Blog tour - A Millon Dreams - Dani Atkins

Genre: Romance / Women's Fiction

Publisher : Head of Zeus

ISBN: 9781789546156

Rating: 4.5/ 5

Synopsis:

A true love story, written by a mother's heart' Milly Johnson.
'A captivating story that packs an emotional punch' Heidi Swain.

Beth Brandon always dreamed of owning a florist, but today the bouquets of peonies and bright spring flowers are failing to calm her nerves. Because today, Beth has a life-changing decision to share with her husband.

Izzy Vaughan thought she and her husband would stay together forever, but sometime last year, their love began to fade. They both find such joy in their young son Noah – but is he enough to keep them together?

Eight years ago, something happened to these two women. Something that is about to bring them together in a way no-one thought possible...

Review

I really loved this story. It really is a fitting, heartwarmer for the season. The narrative style of having alternate chapters from both Beth and Izzy's points of view was very effective in getting to grips with how each of them processed and came of terms of discovering the true origins of their son and how they positioned themselves in his life.

One thing I did notice was how Beth's realisation of Noah – or how she ultimately stepped away from considering herself as his mother to be quite rushed. It would have been interesting to delve into her thought process here a little more and ultimately why she came to renounce all contact with Noah. At times her growing romance with Liam seemed to grow with very little conflict – aside from one such instance with his late wife's paintings and a pushy art dealer – which led me to have to suspend reality for a bit to really embrace the story. Not that this is a bad thing, as most of my experiences with romance novels have been exactly that.

The ending, at first instance, felt somewhat rushed, and I found the knock at the door to be a bit too obvious and that subtlety would have been far more emotive here.

Overall, this was a sweet story. While reading I couldn't help but imagine it as a mini series in the build up to Christmas and this would make a great easy read curled up on the sofa in the colder months.

Thank you to Vicky Joss from Head of Zeus for inviting me to be part of this blog tour!