Five stars, five fluffy snowflakes, oh, let’s give this enchanting Christmas story 5 Husky puppies! If you spend Christmas at Frozen Falls in Finnish Lapland, I guarantee you will have the best holiday season ever. How can you not enjoy a book that features an igloo with an ice bar, real reindeer, dog sled rides, a Finnish Christmas carol service, and a Finnish sauna?

And to go along with all these festive and wintry wonders, author Kiley Dunbar has given us four special and well-drawn characters, with the emotions and yearnings that make you love each one. Let’s start with Sylvie Magnusson, who tells us her story in the first person. Sylvie describes herself as a sad, pathetic loser, all alone. If that’s not troubling enough, she also caller herself a “lifelong boiler of bunnies.” What’s gone wrong in Sylvie’s world? Well, thanks to her horrible fiancée, Sylvie has no wedding, or tropical honeymoon.

Sylvie’s best pal Nari decides that the two of them should have a special holiday treat and they fly to Lapland. Nari is a sophisticated Instagrammer and blogger, a solo world traveler, adept in any culture or environment, but not as comfortable in her own skin. Nari’s story is told in the third-person which enables us to know her in a more mystical way.

Sylvie and Nari find Lapland to be beautiful, surprising and welcoming. It’s also cold, isolated and desolate, which enables each woman to contemplate and focus on the present. Sylvie meets up with a man from her past. Nari finds a man, Niilo, who is tuned to the world in a different way. What will happen when the holiday is over?

As both Sylvie and Nari “follow the pull of the magnetic North”, they learn that some feelings are worth the agony. But let’s not get too heavy. Although this book features two beautiful love stories, there are plenty of puppies, and lively and funny stories. The author blends romantic comedy and the life of modern women with lyrical and meaningful observations. Ever wondered about a Finnish sauna”? The sauna experience is beautifully described in the book. “The sauna cleanses your body and soul. You strip away your status, your worries, your sexuality and you just relax.”

This book is subtitled “A cosy, heart-warming romcom to curl up with”. I’m sure that Author Dunbar’s delightful book will help Finland see a huge surge in holiday visitors this year. I know I want to spend Christmas in Lapland petting puppies and going for a sleigh ride.

I highly recommend this book- put it on top of your Christmas reading pile. I enjoyed the Letter from the Author at the end of the book. What a happy, holiday spirit she has!

Thanks to Net Galley and Hera Books for a digital review copy. This is my honest review.

I've never read a novel by this author before but I'm glad I gave this one a go. I fell in love with the cover so knew I had to request it! It's so festive and wintery and simply gorgeous! The storyline had some humour and was well written. The characters were enjoyable to get to know and I loved the location.

Overall, a great festive read. Would recommend

There's many types of Christmas books. But the best ones? Those are the ones that leave you feeling things. The ones that make you miss someone, even though they're right next to you. The ones that make you nostalgic for something you can't quite put your finger on. Christmas at Frozen Falls does that.

From the descriptions of the Finish nature, to the respectful depiction of Sami culture, to the dual perspective of both Sylvie's and Niilo's view on their respective romances... The way some magical realism tied in so beautifully to the beautiful reality that is falling in love (again)... Kiley Dubar managed to make me fall in love with her characters and left me with actual tears in my eyes. And the need to tell some people I really love them - and not the biscuit kind of love.

Do you know those books you read with a smile plastered on your face the whole time? Well, "Christmas at Frozen Falls" is one of them. After being dumped by her fiancé a week before her wedding, Sylvie plans to change her honeymoon destination for a trip to Lapland with her best friend Nari, to the town of Saariselkä, hometown of her first love, Stellan, who broke her heart 15 years before.

I've always wanted to visit Lapland on Christmas, but after reading this book I NEED to go there. Right now, I don't even care it's not Christmas yet! I loved the detailed descriptions of the scenery, the finnish customs and traditions...and those puppies!! Could they be more adorable??

I simply adored this book and the characters (minus a couple of exceptions, you know who you are!!). Perfect read if you want to get into the Christmas spirit, even in the middle of summer. Definitely will check out the author's previous book.

Thanks to Netgalley and Hera Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the cover of this book immediately. It conjures up a cozy Christmas snuggling up in the warmth, looking at the cold beauty outside. And the book totally delivers.

This story was so easy to read, and so much fun. Two romances in a magical place at Christmas. Snow, aurora, dogs, reindeer, friendship, romance. What more could we ask for.

I’d definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a light hearted, Christmassy escape.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It's beginning to feel a bit like Christmas or at least Winter, and having read Christmas at Frozen Falls, I just want to pack my bags and spend Christmas this year in Lapland.

Ok in reality its a tiny bit too cold for my liking, so I'll probably spend it in a much warmer destination - but wow who wouldn't want to go husky sledding, take a sleigh ride with real reindeer and generally spend a few days at the place that we all know the real Santa lives!

This really is a bit of Christmas magic, seeing how Sylvie and Nari take a last min trip to Lapland, and go to the resort where Sylvie's ex-boyfriend Stellan is from and might be there. In fact we get to meet not only Stellan but also reindeer herder Niilo, who believes Nari may be his soulmate.

Frozen Falls is such a gorgeous location for book, I really felt I was there alongside Sylvie and Nari, its utterly stunning, and if it can't ignite some Christmas feeling in you then nothing will.

I loved seeing how both ladies interacted with their potential romances, and as well as being on holiday together they spend quite a bit of time apart.

It is clear that Finnish Lapland has been well researched with mentions of Finnish customs, and odd phrases in Finnish put in too for flavour. I loved learning about the sauna customs, and also the mentions that Finn men are slightly quieter, less demonstrative than the male species of other Scandinavian countries.

Oh and the huskies, just how adorable are they. Please can I have a husky puppy for Christmas, I really want to give one a big cuddle, and if i had a team of them, I'd be able to rather unique transport!! They really are great and Sylvie spends quite a bit of time with the dogs in this, as she is even more enchanted than I am with them.

Christmas at Frozen Falls is a wonderful start to my Christmas reading this year, its full of festive feeling, fabulous characters, friends, family, snow and all sorts of traditional Lappish food and customs. I just loved every second of this book.

This may only be Kiley Dunbar's second book, but I can already tell these are the start of a long writing career (I hope), as I am loving her writing,. I can't wait to see what is next.

Thank you to Hera and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.