A Christmas Wish (A Manhattan Dream) by Engy Neville – Review by Sarah Oakes

A Christmas Wish by Engy Neville
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A great read about struggling. Amy McKinsey has it all, with a successful career and a job she loves. While holidaying with her friends, she runs into Richie and falls in love with him. Things are going really well on holiday but it’s a different story when they return home. Work gets in the way of their relationship and makes Richie stressed and distant. In desperation, Amy makes a Christmas wish to help but will it come true?
A great read with a well developed plot. Well developed characters like Amy standing up for herself but caring underneath or Richie as the successful businessman but kind underneath.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel with the beauty and calm of the beach and the bright colourful sunset in wonder and beautifully written in moments of peace.  And the Christmas scenes in the town with the lights and market is colour-full and filled with life and people with the sights of lights and smells like the cider and touch of the soft scarf. Or the sense of magic and wonder at Christmas and snow at Central Park perfectly written.
I liked the very day sense of the novel with two ordinary people struggling through life. The only issue I would raise is that there was often a lot of repetition in places. If this was resolved, it would be five stars. Overall, a great read and I give four stars.

Reviewed by @sarahoakes

View all my reviews