I absolutely loved this book. The Christmas books I've read in the past have been lacking in character development and a good plot, and this book excels in both.

The story follows Lucy, who works at a struggling marketing company. To help her boss, she comes up with a plan to cold call Ross Miller who will be with his family in the Highlands and hand deliver a business proposal to him. 

When she gets there they mistake her for Ross's girlfriend, and before she can leave, they are all snowed in and Lucy is stuck there too.

We learn about the tensions between the Miller family, and how each one of the Miller children (Ross, Clemmie and Alice) has a secret they've been hiding from their parents, grandmother, and each other.

As the snow continues to fall, the secrets get spilled, leaving the Miller family to deal with the implications of the secrets and to try and find a way to come together as a family and accept each other exactly as they are.

I loved how the characters felt so real. They were all imperfect, and working through their own problems. They dealt with grief, indecision, pride, fear, judgement and overcoming all of those things to come together.

There was a large cast of characters, and there were chapters written about the experience of each of the main characters. Sometimes this style of writing can be confusing, but this book did an excellent job with it. Each of the characters were well developed, and had their own voices and perspectivews.

I highly recommend this if you're looking for a book to read that is set during Christmas, while still being a great read.

I have to say I'd hoped that with three siblings it wouldn't feel necessary to pair them all up in relationships by the end, and that was a little disappointing. There is an attempt to steer away from the traditional path which I appreciated, though it was easy to see the end coming a mile away. But I find myself a little more forgiving of these kinds of tropes when it's a Christmas book, and this one does the festive feels brilliantly. 

The circumstances that lead Lucy to the Millers' door are delightfully farcical and I really enjoyed having the family uncomfortably thrown together. Nanna Jean steals the show and is a complete delight with her total lack of inhibition, but being stranded gives every character a chance to confront their feelings and it develops fantastically.

I loved how things were gradually unwound as the book went on, and each character was given a chance to shine. The chapters are so long in Morgan's books and I do sometimes struggle with the amount of introspection. But I loved the characters, there was a nice touch of humour throughout and I was full of joy by the end. So it was as predictable as I expected, but happily so.