In the beginning this book had me engaged. I wanted to know where the adventure was going to take her with her mom's ashes. After reading through it 25% I couldn't stay focused on the story. I will try and come back to this book next holiday season but for now I'm going to dnf this book.
Thank you to netgalley, the author and the publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my opinion.

I loved this cute winter romance with very relatable characters and such a brooding heartthrob. I really enjoyed this and I just love Leonie Mack's writing and her books. I can see myself as a bystander in everyone. Absolutely fantastic.
I just reviewed Snow Days With You by Leonie Mack. #SnowDaysWithYou #NetGalley
[NetGalley URL]

It's not gripping me, unfortunately, and I'm unsure why? I may come back to it bit for now, it's not for me!

Luna has lost her mother and is feeling lost. When she receives a large sum of money in her account as a result of a stranger’s death, she decides to investigate. Travelling to France to find the truth behind her mother’s and the mysterious Robert’s past, she finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime.

This was very well written and the plot was very unique. I really liked it! An adventurous romance novel.

Snow Days With You written by Leonie Mack was so cute and snowy, but so cozy at the same time. When I saw the cover for this book, I thought it was going to be cute and warm my heart, but I was completely wrong. Snow Days With You broke my heart in more than one way. Leonie Mack has a way of writing characters that are so relatable and real that you can't help but root for them. I have read one other book by this author before, but I didn't like it at all, so when I saw she had a Christmas book coming out I knew I needed to get my hands on it asap, and I'm so happy I did because it was just a beautiful story that broke my heart, I truly loved this book way more than the first one I read by this author. Grab yourself this book, a cup of hot chocolate, warm baggy clothes, and a fuzzy blanket because this book will chill your heart. I absolutely adored that the characters weren't perfect, they were deeply flawed and that made them seem real and relatable. Have you ever let your curiosity get the best of you and made rational decisions? I know I have, sometimes they aren't the best decisions, but sometimes they are truly the best decisions you have ever made. I can't recommend this snowy book enough, please do yourself a favor and grab a copy immediately.

THANK YOU TO NETGALLEY AND BOLDWOOD BOOKS FOR AN ARC OF THIS BOOK IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW!!!!!!

Luna Rowntree has recently lost her mom and hasn't felt more alone in this world. When Luna receives a healthy insurance payment from a man she doesn't know, Luna knows she needs to meet this man immediately. Without her mom, Christmas is the hardest for Luna, so she heads to Chamonix where this mysterious benefactor has lived. With her trusty Astra, Luna heads to Chamonix with her mom's ashes in the backseat, but when Luna starts her journey, things don't go as planned. Luna's Astra doesn't have a very trustworthy gas gauge, she needs new tires for her car because her old ones can't get her to where she needs to be. When Luna runs out of gas, she meets Yannick. Yannick is a handsome and rugged member of the rescue team and becomes Luna's friend and tour guide. I loved Yannick and Luna so much, they weren't perfect at all, they both had baggage from past relationships. With Yannick's help, Luna finds out all she needs to know. Yannick had this type of personality that was like a warm hug to my heart, he was sweet, helpful, and often made hilarious jokes. Luna and Yannick are the type of characters that I will never forget, the only thing Yannick needed was tattoos. With Yannick's help, he and Luna become close friends, but he has some of his own emotional baggage to deal with before he can open up his heart to Luna.

I loved the sound of this one but for some reason just could not get into this one! I'm not sure if it's just because I've overloaded myself on Christmas romances this year so I might try and give it a go next year?

For now though it's just not for me. Sorry!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Luna Rowntree has recently lost her mother and now feels alone. When she receives a healthy insurance payment from a man she doesn't know, she knows she needs to find out about him. She heads to Chamonix, where the mysterious benefactor lived, in her trusty Astra with her mother's ashes. With her car not used to driving through snow, and not knowing the area, she runs out of gas, finds out she needs different tires and ends up staying long after she thought she would head home. She meets Yannick, a handsome and rugged member of the rescue team, and he becomes her guide and friend. It turns out her knew Robert and with his help, she eventually finds out all she needed to know.

This is only the second book I have read by Leonie Mack, but I will be checking out her backlist. Her writing is beautiful with wonderful descriptions of the area. The characters were well-developed and I wanted to meet Luna and Yannick as well as the many secondary characters. The town sounded lovely with close relationships and friendly inhabitants. The story of Luna's quest captured my interest and I was cheering from the sidelines that she would find out more. The mystery of the bequest merged with her questions about her family, especially her father. Although not overwhelming Luna's story or search, the romance was lovely. Both Luna and Yannick were hurt and carrying baggage from previous relationships, so it was great to see their friendship grow and blossom into an eventual romantic relationship. Themes in this book include grief, friendship, risks, determination, loss, survival guilt, family, secrets and their results as well as romance. I enjoyed this story and recommend it.

This is a superb winter romance, which I loved and adored! The story is about a woman called Luna who travels to Chamonix with her mother's ashes, to find out more about the man who left her an inheritance. While there, she meets a man called Yannick, who helps her in a lot of different ways. Together they find out the secrets of her past, which then leads to a close friendship and perhaps a bit more!

I loved this book so much, and I recommend it highly! It is amazing and I loved the writing, the descriptions, the adventure, the destination, the characters, the story and the romance. All of it was perfect and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book.

Quick Summary: A very French, very BBCish wo-fi romance

My Review: Snow Days With You by Leonie Mack was written with a definite European slant. It was as serious as a stiff upper lip.

About the Book: A woman who recently lost her mother discovers that her life is not at all what it seems. She sets out on a quest to learn more about herself, her mother, her past, and her benefactor. Along the way, she falls in love with a man who risks life and limb to help others.

My Final Say: This book was okay. I desperately wanted to love it, but I did not. I don’t know if “like” is the right word to use either. It was tolerable. The setting and the tracing back of the past aspects of the story were nicely done. It was the romance that was lacking. There was no chemistry whatsoever. It doesn’t matter that the leads were written with shared intimacies of sorts. They were so robotic. The thing that stood out most to me about this story is that both leads were afraid to live. When they finally gave way and had courage enough to try, then growth and partnership came.

Other: Some readers will like this novel. It’s, honestly, a toss up, in my opinion. There is certainly something to the story, however, I struggled with it, in the sense that I was waiting for it to pickup in terms of the relationship/romance.

Special Note: The dangerous aspect of the MMC’s job was exciting, at times.

Rating: 3/5
Recommend: +/-
Audience: A

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this title. I am appreciative to the author, to the publisher (Boldwood Books), and to NetGalley for granting access to a digital ARC for review purposes.

A lovely story of a girl who finds herself in a beautiful village in France, far away from her family and friends, totally out of her comfort zone. Luna is looking into the life of her benefactor who left her a lot of money, Why did he do that? Follow her journey, where she makes wonderful friends and meets a handsome divorcee who helps her when she is stranded and becomes something much, helping Luna to find herself as well as details of her benefactors legacy.

A brilliant story, so well written, wonderful characters.

I admit I struggled to get into this novel at first but once the story gripped me I couldn’t turn the pages quick enough. A lovely setting for a novel with fantastic descriptions that made you feel like you were there. Luna and Yannicks path cross throughout the novel, and it was lovely to read their characters development.

After reading two other books under the author's different pen name (Lilo Moore), I really wanted to read more of her work. And what better to read in freezing temperatures than a winter romance!

This book does have a central romance, but it also has a central mystery with the main character trying to figure out whose money she inherited and why. In her pursuit of answers, she meets the love interest, and he helps her to figure everything out. This made for a really lovely story, where the characters spent a lot of time together and got to know each other really well, and I very much enjoyed this.

🎿Summary🎿
Luna receives a substantial inheritance from someone she never met and can't in good conscience accept the money without understanding why. So she treks to Chamonix, France, where the deceased was living, to try to learn more about him. On her way, she ends up running out of gas just before town and is saved by a mountain rescue guard.
Once arrived in town, things keep falling into place... a temporary job, a place to live, and continued run-ins with the rescue guard, Yannick. When what little info she digs up on her benefactor seems to point toward the mountains, Yannick agrees to help Luna. Both need to dig into their pasts to solve this mystery, as well as to be able to move forward... potentially together.

🎿Review🎿
�What a great story! It had a little bit of everything... mystery, romance, character building... I really enjoyed learning about mountain climbing and mountain rescue. The setting is a perfect winter wonderland. It was so heartwarming and just felt like a warm hug. Perfect wintertime read!

A lovely warmhearted read. I really enjoyed this story Luna was travelling to Chamonix in the French Alps to try and find a mysterious benefactor when her car breaks down and she meets Yannick who she soon discovers knows the person she is looking for. It's a beautiful and emotional novel, the setting is perfect for the story and before long Luna has to decide whether to stay or go back to her old life. A great book to curl up with a nice cup of hot chocolate on a winter's day

I loved and enjoyed it. A perfect snow read with emotional romance. I loved Luna's character growth. I loved the concept of gendarmerie. The romance between Luna and Yannick is genuine and slow burn.

Luna is driving in a snowy wonderland, with a car that wasn't made for mountain driving, to discover who left the generous inheritance, when she runs out of flue close to her destination, she is saved by a knight in shining armour.

I was hooked right from the start and couldn't put it down! It's cute and romantic and pulls at all of your feelings.

It's the kind of story that touches your heart and transports you into a winter wonderland at the same time, the romance is quite something too. :)

Highly recommend it!

When you need a cozy romance, ready for the winter season, honestly read this.

It was such a lovely story line and as always with me the Epilogue had me smiling and as always was probably my favourite part 🙈
The last 10% my heart was in my mouth with will she won't see ahh what will happen. I cried of course.

I only struggled with the amount of French Yanni and the team talk because well let's say I only know English so in my head I read it as blegblanlog never really understanding until the translation but still trying never the less 😂

"‘This is a place where love doesn’t always last forever, but it’s worth searching for anyway,’ Silvia countered. ‘You’ve had so much heartache for someone so young. There’s nothing stopping you getting out and having some fun.’"

🌻HEA
🌻Clean Romance
🌻Found Family
🌻Age Gap
🌻Single Dad

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

I loved this book! The writing was great and the characters were wonderful! The author has great imagination and I love a good romance novel!

A gorgeous winter read with delightful characters and a really intriguing storyline. I had a really fun time with this one and believe everybody else who chooses to pick up this book will as well!

Good characters, great romance and well worth a read. 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for this ARC