Kate Turner is content to be single in her sleepy town of Blexford, England. She has a job that she loves, great friends, and a side venture baking treats for her friend Matt’s cafe. When her best friend Laura signs her up with a dating agency offering a holiday “Twelve Dates at Christmas” promotion, Kate finds herself going on twelve blind dates with twelve different men.
I really liked this book and thought it was a cute but predictive holiday romance. There is lots of Christmas in this book and some of the dates are even Christmas themed, such as a gingerbread house making competition.
I thought Kate was such a relatable character. She is independent and while she doesn’t think she needs a man, she just thinks it might be nice to have one. The way she handled all her dates was interesting as well. Some of her dates were jerks and some of them were hung up on their exes. I was a little disappointed that most of her dates didn’t work out and that the only really good guy that she clicked with was gay. But I guess we had to leave room for the hero to slip in after she’s had all her bad dates so…
The fictional town of Blexford was super cute. I definitely wanted to go there and sit in Matt’s cafe and visit Blexford Manor, the stately home that the town had been built around. I thought it was hilarious the way that everyone in the town seemed to know every detail about Kate’s dates right after they happen.
This is another book that I could definitely see as a Hallmark movie!
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Yeah, it should be a hallmark movie.
I definitely agree!