BOOK REVIEW: The Christmas Stocking and other stories by Katie Fforde

In this exciting stocking of Christmas short stories, you will:
Help your best friend cook Christmas dinner, and end up falling in love with one of the guests.
Arrive on Christmas Eve dressed as a fairy, all set to wave your wand and give a young family their best Christmas ever.
Spend an unexpectedly romantic Christmas honeymoon in a small cottage surrounded by the thickest, whitest snow.
Fall in love with a handsome stranger on Christmas morning- and his badly behaved dog.
Host the perfect and most romantic Christmas celebrations ever, entirely by candlelight. 

Publisher: Arrow

Pages: 417

This is such a lovely book to read at this time of year. I am not a huge fan of short stories but I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Katie Fforde has put together an excellent selection, many of which she has never published before. Obviously, they all have a festive theme but still they are all very different. One of my favourites was about a young couple who spend their honeymoon in a magical cottage in the woods. Somebody is clearly looking after them but there are no footprints in the snow so where is this kindness coming from?
I do love a good festive read in the run up to Christmas and Katie Fforde gives the reader a real treat with this book. The stories are full of warmth, magic, love, friend
ship, mince pies and mulled wine! So if you are looking for a book to dip in and out of in between wrapping presents and putting decorations up then look no further!

Many thanks to Arrow books for sending me a copy of this book to review!