary novel dealing with life and death, friendship and family, hope and fears. I absolutely adored it as I sank into its pages and was hooked from the start.The novel is told from the point of view of Ivy. She lost her Mum five years earlier but there is still a Mum shaped hole inside her. "I needed Mum and her unshakable, unbreakable faith." No matter how old you get, you still need your Mum.The novel is a study in grief. It is raw...

Ivy and her husband Stuart have left their hectic life in London behind and are now living in a Cornish village where Stuart is creating beautiful gourmet products using the produce from their vegetable garden. Ivy can work anywhere, she's a successful children's books illustrator and because she's back in Cornwall she feels like she can start living her dream. Ivy misses her mother though. She died too early and now that Ivy is finally pregnant she can use some motherly advice.Ivy's father has

I enjoy this author's style and the characters were well-developed and sympathetic, but I had trouble getting around the magical elements of the story, particularly the communication from beyond the grave. I just couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to really enjoy this story. The mood fit my desire for a pleasant, romantic read during the holiday season, but the story was a little too unrealistic and far-fetched for my liking.

Ivy and Stuart recently moved to a village called Cloudsea. It's a new chapter in their life as they have a new home and they are finally expecting a child. They have reached the point, where the life is rather relaxing and enjoyable, the only thing that's bothering is Ivy's mother-in-law, who doesn't seem to think much of her work, about the fact that they moved and wants to send Ivy to a doctor's appointment, because she doesn't know about the baby yet. Ivy is still sad and misses her mom, esp...

A Cornish Christmas was so much more than I was expecting! It is a story about the love between a mother and daughter and hope. It is a moving tale that reduced me to tears.Ivy lost her mother five years ago and when she puts her mother’s old writing desk in her cottage she finds a mysterious postcard within the desk that is addressed to her by her mother but is not completed. That is all I want to say as I do not want to spoil the story for those who have not read it. It was originally called T...

So you read the synopsis and expect to be let in for a magical fluffy Christmas themed book. No! That's not what you get at all I think...thankfully what you do get is a rather compelling sort of book. Let me explain. Many of my regular Blog Visitors know that when it comes to 'paranormal' or 'ghost' type stories I tend to roll my eyes. The exception to this rule only comes in the form of the extremely talented Crime Writer Caroline Mitchell. You may now add to that list Lily Graham. I'm never t...

4⭐️.A Cornish Christmas by Lily Graham is a light enjoyable story that can be read any time of year. The protagonists, Stuart and his wife, Ivy, have moved to a small village in Cornwall to live a more quiet peaceful life than they had in London with the high stress of city living, work deadlines and an interfering mother-in-law. I love handsome, funny Stuart who enjoys gardening, cooking, and trying new recipes (especially making jams and jellies from vegetables) and Ivy, illustrator and writer...

A very sweet story - with just a touch of paranormal.

Okay, so it turns out I’ve now read this book twice, well, sort of. I didn’t realise I had already read the shorter version of this book under the name of The Postcard, until I reached the part with Rudolph, and thought, wait a minute, I’ve definitely read about Rudolph and his shiny nose before, and I don’t mean the children’s book Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, although I did love that as a child. I did a bit of Goodreads investigating, and realised I read The Postcard a year ago. Yes, my mem...

This is my final Christmas read for this year, and is quite possibly the best of my Christmas reads in 2017.  My first time reading the work of Lily Graham was very rewarding.A lovely couple feature in this novel. Ivy Everton, an artist, and her husband, Stuart Everton. They have recently moved  from the hustle and bustle of London, to a charming Cornish 'Sea Cottage' 'free-holding'.  Ivy is missing her mother terribly.  Even after five years, she pines for those times she had with her dear Mum

I was looking forward to reading A Cornish Christmas and I thought I was going to like it, but unfortunately it wasn't really my thing. I had already read while scrolling through other reviews that this book can be regarded as magical realism, which had made me really curious, but it turned out that exactly the magical realism part bothered me. It was a cute story, a cute location, Ivy and Stuart were a cute couple, but overall I found the plot to be too unrealistic. Also, I didn't quite get the...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Y’all know I have been reading a ton of Christmas books this December, so it is no small thing when I tell you that this is my favorite to date. A young wife and her husband are struggling with infertility so they move home to Cornwall for a chance to de-stress from busy careers and life in London. Ivy, our lead heroine, is an artist still mourning the loss of her mom five years prior. Her kind and sweet husband Stuart will do anything to help make her life better and help her overcom...