Love at the Northern Lights - Darcie Boleyn (Blog Tour)

Date of Reading: 01/09/2018

Author: Darcie Boleyn

Publisher: Canelo

Year: 2018

Source: NetGalley 

Rating: 3.5/5 

About the book:

‘Climbing out the window in her dress and tiara wasn’t exactly how Frankie imagined her wedding day…’ 

Runaway bride Frankie Ashford hops a plane to Norway with one goal in mind - find her estranged mother and make peace with the past. But when a slip on the ice in Oslo lands her directly in Jonas Thorsen’s viking-strong arms, her single-minded focus drifts away in the winter winds.

When it comes to romance Jonas knows that anything he and Frankie share has an expiration date - the British heiress has a life to return to in London that’s a world away from his own. But family is everything to Jonas and, as the one man who can help Frankie find the answers she’s seeking, he’ll do whatever it takes to help her reunite with her mother.

Now, as Christmas draws closer and the northern lights work their magic Frankie and Jonas will have to make a choice...play it safe or risk heartbreak to take a chance on love.

My Review:

        Is there anyone who cannot fall in love with this amazing cover? Well, I certainly is not one to resist a book as beautiful as the Northern Lights. Being set in Norway mostly, the story is full of wintry feelings and Christmas magic. A tale of redemption, quest for truth and a sizzling romance with a Thor like man -- Boleyn has knit them all together effortlessly.

       The blurb was a bit confusing giving me the impression that Frankie and Jonas are going to search for her mother which was not the case. Her mother, Frey, was Jonas' employer and both meet and recognise each other at the beginning itself. Trouble was confessing to each other their true identity and reconciling her mother to the little rich family she has left behind.

       But it all proceeds wonderfully on par with the true spirit of  Christmas and the overall atmosephere Boleyn creates is magical and will fill your hearts with happiness. That being said, there was one thing that kept disturbing me. The thoughts and indecisions that were passing through the minds of Frankie and Jonah. It has become so repetitive that towards the end I started skipping some paragraphs because they all conveyed the same thing. A series of dialogues with their confidante would have been a better way to reveal their true feelings to readers. But apart from that, this was a highly satisfying read that should be definite addition to your Christmas TBR.

Meet the author:

Darcie Boleyn has a huge heart and is a real softy. She never fails to cry at books and movies, whether the ending is happy or not. Darcie is in possession of an overactive imagination that often keeps her awake at night. Her childhood dream was to become a Jedi but she hasn’t yet found suitable transport to take her to a galaxy far, far away. She also has reservations about how she’d look in a gold bikini, as she rather enjoys red wine, cheese and loves anything with ginger or cherries in it – especially chocolate. Darcie fell in love in New York, got married in the snow, rescues uncoordinated greyhounds and can usually be found reading or typing away on her laptop.