Let It Snow by Beth Moran Boldwood Book tour review!

Let it Snow by Beth Moran

4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Blurb:

After the end of a long-term relationship, local weather girl Bea Armstrong has been avoiding her family, and their inevitable ‘I-told-you-sos.’ But with Christmas fast approaching, she is finally on her way home to Charis House, the school in Sherwood Forest that her mum and dad run in their old family home. And to top it all off, the insufferable Henry Fairfax – who her parents have always wanted her to marry – has also been invited.

Relief comes in the shape of a last minute interview for her dream job. There are just a few minor problems… The interview is in Scotland, Bea has no car, and the snow is falling already. The only solution is for Henry to drive her – could this Christmas get any worse…

But during an unforgettable two day interview, a stay in a log cabin and a nightmare journey through the snow, Henry turns out to be nothing like she thought. And when Bea’s first love and recent ex shows up, Bea has a difficult choice to make…

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This was my second book by Beth Moran and I definitely found this one to be a lot better. From the start, Bea can be seen as a strong and intelligent woman preparing to return home for Christmas, the first time in 5 minutes. At her job, Bea suspects she is being sabotaged by a co-worker but does not take it very seriously.

After her perilous journey back home, Bea stumbles upon her meddling mother who is determined to play matchmaker during her holidays. Bea finds Henry, her childhood frenemy, in her living room where it's explained he is working for her parents and living in the home until a separate property is ready for him. Bea takes this meddling with a grain of salt although she is not pleased about it.

Henry it seems, has changed dramatically since being a teenager and it confuses Bea on how handsome she finds him.

Now, reading the first 20% I felt Bridget Jones vibes. When Bridget arrived home in her cringy Christmas jumper to find Mark Darcy sitting at the table. They acknowledge each other but that is as far as it goes.

It was really nice reading this and noticing similarities.

Bea finds out she was offered a job interview for a large and notorious TV broadcasting company but had no idea about it. The only issue is that it is in Scotland and she had around 7 hours to get there. Henry is prepared to take the journey with her and witnessing their shifting change in their relationship was fantastic to read. Seeing flashbacks of previous encounters between the two provided well-needed context.

After a disastrous interview and a difficult journey home, Bea soon realises how happy Henry makes her but one intrusion prolongs the tension between the two - the return of Adam, Bea's childhood love whom she broke up with six months ago. Now, Beth Moran wrote his character perfectly. I honestly could not stand him. He was persistent and infuriating and this was shown in a change in Henry's behaviour but also in Bea's attitude towards her previous relationship.

I really loved this book. It has the perfect balance of Christmas, personal development and romance. I highly recommend this book. The only reason this is not 5 stars is that during parts I found the lack of communication to be frustrating.