A really great book, which had everything and covered all the emotions in one story. The setting was lovely, the characters well-rounded, the writing succinct and the storyline was gentle but packed a punch in all the right places. A lovely read for Christmas.

A sweet warm hearted story with a festive feel. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and feel sure it will be popular with many readers.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

Snowflakes on Christmas Street by Ivy Pembroke. Little, Brown Book Group UK. Sphere. Women's Fiction. Publication date: 02 Nov 2017. 5 Stars.

Great flow from beginning to end. A sweet feel-good debut novel with endearing domestic scenes featuring wise dog, Jack, that takes you on a journey of the heart as widowed Sam finds new love after his return to his homeland England with a young son in tow. Highly recommend as an addition to your Christmas TBR pile!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing this ebook for review.

A sweet story, but have just finished "A Dog Called Jack" by the same author. A few twitches, but otherwise the same story. Would recommend, but just need one.

I wanted to like this book as it promised to be a perfect Christmas read. Sadly, though, I just couldn't get into it. Perhaps it's one of those books best read in one sitting and this is not ususally my reading style - I tend to read a little each day. The characters were realistic but I didn't click with them and kept having to remind myself who they were.

I wasn't enjoying this story very much to start with - it was a struggle to get through the first bit. I don't give up on books often though and I'm glad I kept reading as this turned in to one of my favourite books so far this year! It was an adorable story - I love Christmas Street! I would love to live there myself as they seem a lot nicer than my neighbours. The characters were wonderful and I really felt I was inside the book experiencing everything myself.

I thought this would be right up my street by the description however I’m at 44% according to my Kindle and I’m throwing in the towel. It’s hard going getting through it. Will give it another go though - maybe it just needs focusing on!

Review: Sadly I couldn't get into this book which is a shame as I loved the cover and the blurb was a good plot idea.

A heartwarming story of friendship - a really enjoyable read.

The story is centred around a group of neighbours and their lives and family dynamics. The star of the book is a street dog called Jack. I loved how the story weaved around the characters and Jack. I enjoyed all of the characters and found them all endearing.

A really charming Christmas story with lovely heartwarming characters and a fantastic dog. Perfect for an afternoon cuddled up on a cold day.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for mu copy of this magical book in exchange for my review.

This book is a magical story, filled with love, and the warmth of friends and family. I didn’t see where Jack was going to fit into this book, thinking he would be a side character but he ended up having a starring role. He effects peoples lives massively in ways that a dog really shouldn’t. He’s the connection between each resident of Christmas Street and I love how the story weaves together.

My favourite residents probably would be Sam and Teddy though. Sam, with his witty comments about beetroot (yes, beetroot), and Teddy with his caring nature. Teddy really hit a soft spot with me, he was a wonderful little boy. One part of the book really moved me, involving him, his class members, and another character, Bill his next door neighbour. It really moved me, and it showed perfectly that children always see the good in the world, while there is so much pain and suffering. It was a moving moment which fitted perfectly within in this story.

I cannot believe that this is Ivy Pembroke’s first book, it reads beautifully with fantastic characters. I love the fact that the only common link, except living on the same street is Jack. Jack being the street dog. His backstory is a sad story but I like to think that the was he lives now is better than what it was. At least as the “street dog” he has more people loving him, more affection, more food. Obviously.

Each chapter is split into sections for each resident of the street. We have Teddy and Sam, Bill (Mr Hammersley), Pen, Pari and her family (brother Sai, mum Diya, and dad Darsh), Max and Arthur, and Emilia with her parents Anna and Marcel,and of course Jack. Each character adds something to the story, be it stability, adventure, young love, family. They all add it.

I loved this book, and I don’t think I can portray actually how much I did. It made me think of how people around us impact our lives, be it an animal or an unknown neighbour. It all happens when it’s supposed to.

I give this book a huge 5 out of 5.

When I was looking for a Christmas read and came across the beautiful looking cover of ‘Snowflakes On Christmas Street’, I knew this was a book I wanted to read. So I was super excited when I got approved to review this one. And as fast as I could I started reading.

In ‘Snowflakes On Christmas Street’ we meet a dog named Jack. Jack was left behind by his previous owners and is now living on Christmas Street, just your average street in London. When Sam and his young son Teddy move to Christmas street they soon find out Jack really is the streets dog. Eating at every single house, sleeping at different places.. Jack is everyone’s dog. When Sam tries to teach his son how to make new friends by hosting a street party, they soon find that this is not an average street at all.

‘Snowflakes On Christmas Street’ was a very nice Christmas read that really just made me feel good. It’s romantic, funny and definitely a little too-good-to-be-true. But I loved it. And I loved reading about Jack. What a fun and magical dog he was. And the best part about this book was definitely getting to know all those different characters.

The main characters in this book were definitely Jack, Sam & Teddy. But we read also the point of views of other neighbors from Christmas street, and although I normally don’t really like reading about more than three characters point of views. In this book I really enjoyed it. It just added to the feeling of reading about a complete street. And all characters were very different.

‘Snowflakes On Christmas Street’ really is a perfect book to read on a cold December night. Some hot cocoa and a blanket.. I say perfect.

This book was good, I think that it took me some time to get into it, not quite sure why as I read the last 50% in a day.
The story has a few ups and downs, quite a cheesy end, but so have most of this genre that I have read lately.
I suppose that the main difference is that the central character is a man and he has a son. I think that the author could have taken this a lot further, but I liked the fact that there was a dog in the story and nearly everyone loved him. He sounded a very well trained dog with no owner. I was a little bit envious as my dog isn't that well behaved! A little far-fetched but a great idea.
Thanks to NetGalley, Little Brown Book Group and Ivy Pembroke for the opportunity to read and review this book.

4.5*
Bill Hammersley has lived on Christmas Street for ever. Bill remembers fondly when it was a friendly street and people knew and understood each other and he doesn’t like the way things have changed. But things have changed and now there’s little to no interaction or sense of community between the neighbours. Bill has become more and more stubborn and solitary, with no visitors apart from Jack.

Jack, known by the residents as the street dog, had been left behind when the previous owners of the house next door to Bill had moved away. So Jack had made the street his home, dividing his time between each of the houses. And now, yet more new people were moving into the street. And right next door to Bill. Single father Sam Bishop has brought his eight year old son, Teddy, home to England after living in America for some time, and Teddy is homesick. He doesn’t understand why he’s been uprooted from his home and transported to a strange place where he doesn’t know anyone, except his aunt and cousins who live nearby. But when he meets Jack things don’t seem quite so bad.

Snowflakes on Christmas Street is a character driven story, written in the third person and centring around Sam and Teddy. Short sections making up each chapter, coming from various characters points of view, keep the story moving and gives an insight into each of the residents of the street, as we see how they live and their family situations. It could be a street in any large town or city, the characters are well defined and very true to life, a real mix of nationalities and personalities.

The story begins with Sam and Teddy’s arrival in Christmas Street during the summer, so not too Christmassy at all, with Bob, their plastic Pink Flamingo, who Teddy plonks down in the rose bed. Bill was less than enthusiastic, he doesn’t approve of Bob or the noise the workmen made during essential renovations.

It takes Sam’s efforts to put himself out there, in order to make friends and pave the way for his son’s happiness. Aided and abetted in no small way by Jack, they bring about a real change on Christmas Street, despite a shaky start. There’s drama, romance and I enjoyed the peek into the lives and interactions of the neighbours, how they come round to the idea of community, accept and embrace each other regardless of cultural and racial differences. A well developed and enjoyable cast of characters in a very uplifting story.

Lovely heartwarming book to make you feel good. Lovely christmassy book. Very deep felt and good characters

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I want Jack to come and live with me, I loved him Uplifting and heartwarming about one rather special street in London, called Christmas Street.

This book revolves around the residents of Christmas Street and the new arrivals.
A lovely warm book that will leave you wanting more.

When Teddy's mother dies his father Sam decides to leave the States and move back to the UK, but Teddy is very homesick missing everything he knows.... until he meets Jack, the abandoned dog. Teddy instantly loves Jack but so it seems does the rest of Christmas Street, all the residents are secretly feeding him!

Teddy's neighbour Bill seems to be a grumpy old man but Teddy gradually wins him over and we start to find out his back story.... it's great that such different people and generations can become such good friends

A lovely warm book with great personalities from the multinational residents of the street and lovely how one small boy can bring them all together

I’m a little bit addicted to books about Christmas. Like a child on Christmas morning, I couldn’t wait to be approved to read a copy of this book and dived straight in as soon as I could… with a title like that, this book should scream Christmas, right? We should be able to practically hear the bells chiming and reindeer hooves drumming along the rooftops! I was a little disappointed initially when the book opened in the middle of a British summer (weatherwise, often to be mistaken for Winter!) and it took a long time to finally get to Christmas, which was when the story ended. However, I fell I love with Christmas Street and the people – and dog – who lived there.

On Day Two of their new lives, Sam unpacked boxes containing Christmas decorations and Teddy’s saved baby clothes and questioned his ability to label thing properly, since the boxes had been labelled KITCHEN.

Sam and his son, Teddy moved from America to buy a house in England, on Christmas Street. Their next-door neighbour, Bill, is a grumpy old man but as the book progresses, you get to know him and understand why he is as he is. Seeing him mellow and slowly become a part of the street is just heart-warming. Other neighbours include an Indian family and a Polish family whose teenage children are secretly dating, (known to everyone on the street apart from their own parents,) a married gay couple, Arthur and Max, desperate for a baby of their own; a fitness freak and a Blogger, who decides to blog about her neighbours, unbeknownst to them all (clearly that’s not going to end well!) Add to the mix Teddy’s teacher, Miss Quinn (who teaches at the aptly named Turtledove Primary School) and his father’s developing crush on her! Oh, and I mustn’t forget Jack, the resident street dog who is one of its’ main characters.

I think these characters have more to share with us in a future book and I do believe (and hope) that we get to visit Christmas Street again. It was a lovely, comforting read and all the characters are very likeable and you just want things to work out right for all them. What I wouldn't give to live on a street called Christmas. It just sounds like a happy place to be! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for enabling me to visit and spend time on such a lovely street!