Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy of this book.

A Winter in New York follows Iris, a 30 something Londoner reeling from the recent death of her mom and escape from an emotionally abusive relationship. She moved to NY, found a job in a noodle restaurant, and an apartment above. One day while out with her best friend, she stumbles upon a gelato store that is strangely familiar. She realizes it's the same store that's in one of her mom's old photographs = and the same top secret family recipe that her mom taught her. She meets Gio, a widower and single dad, and he is struggling to figure out the gelato recipe their store has used for decades. Only two people at a time have access to the recipe, and one copy is misplaced, and the other is lost to the memories of Santo who just had a stroke. Does Iris tell Gio she has the recipe? How is her mom tied to the store and this amazing family?

As the story unfolds, I fell in love with GIo and his family (and I really want some of their gelato). Iris and Gio are the cutest once they both let their walls down, and the way Gio's family kind of adopts and welcomes Iris in was just the sweetest.

This would have been a 5 star book for me except for the miscommunication trope - I HATE IT. It's saying a lot about the book that I still loved it enough to give it 4 stars, even with all the miscommunication. I know it's the whole point of the book, but ughhhh if Iris had just told GIo "hey....so my mom had your secret family gelato recipe, here ya go, and by the way, my ex isn't dead, he's just a huge abusive d*ckwad"...

All that being said, I will continue to read Josie SIlver's books, and hopefully continue to love them!

A cheesy hallmark movie in book form. It was okay. Not my cup of tea, but cute enough to finish it. The relationships were cute

Read if you like:
🗣️ Miscommunication Trope
🍦Gelato
🗽Books Set in NY
🤫 Family Secrets

Honestly, this one didn’t work for me like I had hoped. It has all the makings to be a great winter romance, but the intentional withholding of information for a flimsy reason was a big turn off for me, and I feel like it was just to create drama for a third act break up that just isn’t necessary in romance.

All in all, I think a lot of people will like this one, but it just wasn’t a favorite for me.

A holiday read that spans the seasons of late fall through New Years. Iris finds herself in New York after leaving London and a bad ex-boyfriend behind to find connections to her mom and the life her mom left behind there. Iris starts a new life in the city and ends up entwined in the lives of the Belotti family. A cute love story with some deeper storylines of loss and also abuse. I enjoyed getting to know the big personalities of the characters in this story and the sense of place led me to a clear picture of the streets and homes of the story. A quick holiday read, I recommend. I struggled to get into the story but at about 20%, the story picked up and I flew through the last 80% or so in one morning.

I thought the book was cute but I was not surprised to read in the end that the author had never been to NYC before. Something in the day to day life and how she described that pastrami sandwich seemed off. And why would a chef be impressed by how people were cutting up sausage and peppers at a street fair?

I thought there were some timeline issues. Unless Santo was supposed to be a decade or more older than her mother which didn’t seem to be the case, he’d only be in his mid-fifties. But he and his wife are portrayed in a way that makes them seem elderly and a relic of an earlier time.

Gio was supposed to be 39 but repeatedly talked about how old he was. Iris must have been about 36 but also talks about how he is older than her. They are basically the same age! I guess Santo, at about 15 years older than Gio could be a father figure but you’d think they mention how close in age they are too.

I don’t see how Iris’ mom could have thought Gio was Santo’s child when she went back to NYC when Iris was a toddler but it’s heavily implied she did. Gio is older than Iris by enough that he would have been born by the time she met Santo.

I think we could have done without the bad ex storyline, there was enough going on between her being a chef, her mom’s death, Gio’s family and also being a singer. She didn’t need another reason to be NYC and he seemed like a comic book villain.

4/5 stars

Trigger Warnings: Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse

I really enjoyed this holiday book! It was a very emotional, powerful, sweet, and a bit mysterious. A book set in NYC with lots of England and baking references?! yes, please! All the gelato talk made me go get some.

Iris is an incredible main character and I love her growth throughout the book. Gio is such a caring and supportive person to both his family and Iris. Of course I don't love third act breakups but this one is done so well and I enjoyed the ending so much.

The family in this story is so delightful and I will truly miss them. I will continue to read whatever Josie Silver writes each year. This book definitely got me into the Christmas mood.

Heartfelt and tugs on every emotion you may try to hide. This story was emotional, adorable, magical, everything you could want in a holiday book. It will definitely get you in your feels. Josie can do no wrong when she writes.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC. I love Josie Silver books and this one did not disappoint. A Winter in New York, is about an English girl named Iris, who moves to New York to feel closer to her deceased mother. When Iris randomly meets Gio... cue in Taylor Swift's lyrics for Invisible String.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This was a slow start for me, but then with a flip of a switch, it picked up. Iris and stories of her mom had some Daisy Jones vibes, but Gio and his Italian family came through with their loud bickering and grand meals. Each with their own set of baggage bond over figuring out the family gelato recipe. I enjoyed the Christmas in New York feels, definitely a good read with a cup of cider or cocoa, under a cozy blanket.

A Winter In New York" is basically the love child of my two favorite things – NYC and holiday vibes. Iris, the main character, is all set to restart her life in the Big Apple, thinking it's going to be all cozy like those classic movies with her mom. But it's way bigger and crazier than she thought. Thank goodness for her BFF Bobby, who's not having any of her hiding-out plans. He drags her to this epic autumn street fair in Little Italy, and they stumble upon a family-run gelato joint that might just be the same one from an old pic of Iris's mom.

So, Iris dives into helping out at this gelateria, and there's this swoon-worthy guy Gio involved. The catch? The place is about to shut down because Gio's uncle, the gelato recipe wizard, is in a coma. Iris, being the hero we didn't know we needed, offers her chef skills to keep the gelato dream alive. The story unfolds with a mix of mystery, romance, and a whole lot of NYC holiday magic. If you're into heartwarming stories with a side of city adventure, "A Winter In New York" is a five-star must-read. I couldn't put it down – it's like a warm hug and a cup of cocoa all wrapped up in one. Thank you to Netgalley for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cozy yet irritating ⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was an easy breezy read - when it wasn’t aggravating the sh**t out of me. While this wasn’t my favorite holiday book due to me wanting to smack the lead character in the head a couple times, I did tear up at the end, so that makes it an enjoyable Hallmark read, right?

i have loved this authors christmas books. the writing is beautiful and cozy. only frustrating thing was the miscommunication trope. i did love gio… and sophie and bella. the side characters were amazing. i especially loved the found family vibes.

I love reading books by Josie Silver and this one did not disappoint!! I was instantly hooked and found myself putting all my tasks on hold so I could find out what happened in the end!

I went back and forth reading and listening this book and it honestly was so soothing and just lovely. ⁣
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That’s how I felt the whole time I listened to it, that it was just so sweet and lovely. Like this calming balm to my soul. ⁣
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Iris flees to New York from England after her mother passes and she runs away from her abusive ex with just a suitcase and her favorite gelato maker.⁣
After settling into New York she walks past a gelato store one even that sort of just speaks to her soul. ⁣
Enter Gio, widower with a sweet daughter and a huge family, whose uncle is in the hospital and has forgotten the family recipe of the famous gelato. ⁣
Iris and Gio become friends and soon lovers as they try to figure out the ratio for the perfect gelato.⁣
Except fate steps in and Iris learns that maybe her mom’s history is woven into Gios family history as well.⁣
As we follow this beautiful relationship between these two, and Iris learns more about her mum and Gio learns how to love again, you fall in love with the both of them.⁣
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Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review. This book was really cute but I wish it focused more on winter/christmastime. I feel like this book could have been set in the summer and still be fine.

1.5 stars

I had to sit with this for a bit. I’ve read all of Josie Silver’s books so I was prepared going in for there to be some mixture of secrets, lies, and drama. In this book, however, the secrets were egregious, the lies were unconscionable, and the drama was beyond belief. Gio is a grieving single father widower. Iris lied to him the first time they met and kept lying repeatedly until almost the very end of the book. It was toxic for him and somewhere between masochistic, sadistic, and narcissistic of her. I won’t go into more detail as I don’t want to mark this with spoilers.
I loved One Night On The Island so much. It was such a shock how much I disliked this book. I’m brokenhearted. Contemporary fiction has become so formulaic in such a bad way lately. When it’s done well, it’s my favorite genre. When it’s never ending secrets, lies, and drama, it is my least favorite genre. I guess I’m in the minority of people who feel that way because it seems like the worse it all gets, the better it sells. Dysfunctional, toxic relationships sell copies and that just makes me sad.

I love reading Josie's books during the holiday season. They always put me into the right holiday mood each year. A Winter in New York was a bit of a slow start for me, but once I got into the story I really enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it if you're looking for a wintry book for the season!

New York is one of the most festive cities in the world during Christmas and is the perfect choice for the backdrop to Josie Silver's A Winter in New York. When Iris makes her way to NYC from the UK, escaping both a bad relationship and the untimely death of her mother she forges relationships with the owners of her apartment and the restaurant where she serves popular noodle dishes. A talented chef, she is slowly emerging from the safe space she has created for herself and exploring the city. A chance encounter with a gelateria during a popular Italian festival sets off a chain of events forever changing many lives. Iris recognizes the gelateria from pictures her mother saved and discovers that her mother holds the secret to the famous family recipe. Working with widowed father Gio she tries to help him discover it for himself-hesitant to betray her mother and Gio's family. With the holidays approaching Iris has to make a decision that could break her heart-or everyone else’s. This heartwarming novel is not to be missed.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

Josie Silver returns with Winter in New York, a warm holiday romance. Iris and the Belotti family are richly drawn, lovable characters. Gio is the hero of every loaner’s dreams. Bobby is the pitch perfect David Rose-esque bff. There is so much to love about this book from the backdrop of the festive city to the delectable descriptions of food. What I didn’t love was the lingering deception upon which much of the plot was centered. With better editing and earlier transparency, this EASILY would have been a five star read. Winter in New York still made me laugh out loud and moved me to tears, so I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. Thank you, NetGalley and Random House-Dell, for the arc of this beautifully written novel

Living in New York is part overwhelming, part adventure for Iris. There are so many memories of her mother wrapped up in this city, so when she stumbles upon a painted door she's seen in photographs, she finds herself in a place her mother has been before. It's a gelateria and it's in danger of closing its doors forever. Iris feels like she's been dropped into her mother's story, a story where the ending was unclear, and the handsome man in an old photo album looks very much like Gio, the guy behind the counter.

Honestly, the last quarter of the book really saved it for me. Josie Silver has always been able to make you feel her character's raw emotions of loneliness, heartbreak and the sheer yearning for something they don't think they deserve. It took a while to feel that this time.

My biggest problem was the portrayal of Gio's family. While we Italians are welcoming, kind and nurturing by nature (food being our love language) we are also the most wary, reserving judgement, wait-and-see kind of people. We may be hospitable, but we don't trust easily and we certainly don't let a stranger mess with the family recipes. That was a roadblock for me in terms of Gio's and Iris's burgeoning relationship.

But putting that aside (since not everyone is blessed to be Italian ;) ) the story itself kept me engaged and turning the pages, rooting for Iris to have her happy ending. Another strength of Silver's was on full display as she is able to make her settings such an integral part of the story. With the city of New York as a huge character herself, I found myself taking note of these off the path places I want to visit when I get the chance to spend a winter in New York.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.