Name: Claire O’Connor's review of A Magical New York Christmas by Anita Hughes
Item: A Magical New York Christmas
Rating: 1
Author: Claire O’Connor

Anita Hughes

A magical holiday love story set at the glamorous Plaza Hotel in New York City It’s Christmas week when 26-year-old Sabrina Post knocks on the door of the Vanderbilt suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, ready to accept the ghostwriting position for the memoir of Grayson Westcott—a famous art dealer. A struggling journalist, Sabrina can't believe her luck: a paycheck and six nights in her own suite at the Plaza. She feels like Eloise, the heroine from her favorite children’s books. To make the job even more exciting, Grayson recounts how he worked as a butler at the Plaza sixty years ago for none other than the author of the Eloise books, Kay Thompson. What promises to be a perfect week is complicated when Sabrina meets Ian Wentworth, a handsome British visitor, at the hotel bar. When Ian assumes Sabrina is another wealthy guest at the hotel, she doesn’t correct him —a decision she doesn’t regret after learning that Ian is a member of the British aristocracy. But, things are not what they seem. The truth is: Ian is not a wealthy lord; he’s actually the personal secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton. As the week unfolds, will Sabrina and Ian learn the truth about one another? Filled with the magic that can only be found at the Plaza Hotel during the holidays, and revealing facts about the author of the Eloise books, the novel is both a holiday treat and a heartwarming story that reminds us that falling in love is the greatest miracle of all.

A Novel

A Magical New York Christmas

Claire O’Connor

Eliza adkins 

Eloise. New York. British Royalty. What could be better?? 
My childhood self is screaming right now. The perfect Christmas read!!

Jenni Clements

There’s nothing more magical than Christmas at the Plaza. This one was a little for me to get into, but once I did I couldn’t put it down! Sabrina and Ian just make my heart melt. The true story here has to be Grayson. I loved the flashbacks to his butler years at the Plaza. Love wins in this one and it’s just such a great Christmas read!

Salam Kabbani

I really wanted to feel the magic in this book but I just couldn’t. It is a story of how two very unlikely people end up at the Plaza Hotel over the holidays both concealing their identities. 

The thing is there was A LOT going on that had nothing to do with the main plot and it made it very drawn out. There wasn’t enough build up in the beginning and the guy kept freaking out about his friend’s actions which really took away from the story. 

The ending was sweet. There was a nice surprise but overall this one just did not do it for me at all. 

Having said that I read A LOT of romance novels, so this might be the perfect light starter for someone else, so please take my review with a grain of salt. 

Thank you to netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for my gifted copy in exchange for my honest review.

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