Great story full of compassion, following Ollie and Bea. I hate to give away too much but I thoroughly enjoyed this story! Perfect Christmas read! A new author to me but I’ll be back for more stories!

A heartwarming story, highly emotional! Bea and Ollie’s story, likeable characters, good storyline, a friends to lovers romance but one of the best.
Recommended
Thank you to Netgalley, Random House Uk and Emma Heatherington for letting me read this book in exchange for an honest review

4 / 5

A brilliant read. This isn’t your average Christmas romance, it’s more about longing, timing and that “what if” feeling.

The story follows Bea whose heart is still caught on someone from her past, Ollie and it leans hard into the idea that love doesn’t always arrive when it should. It’s melancholic in places (less romcom, more emotional slow-burn with a festive backdrop.)

A book that sticks with you!

I really enjoy Emma's books, they have so much emotion and care in their pages and this is no different, Beautiful, emotional and recommended,

A heartwarming festive treat that wraps you up in all the Christmas feels! Heatherington perfectly captures the magic of second chances and the bittersweet hope that this year could be different. Charming characters, tender moments, and just the right sprinkle of holiday sparkle made this a truly joyful read.

Ideal for anyone craving a cosy, feel-good Christmas romance!

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I love books by this author. I race through them and am always desperate for the next one.
The characters are well crafted and there’s something warming story telling is always beautiful

Thank you for allowing me to read and review.

Having never read a book buy Emma Heatherington, I was unsure what to expect.

This book left me feeling all christmassy and warm like big cosy hug. Likeable charchaters combined with a easy going story line

Bea lives in London and works for the Carnation Hotel opposite Kensington Palace, he boyfried Sean runs his own farm in Southern Ireland. It is Christmas Eve and Bea is flying home to Ireland to spend it with her family and also break up with Sean.

At the airport she meets Ollie, a Cardiac nurse who works in London but is also flying home to spend Christmas with his family. Therir flight is delayed so they spend several hours chatting.

A beautiful story of love and relationships.

happy read, really cute and christmasy and fluffy. 10 out 10 read this book if u want something a little lighter to read. nothing wrong with a snowy book.

Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Bella bumps into Ollie at the airport on Christmas Eve as they are both going home to Ireland for Christmas. They both can’t stop thinking about each other. Will there paths cross again or will they never see each other again.

A great book by Emma.

Bea and Ollie meet on Christmas Eve at the airport when their flight home to Ireland has been delayed and while they have an instant connection to one another, they can't really do much as Bea has a long term boyfriend who lives in Ireland.

The story takes place over the course of a year so it starts and finishes at Christmas but the road to Bea and Ollie getting together isn't an easy one. After Bea splits up from Sean (quite amicably), she's reluctant to rush into something with Ollie, so they spend some time together as friends, getting to know one another. But after Ollie's father passes away, he accepts a job back in Ireland and heads home to the B&B his parents owned to do it up and start running it again.

Bea and Ollie are over before they even had a chance to begin but it doesn't take them long to realise they want to be together but they both recognise one of them is going to have make the big move and leave their current life behind to make things worse.

This is such a sweet story and I really liked both Bea and Ollie as characters. They're both mature and know what they want from their lives and neither of them are really willing to settle for something less. They've both experienced loss, and this seems to help guide them both to find the answers to what they're looking for.

Thanks to NetGalley & Penguin for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

What can i say, this was such a heartwarming book to read and made me have so many emotions. This would make a lovely Christmas movie. The story is about Bea and Ollie, they meet when their flight home for Christmas is delayed, and end up having dinner and a long chat in the departure.. Never expecting to see each other again. But then they end up sitting next to each other on the flight home too

A wonderful cosy seasonal read , a lot in this genre can be utter tripe with no plot or storyline other than the season of Christmas . However , the back story is believable the meet cute at the airport and the development of the story and characters is pure hot chocolate on a winters day by the fire , I’d highly recommend it and would
Read again next Christmas

Last year I read This Christmas by Emma and really enjoyed it, giving me major The Holiday vibes so I was really looking forward to reading another book by her and boy it didn’t disappoint.

I loved how all of the stories integrated together with this and although you know there’s going to be a happy ending it seems to take a while to get there, when everything clicks into place it’s so good though!

There are a few emotional moments to this book because you find yourself getting connected to the characters - especially with Ollie’s job in the A&E, a lot of his patients are such characters!

This was a gorgeous read to curl up with, get yourself in front of a fire with a hot chocolate and get yourself settled for the night!

⭐️3⭐️
 
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
 
I read This Christmas by Emma Heatherington last year and absolutely loved it, so I was really looking forward to reading Maybe Next Christmas; unfortunately, it didn’t quite hit the mark for me.
 
The book is well written, and I liked the storyline (albeit predictable). I loved Ollie, but I just couldn’t warm to Bea at all and found her irritating, and I wasn't convinced by their dialogue.
 
It's an easy festive read, but sadly it was just missing a bit of Christmas magic for me.

A great read and perfect the cosy season!

I found this a great one to read after a few heavier books, it was a simple romcom but really well written and lovely characters.

This is a gorgeous Christmassy read, I instantly connected and fell in love with the main characters of Bea and Ollie. They are fantastic, very realistic, incredibly likeable and really touched my heart. They have a beautiful story, full of twists and will they won't they? I was caught up in their story and wishing for the best, meaning I went on an emotional rollercoaster with them. Everything about this plot is perfection.
The setting of London and Ireland was gorgeous and felt like an escape. Setting it largely around two Christmas periods meant I got to soak up Christmas vibes and feel cosy.
This is emotional and complete perfection.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for an advance copy.

Now THIS, is EVERYTHING I wanted from a Christmas book!

Bea & Ollie meet as strangers at an airport in London on Christmas Eve, when their flight gets delayed. Bea is working in a prestigious London hotel as chief front of house and is going home to her family and her fiancée. Ollie works as a nurse in a busy London hospital and is flying home to Ireland to visit his very sick Dad and his auntie for the holidays. When these two cram in together at a table of a bar to eat while they wait for their flight, they have an instant connection.

I don’t want to say much more, but both have their own personal troubles that play heavy on their minds and while both dealing with the turmoil of their lives, neither of them can forget the other.

This could easily be made into a film. I thought it was so beautifully crafted. I felt like I was in London with the Christmas lights and London buses and Christmas shopping one minute and then I was transported to the rural Irish villages, with the cosy pub with a roaring fire, full of families and friends and music.

The older characters in this book added so much love and emotion and depth to the story.

Last year I read ‘This Christmas’ by the same author and I wasn’t really keen, despite everyone else loving it. But this… this is a 5⭐️ for sure and I urge everybody to put in highest up on their books to read next Christmas .

Thank you so much to @netgalley for this one. It will live on in my heart for a long time.

Maybe Next Christmas by Emma Heatherington is a cosy holiday romance that, for me falls into the trap of being overly saccharine and predictable but if you like cosy holiday reads then you may love it. The story follows Bea, who meets Ollie on Christmas Eve, leading to a series of events that are meant to be heart-warming but often feel clichéd. I did love the meet-cute in the airport and how they were sitting beside each other on the flight so the book really was heading in the right direction for me. However my gripe was the lack of balance in the relationship dynamics. Bea seems to be the one making all the significant changes and sacrifices, which I feel would be frustrating for readers who prefer to see a more equitable give-and-take in romantic relationships.
The festive setting and premise are charming, it’s perfect if you are looking for a light, feel-good read for the holidays!

I loved this book - you cannot help but like the two main characters Bea and Ollie, and really feel for them on their journey.

The main characters were also so loveable, I feel like Ollie’s Aunt Nora who loved finding out what the whole family were up too 😂

Theres a lot of emotions as you go through the book, and I highly recommend reading.