I am a big fan of Leonie Mack's writing, and I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series, An Italian Wedding Adventure (my review). I always knew that I was going to be keen to read this follow up book. And here's a newsflash....I'm going to read the next book in the series too.
We met Kira in the previous book when she was a co-worker and friend (occasionally with benefits) with Andreas. She has always loved the adventure part of her job, the rock climbing, the skiing and more. What she doesn't love is that her employer has now merged with a wedding planning company. She can't think of anything worse than weddings.
This is especially true when she is assigned to babysit the bride's best friend and guest of honour. Mattia is an Italian opera singer who has sensory issues and a tendency towards misadventure and Kira has been asked to make sure that he makes it to the wedding which is being held at the top of a snow covered mountain on New Years Eve. What could go wrong?
It turns out plenty could go wrong, from transport issues, meddling friends, to ex partners turning up at the wedding, a stressed out bride and nature having her say. Through it all, Kira fights the attraction that she feels to this man who is so different from her, so open to life and yet not overly confident whereas Kira has built walls around herself after her heart was broken years before but no one, not even those she has been closest to over the years, knows that story.
I really enjoyed the chemistry between Kira and Mattia. He sees her beneath her blue hair and her grumpy exterior (particularly when she is hungry), and she is attentive to him and accepts his sensitivities without judgement. Given who she is, Kira takes a while to come round but when she does fall, she falls hard!
Whilst this book opens at a Christmas market in Salzburg, the events take place in the few days between Christmas and New Year's so it is festive rather than full on Christmassy. It has the trademark Leonie Mack humour and sense of adventure, and is another good read from her!
I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted at The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the review copy.
Rating 4/5
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