Twelve Days to Save Christmas - Elizabeth Neep

 On the first day of Christmas, my true love… dumped me.

Poppy loves Christmas and always goes all out to make this magical time of the year extra special for her boyfriend George. But George is strangely not in the Yuletide spirit this year. As Poppy wrestles him into her Christmas jumper built for two for a holiday snapshot, she finds out why.

He’s leaving her. With only twelve days to spend together until Christmas.

Poppy is heartbroken. George is the love of her life, and what would Christmas be without kisses under the mistletoe, his mum’s delicious homemade gingerbread or their super-competitive games of Pictionary?

She’s determined to win George back. So, anxious to prove to him she can be spontaneous, she signs up as a Christmas volunteer at the local community centre. What she doesn’t know is that there’s a festive surprise coming her way…

As Poppy throws herself into her new role – mulling vats of hot cider and hanging fairy lights off everything within reach – she discovers an inner strength she never knew she had. And there’s also Theo. Her new boss. Grumpy and opinionated, he’s everything she doesn’t want.

But as the snow starts to fall, she begins to notice other things about him – like his twinkling green eyes, how he makes her laugh, and how much he cares about the people he’s trying to help.

As the twelfth day approaches, Poppy might be about to discover that the most perfect Christmas might be the one that she didn’t plan at all…

Fans of One Day in December, Beth O’Leary and Mhairi McFarlane will be completely enchanted by this witty and warm festive story about friendship, love and finding yourself.

Author Bio:

Elizabeth Neep was born in 1990 in Derbyshire and now lives in London Bridge. After studying Law at the University of Nottingham and the University of New South Wales, she worked in magazine journalism, most noticeably writing for Dazed and Confused and PETRIe. Elizabeth now works as a non-fiction Senior Commissioning Editor and writes and paints in her spare time.

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My Review

Twelve Days to Save Christmas by Elizabeth Neep
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Twelve Days to Save Christmas is a story about finding your place and accepting who you are, not just at Christmas, but all the year-round. I think that it's sold as a comedy (the cover certainly is similar to other romantic comedy books) and while there are moments that are amusing, I don't really think that this counts as a fun and light-hearted read.
When Poppy's boyfriend dumps her a month before Christmas, she decides to try and win him back and show him what he would be missing. As she gets involved in more and more things, Poppy begins to discover that there's actually more to life than George, her ex-boyfriend and perhaps the life that she's been dreaming of and chasing for the last five years isn't the one that she wants.
The reason that I don't say that this is a romantic comedy is that firstly, ex-boyfriend Geroge is a complete arse. Poppy goes on about how lovely he is, but I honestly couldn't see it. How anyone could justify treating someone that they supposedly loved, like that, I don't know. Even the way that he goes about breaking up with her is cruel. There is the hint of more romance for Poppy, but that isn't really what this story is about. Secondly, Poppy has had a lot to deal with in her life and really, as much as I love bittersweet comedy, that isn't really what this is. It is a good read though and one that I really enjoyed.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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