A fun story about six ex-friends who are invited to a winter wedding in Canada. The bride-to-be, Bryn, really wants them to fix their broken friendships, so she offers to pay for their travel. However, instead of booking flights, she surprises them with tickets for a cross-Canada Christmas train trip. For four days, they are stuck together in a cosy cabin while travelling through snowy mountains and beautiful Christmas scenes. Tensions rise as Cali and Luke deal with their past feelings for each other, Joss and Joe clash as sibling rivals, and Sara feels left out. Things get even more complicated when Bryn’s ex, Ember, tries to crash the wedding. When a snowstorm stops the train, the group has to face their issues and decide if they can make it to the wedding together. This heartwarming story is about friendship, love, and second chances during the holiday season.

Having received a wedding I vote and the promise that travel is paid for, Cali and her once-uppn-a-time besties can't refuse...can they?

This festive read is a little different to most of the others, there's less of a focus on the festivities and more the relationship and dynamics in a friendship group that has fallen apart. It took me a while to get into it but quite quickly I needed to know where the story was going to end up! It's an interesting look at how self-focussed people can be in disagreements, and the back drop of a Christmas in Canada is very enjoyable too!

It's an easy read with the chapters written from different characters viewpoints. It's not left me feeling ready for Christmas, but I think Canada is on my travel bucket list now!

This was a very intense read. You have to be on the ball as the book is told in chapters by different people. I loved the story . Set in Canada .Mainly on a train. 5 friends get thrown together by another friend after they all fell out. Throw in a mixed up x and you do have a great story . I personally would have liked a neater end

I’ve never read anything by this author before but after reading this I’ll definitely be reading more. I loved the premise of this as it is a bucket list trip of mine- a cross Canadian trip on a train. In this one a group of 5 former friends are travelling on the train to another of their former friend's wedding. Also on board is the bride’s ex who is travelling to possibly disrupt the wedding. I loved the train and the stops in route but I really liked that the characters perspectives were introduced to us in stages - focusing on two initially and then introducing the others in stages. It stopped me feeling overwhelmed. Overall I loved this and raced through it because I wanted to find out what happened. Red it. You’ll love it!

I read The Christmas Express over a couple of days and really enjoyed it. The main part of the novel takes place on a train travelling from Toronto to Vancouver over four days at Christmas. Five former friends board the train to head to Bryn’s wedding. They’ve not spoken for five years so being confined to a train could prove to be somewhat awkward but Bryn is desperate to reunite them all and rekindle their friendship. But tensions are steadily simmering and Bryn’s ex who wasn’t even invited is also on the train. This novel takes place across a winter wonderland and is guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit. Thank you to NetGalley, Little, Brown Book Group UK and the author for the chance to review.