Book Review: Christmas Spirit by Nicola May

I am loving all the Christmas stories being released and I’m very excited to be part of the blog tour for Christmas Spirit, the novella from Nicola May. 

It’s two days before Christmas – and Evie Harris finds herself both manless and jobless. After a chance encounter with handsome Greg (and egged on by her toy-boy-eating friend, Bea) she agrees to work at a homeless shelter on Christmas Day.

Striking up an unlikely friendship with homeless Yves, Evie begins an unwitting journey of spiritual awakening, all set against the sparkling winter backdrop of London landmarks. 

A New Year’s Eve revelation is on its way . . . but will it leave Evie with a happy heart, or will she allow the pre-Christmas past to dictate her future?

Two days before Christmas, Evie has found herself without a job and without her boyfriend.

By chance, she meets Greg and ends up volunteering at a homeless shelter on Christmas Day.

This is also where she meets the mysterious Yves.

Evie embarks on a spiritual journey she doesn’t expect but could be the start of better things.

Oh my! This book.

From beginning to end this novella had me hooked. I don’t have anything bad to say about it. It’s not a long book but I devoured it very quickly because I did not want to stop reading.

Evie has many things happen to her. Still reeling from one thing something else quickly comes along. We’ve all had experience of that at one time or another.

Greg is a smashing love interest and the mysterious Yves adds some additional magic to this festive plot. Who is he? Where has he come from?

The setting is wonderfully described, and a reminder of how stunning London can be; that beautiful things and experiences are all around us if we only take the effort to notice.

This book had a similar vibe/message to The Gift by Cecilia Ahern which is another favourite of mine.

This is a gem of a story that lifted my own spirits. It’s saying don’t forget to make the most of what’s important and to keep moving forward.

Christmas Spirit is going to join A Christmas Carol and The Gift as something I re-read every festive season for sure.

About Nicola: 

Nicola May lives near the famous Ascot racecourse with her black-and-white rescue cat, Stan.  Her hobbies include watching films that involve a lot of swooning, crabbing in South Devon, eating flapjacks – and, naturally, enjoying a flutter on the horses.

Nicola likes to write about love, life and friendship in a realistic way, describing her novels as ‘chicklit with a kick’.

She has written eight novels, with Christmas Spirit being her first novella.

Follow Nicola May via her Website – www.nicolamay.com, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicolaMayAuthor, Twitter – https://twitter.com/nicolamay1 and Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/author_nicola/

Click to view Christmas Spirit on Amazon UK and Amazon US  

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I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.