This is a classic rom com in book form. It has a great opening that has you hooked from the start; it’s a feel good book in a great location, you can just imagine this being made into a film.

Loved the book. I was hooked from the first chapter and fell in love with the family. I now want a big Italian. Family party to go to.

My thanks to Netgalley for my copy of A Winter in New York. When you read a romance you generally know what you are getting; boy meets girl, they face some adversity, all ends well. What makes a book like this is the characters and their journey and Josie Silver made sure this book has relateable characters, a believable and interesting journey and of course the inevitable happy ending.
This is a great book, although it did make me cry on several occasions and there were no cliches, just a heartwarming romance at it's best.

I loved this story. Josie has a very good style of writing and describing her characters. Iris left London in a hurry hoping not to be found. She goes to New York as her Mother had pursued a singing career there before her birth. She finds a job which includes a flat and forms a very good friendship with her Boss. She then falls upon a blast from her Mother’s past and the truth unfolds in a tale of family, friendship and romance. I would definitely recommend this book.

Beautiful, a real winter warmer. Cosy and uplifting.

I followed the characters through a beautifully crafted twisty love story that just kept me hooked. I can imagine reading this by the fireplace over the winter and loving every second.

This is such a lovely book to read. Escaping a toxic relationship, Iris has made her way to New York, a place where her late mother, Vivien, had found happiness, hoping that she too will find somewhere she feels at home. She gets slightly more than she hoped for but with so many secrets she knows it won’t go well.

I fell in love with Iris’ character straight away, an only child, now totally alone but determined to make a fresh start. The story has short flashbacks to Vivian’s life, giving little hints of what happened, which tempt you and make you want more. There are hints of domestic violence but well handled. I loved the idea of a big Italian family with decades of gelato making - only vanilla - and the comfort of a large, noisy home. As the story went on I couldn’t quite work out how it would end, but loved the way it did. Perfect reading, not just for summer but all year round.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A lovely romantic read that highlights perfectly the romance and magic of New York

Would highly recommend for a bit of romantic escapism.

Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to review this book this is my honest opinion

Yet again, Josie Silver has written a lovely book. This time the setting is New York – and as ever, it’s described incredibly evocatively, and you really feel like you’re there with Iris.

Some of the chapters are also flashbacks to Iris’s Mum when she was in a 1980s rock band – and I loved the change in time periods.

It has a real ’90s rom com’ feel to the book – but that’s also referenced in it – so it’s an incredibly self aware book!

I loved Iris from the start – but the supporting cast is also wonderful – from her boss / landlord / BFF Bobby and his husband Robin, through a stray cat, to Gio and all of the Belotti family – there is a huge breadth of characters, who are all written beautifully.

The thread through the story is a missing recipe for vanilla gelato that belongs to the Belotti family and is TOP SECRET – but through an historic twist of fate Iris has a copy of. Whilst the love story element of Iris and Gio is explored (and is quite sexy in places!) the mirroring of Gio’s love for his daughter – and Iris’s relationship with her late Mum is also really important.

There are lots of twists and turns – and I did wonder how we’d end up with a happy ending – and no spoilers from me!

It’s not out until October 2023, but definitely one to pre order. Many thanks for the publisher and Net Galley for my ARC.

Iris moves to New York, running from a manipulative, mentally abusive ex. She is a chef who wishes to open her own restaurant but a chance encounter in a bookshop takes her on another trajectory.
She meets Gio. Gio happens to run the gelateria (ice cream shop) where her musician mother fell in love with the owner before Iris was born.
Gio is in crisis - his father is recovering in hospital and can't remember the famous secret recipe for their vanilla ice cream. Iris just happens to have this written down on a napkin - it was given to her by Gio's father - but Iris can't tell Gio this. Instead, she spends the time trying to help Gio recreate the legendary dish.
The book is heartwarming and the characters are richly developed. A perfect summer read.

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book.

Holy hell. I loved this book. It captivated me, I cried at the end. Loved loved loved.

This latest by Josie Silver is a lovely romantic winter story set in New York. I found this is a perfect light-hearted love story to cosy up with.
When Iris’s relationship with her fiancé ends, she realises just how toxic it was so she decides to upsticks and start a new life in New York. She is fortunate to meet her boss and property owner and his partner who welcome her warmly and soon become firm friends. She decides to retrace her late Mothers footsteps, which takes her to a local Gelateria. Secrets get in the way of a new relationship with the gorgeous owner Gio Belotti and his family but this love story has a great ending that left me with a warm cosy feeling.
My thanks to Net Galley and Penguin for the digital advance copy.

Heartwarming story on love, family devotion and the secrets that we carry. Iris and Gio are brought together by a family connection across generations... and a quest for an elusive gelato flavour. Each carry past traumas which keep them from opening up to the other completely. Their struggles speak to those who have felt the true vulnerability that new love brings. Warm and relatable characters and well written story. An enjoyable read.

Thanks you NetGalley for the ARC.

I unexpectedly loved this novel and couldn't wait to keep reading.

Most of the Christmas romances that I read (and also love) are lovely, straight-forward stories about two strangers meeting over the holidays and falling in love by the end of it. This book for me had more depth to it, and explores larger issues such as grief, abusive relationships, family and secrets alongside the heart-melting romance.

It had everything I wanted: a relatable main character, a wonderful couple to root for, and the lovely Christmassy backdrop of New York, which made me want to visit for the first time ever!

I can't believe it's my first time reading Josie Silver, but from now on I'll definitely be adding her to my Christmas books list.

Iris has left the UK to start a new life in New York. She is escaping from the past which contains an abusive relationship with a boyfriend, Adam Bronson, and she needs a fresh start. Her mother, Vivien, died a few years earlier so she has no ties in the UK, but she does want to retrace her mother’s footsteps. Her mother had been a singer in New York and this is the draw for Iris. Iris has now been befriended by Bobby and Robin who have provided her with somewhere to live and a job. When Iris discovers the gelateria belonging to her late mother’s lover, Santo Belotti, she is aware that she has a copy of the recipe for their vanilla gelato and because Santo is in a coma nobody else has access to the recipe, Iris has a dilemma. Does she reveal she has the recipe and make it common knowledge that Santo had an affair with her mother many years ago or does she just keep quiet and hope that Santo makes a full recovery. On top of this Iris has lied about Adam, saying he had died. Santo’s nephew, Gio Belotti is running the gelateria but when Iris falls for him she knows her lies will prevent any relationship with Gio from developing. All of this sounds extremely far fetched but somehow Josie Silver makes it all sound very plausible. Added to this are great characters, the Italian Belotti family welcome Iris into their family with warmth and along with Bobby and Robin, turn out to be all the family Iris needs. Her relationship with Gio Belotti is delightful, Josie Silver’s books go from strength to strength and she really draws you in. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin for allowing me to read and review this delightful book.

I can’t see through my glasses because they are covered in tear splash. Happy tears, sad tears, scared tears, laughing tears. I’m full of snotty tears.

At about 5% in I had tingles on tingles. I reached out to some of my best reading buddies and told them that this book will be one of the best books of the year. Honestly, if you can cope with tear splash, best book.

It isn’t just the romanticism of a world famous gelato recipe that is lost to the world, it’s the woman alone in the world escaping an abusive relationship, it’s the orphan finding their place in the world and a family of their own, it’s the rediscovery of the parent you lost. I felt every emotion with Iris and I was absolutely smitten with the delicious Gino Belotti.

I just can’t cope with all of the feelings I have in my heart right now. I need vanilla gelato made from a secret Italian family recipe that has been handed down through generations.

This book is so special and so beautiful and so perfect.

I really enjoyed this book and Iris and Geo’s story!
The book is beautifully written and had me on an emotional rollercoaster, bringing me to tears a couple of times.
It was heartbreaking to see the effects of ptsd on Iris from being in an abusive relationship being explored here but also empowering to see Iris face her ex in the end.
I did find it frustrating how long Iris kept the secrets from Geo but this didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment of the book.

A Winter in New York’ has everything you come to expect from a Josie Silver novel; emotional pulls, characters striving to be the best they can be after life hands them some tough blows and a heap of heartwarming love.

After running from an abusive relationship and dealing with the death of her mother, Iris ends up in New York, looking at places that will help her feel more connected to her mom. And boy does she get more than she’d bargained for, in the best possible way.

This book will leave you feeling the warmth of being enveloped in a big Italian family, the determination to pick yourself up and carry on in the hardest of times and craving noodles and vanilla ice cream.

A lovely book to keep you warm and cosy on a winters eve.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin General for the ARC.

A wonderful emotive tale of a woman seeking love and acceptance and a family in crisis. The flashbacks to the past to put context were great and also told a compelling story.

Depsite being able to guess at where some parts of the story were going, I was still egrossed and wanted to keep reading. A great holiday read.

This author is setting herself up as one who produces beautiful, emotional, heart-warming masterpieces. This book was utterly perfect in every way.

The story is told from two perspectives. One first-person account from Iris. The second as a third-person flashback to Iris’s mum in the 1980s. This worked well and added depth and background to the story.

Iris and Gio are wonderful. I loved watching their friendship develop as they spent more time together. Iris is relatable, interesting and likeable. The loss of her mother was huge for her and this was handled sensitively throughout the book. I found this incredibly sad, but again, relatable. Gio was brilliant, the protectiveness, the love of his family and of course the sexy curse words!! My only small critique is how rapidly the chemistry appeared between the two characters - it felt like it went from acquaintance to ‘butterflies’ overnight. However, this did not impact the story or my engagement and love of the story in any way.

Supporting characters were well written and complimented the story rather than being distracting.

I absolutely loved this book and could not put it down.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 📚

I cried , I smiled & I adored this book! Christmas in New York is one of my favourite memories that I was lucky to experience in 2019 & this took me right back! Perfect setting for a beautiful Christmas story !