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Yet again another fantastic book from a Milly. Great story of friends. Really wonderful characters. Can’t wait for the next book Milly

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Reading a book by Milly Johnson is like riding a rollercoaster whilst wrapped in a snuggly throw, holding a hot drink in one hand and a book in the other. This book is no exception, I experienced a gamut of emotions from cover to cover. I laughed, I cried, there was intrigue, and drama, death and babies. The title comes from the three main characters, three women who become friends when they join an antenatal group called The Christmas Pudding Club, where all the members are expecting their babies around Christmas.

Interspersed throughout the story were excerpts from a local newspaper, The Daily Trumpet, notorious within the story for having a reputation for unfortunate typos. The excerpts were corrections to articles, and were absolutely hilarious. I laughed out loud so much reading those, some articles relating to the characters within the book, and some completely unrelated. It was a charming addition to a wonderful story, and complemented the book to perfection. I will be buying this book on November 15th 2018 to add to my collection.

I was given this book via Netgalley and Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest review.

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I love Milly's so therefore couldn't wait to read this one and the title really attracted me and certainly didn't disappoint me at all. It's full of fun, laughter and heartbreak while making new friendships and having decisions to make. A great read full of Christmas with everyone expecting a Christmas joy. It's very hard to read at times as heartbreaking but great how it is written to make you realise we can cope with hard situations. The characters are brilliant and it's just a simply brilliant read and worth more than five stars.
It's based around theee main characters who all find themselves pregnant and their young dr has set up a group for mums to be so they can bond and share ideas together and spend longer together before the babies are born so support and help each other in a number of different ways. The group will be called the Christmas pudding club as all babies are due at Christmas will it be a success of a group or not. The three characters are:

Eve who is a co owner of a winter wonderland theme park and she has decided she wants to renew her wedding vowels at Christmas as her wedding was so quiet the first time round but can problems at the theme park hinder her or not also she finds out she is expecting and due just after Christmas so nearer the time will she regret decisions she has made and can she be happy.

Palma has agreed to be a surrogate mother for a couple as she is desperate for the money and thinks it will change her world and she can be happy. When the couple decide to split and they don't want the baby what will she decide to do will she keep the baby or not. She out of work single and can this change for her or not and can she turn her world around now she has a baby she will have to care for. Will she be heartbroken along the way or not and will she need the support of the others.

Annie along with her husband own a Christmas cracker company and have always wanted a child but never been able to and when she one day thinks she's going through the menopause and she visits her dr who tells her she expecting she will be full of joy along with her husband. Can their Buisness keep going with one of their workers leaving or will meeting others at the Christmas pudding club change their business to.

All three ladies build a friendship together and support each other through hard times and joy but just shows with friends we can face anything together. This I simply brilliant book loved it loads.

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Love milly Johnson books & once again she didn’t disappoint. Read this in one sitting on holiday didn’t want it to end

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