Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm by Liz Taylorson #Review

 

I am delighted to return to the Lakes District for Liz Taylorson's latest novel, Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm, which was published on September 20th.

A simple Christmas just got complicated …

Amy’s in love. She’s looking forward to spending her first Christmas together, as a blended family, with Matt and their two sons, Harry and Oliver. What could be more perfect than a romantic escape to the remote and beautiful Lake District farm where Matt and Amy met?

However, an unexpected and difficult guest threatens to disrupt the festivities, and undermine her relationship with Matt. With Harry and Oliver around to create mayhem, and a snowstorm closing in, it seems that nothing is going to be romantic about Christmas at Elder Fell Farm.

Can their relationship weather the storm?

 My Thoughts

This story continues with its gentle tone and humorous moments. This time, Amy and Matt have decided to return to Elder Farm to spend Christmas together. However, their plans are interrupted by an unwelcome visitor and  they spend their time pretending that they are just good friends. Their two boys are oblivious to this subterfuge but add in a lot of funny asides and a general air of mischief and anarchy. The beautiful Lake District provides a seasonal backdrop to this festive story but it is the characters who stand out.

    Although welcomed back into the community, there are some sadder moments which show you sides of people's characters you have not glimpsed before. Amy and Matt find that there are certain truths they have to face up to if their relationship is going to survive. You can't help but sympathise with Amy as she sees her idyllic Christmas plans begin to be undermined. This is a lovely sequel to the its predecessor which develops the characters and moves their relationship on.

In short: past ties threaten a new start.

About the Author

Liz has always surrounded herself with books.

As a child, she was always to be found with her head in one and she treasures a bookcase full of her childhood favourites to this day. She went on to work in a library, cataloguing early printed books – but as most of the books turned out to be volumes of sermons, she wasn’t tempted to read them all. She now works as an administrator for her local parish church and is a little more attentive when it comes to sermons.

Her childhood dream of being an author came true with her first published novel The Little Church by the Sea (there are several others in a shoebox under the bed.) It’s the story of a lonely vicar whose vicarage falls off a cliff. Liz hastens to point out that this was written before she was employed by the church! Winter Snowfall at Elder Fell Farm is the second of a trilogy of novels set in the Lake District. After that, she’s thinking it might be time to write another book about a vicar – featuring a hard-working and incredibly efficient parish administrator, of course.

In what remains of her free time Liz is an avid reader, a keen theatre goer, and is also half of the team behind 376 miles, a slightly quirky blog about travelling Britain and watching football. You’ll find it at https://376miles.substack.com and it’s free.

 

You can follow Liz here: Twitter  |  Facebook  |  |  Website

book links: Amazon UK |  Amazon US

 

Thanks to Liz Taylorson and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

                                                       Check out these great bloggers!