Sandy Barker

Will all three women have their Christmas wishes come true?

The Christmas Swap

Crystal L

Star Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5 Stars!)

Review:

Chloe, Jules, and Lucy met on family vacations at 11-years-old and have been best friends since. Now, as adults, they realize that it’s time to change their Christmas traditions of the past and live it up around the world. The girls decide to swap their traditional Christmas (including their families) to try something new. 

Chloe, who lives in Australia, goes to Oxfordshire, England, to live Lucy’s perfect British Christmas with her family, a tiny British town, an adorable holiday festival, and the perfect British man, who also happens to be a world-famous actor! Although Chloe’s Christmas doesn’t always go according to plan, she might just find her happily-ever-after. 

Lucy has always dreamed of a “white Christmas,” like the ones you see in romantic holiday movies. Lucy spends the holiday with Jules’s chaotic family in the Colorado mountains. Unlike Oxfordshire, where Christmas morning includes mostly it’s just grey slush, Lucy might get the white Christmas of her dreams. 

Jules leaves her chaotic family Christmas in the snow for a trip around the world - all the way to Australia. Spending time with Chloe’s friends in Melbourne, Jules realizes that Christmas, and life, can be more than she ever expected. 

The stories are intertwined with much of it taking place via calls between the girls. Each setting is unique and filled with a great cast of characters that you want to get to know more. Although the book is definitely predictable, it’s still absolutely perfect! 



Publishing Information: 

Thank you to NetGallery and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. The Christmas Swap was published on October 16, 2020, and is available in stores now!

Kourtney

My last holiday read of 2021 is The Christmas Swap by Sandy Barker - and what a great way to end the Christmas season! A little friendship, a little romance, and a whole lot of Christmas around the world!

I don't know about you, but I don't think I would be brave enough to travel the world alone, much less spend Christmas with one of my friend's family without them. That would take a lot of guts - this makes me thankful for stories like these! I can live vicariously without ever having to leave the comfort of my house.

This was such a fun read! I enjoyed reading about how Christmas can be in the super snowy landscapes, when it's summer-like weather and when it's cold and rainy. I loved how realistic the friendships were as well. Not everything is always rainbows and butterflies, and this story highlighted both the highs and lows of where friendships can take you when you mix a little bit of family in. 

Pam Sartain

The Christmas Swap by Sandy Barker is about 3 friends, 1 in England, 1 in Australia and 1 in the US who swap their Christmas locations, like in the film The Holiday.

I thought this was a fun read, with added romance, and a lot of Christmas events.  I enjoyed seeing the different ways they celebrated in Australia, Colorado compared to England.

 The Christmas Swap  by Sandy Barker was published on 16th October 2020, and is available to buy from  Amazon ,  Waterstones  and  Bookshop.org .

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I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to  One More Chapter .

The Christmas Swap

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