I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Sisters Willow, Pip and Ottie reunite a few months before Christmas when their father, the last knight of Ireland, dies suddenly. The girls end up being shocked when youngest daughter Willow is left in control of their father's failing estate and given the tough decision to sell the land or not. Each woman deals with their grief and new happenings in their life, as Christmas gets closer and a prospective new owner decides to throw a Christmas party in their childhood home.

First off, this isn't really a Christmas book so if you haven't got to this book yet and think you need to wait till festive season again, you don't have to - the cover and title make it seem like this is just a seasonal read but the story and the majority of it takes place in the months leading up to Christmas and Christmas isn't really a big deal in the story at all.

This is probably one of my favourite books from Karen Swan I've read so far - I think the story was written really well, and each character was given enough time so I didn't feel like one character was left behind. It took me a while to warm up to the sisters - I wouldn't say they are the most likeable characters I've ever read. Ottie is in a relationship with a married man, Pip is honestly just really weirdly rude to a really nice guy over a stupid slight from when they were teenagers and Willow is juts difficult.

But I did, by the end, end up liking each of the characters and admiring different things in each. There's nothing surprising in this book, you can pretty much predict everything that's going to happen if you read enough contemporary but I didn't mind that. I like knowing what will happen and just seeing how we'll get there.