First Lisa Dickinson book I have read and won’t be my last! This was the perfect Christmas book to read it was really like Christmas coming early. I loved the whole book and all the characters, the little bits of drama here and there. Lisa has created a world full of humour, brilliant characters and feel - good feeling with plenty of situational humour. I couldn't wait for each new date and at times the dates were lovely and brilliant and at times they were horrifying. There are so many books written about blind dates and dates altogether, but this was an original and fresh story with the most exceptional dates ever.

I was really looking forward to this one. London and Christmas what's not to love. Unfortunately I did not enjoy it at all. The characters were unlikable and the story was weak. Disappointing.

This is an impressive debut which explores a world I didn't know very much about-the world of the professional ballet dancer. I loved being in London at Christmas time and the premise behind this book of 12 dates of Christmas is just inspired, this has all the key ingredients of a unique festive romance.

It was great to get to meet Claudia, even if she is a little clueless with her love life. I feel like I could relate to her from when I was her age. What I loved most about Claudia was the fact that she really championed herself. She has self-respect and really tries her best to lead with that self-respect even though it isn't easy. Best friends Nick and Penny really do help Claudia in this department and it was wonderful seeing that grow over the course of the novel.

I loved getting to meet Nick and Penny and I really enjoyed the relationship that these 3 friends had. I think that the London setting really helped to cement their bond because you don't always have family nearby so you have to make your own. Despite the fact that we also get to meet their families their bond was still as strong as family.

Let's talk romance. I loved the main 'will they/won't they?' of this storyline. It was wonderfully frustrating. Then add in all the individual dates, each of them more festive than the last. I particularly loved the Starbucks date but then I am wholly biased there as that is always my date spot of choice.

I listened to the audiobook of this novel. In terms of the narration, the tone wasn't great but it really didn't take away from the story overall and so I did really enjoy reading this. The level of festiveness is spot on and it really filled that gap between Halloween and Thanksgiving with the festive mood.

Thank you to Sphere for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I love a Christmas romance and I am a sucker for a pretty cover so I just had to read this book.

Our MC is Claudia. Claudia is a girl we can all relate to. She's in a relationship that isn't right for her, she's in a job she enjoyed but it's not her dream. Essentially Claudia is stuck in a rut. Over the course of the book, we see Claudia take a few chances and go on some adventures. I liked this side of Claudia. She's fun and free.

Claudia is best friends with Penny and Nick. Claudia is lucky to have such good friends. I loved both of these characters I would love to be friends with them myself.

I loved the 12 different dates. I loved how the book was split up and how each date location is the chapter title. I love things like this it just adds a little bit of uniqueness to the story.

I really enjoyed Lisa's writing style and I am excited to read more of her books.

A light hearted Christmas tale told through Claudias 12 separate dates over the festive period. Will be reading more by this author.