This Year's For Me and You: The heartwarming and uplifting story of love and second chances

This love story was sad and happy with some amusing moments, I couldn’t put it down. I do like Emily Bell’s books.

An enjoyable book. Very easy to read and lovely characters.

Love the first book and this was event better. Great story, good pace and I really loved the characters. I willed them to be happy. Thoroughly reccommend

Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.Hannah and Celeste have been friends since they were eighteen and have spent every New Year’s Eve together since. Hannah dies to a freak skiing accident in January and Celeste can’t begin to imagine celebrating new year with her. Celeste discovers a list of new year resolutions of Hannah’s and decides to honour her memory by completing the before the next new year. This helps Celeste to kickstart her life one step at a time and her biggest adventure yet. Falling in love.A great read.

This Year's For Me and You by Emily BellI received an advance review copy for free thanks to NetGalley and Penguin and I am leaving this review voluntarily.BlurbHannah and Celeste have been best friends since they were eighteen, when they made a pact to spend every New Year's Eve together.From Dublin to London, the two are inseparable: that is, until tragedy strikes.When Celeste discovers a list of Hannah's New Year's Resolutions, she is determined to make her way through them and honour her friend's memory.With the help of an old friend, Patrick, Celeste kickstarts her life one adventure at a time.My OpinionA charming book that will play with your emotions. Overall this is a heart-warming book but we also see Celeste as she faces the grief of loosing her best friend. This book isn't overly festive and so would work at any time of year. Sometimes we all need to venture outside of our comfort zones.Rating 4/5

This is the most perfect Christmassy read to warm your cockles on a cold winter’s day! Okay, so it’s not without some teary moments, but following Celeste’s journey through the pain is worth every tissue. So many lovely moments, it’s pretty much the perfect hot chocolate with ALL the trimmings, and even the odd Christmas cookie on the side.

Irish Celeste and her best friend Hannah both live in London. They met in Dublin and after Celeste was shunned at school by her friends New Years Eve 1999, she was invited by Hannah to a New Years party and had spent every New Years Eve together since.Hannah dies in an skiing accident and Celeste understandably struggles to come to terms with her grief. She does enjoy spending time with Hannah's fiancé Vik and her other joint friends. Vik then moves from London to the country, Celeste feels alone again and reluctantly aggress to spend the first New Years Eve with Vik at his new house with Hannah's friends old and new friends including Patrick who Celeste had met once before in 1999.. Whilst there, Celeste and Vik come a cross a book which Hannah had written in a resolution list. Deciding it would be a good way to honour her friend, Celeste decides to undertake her list and take her out of her comfort zone and try something new.. Luckily for her, she undertakes some of these with Patrick who lives just around the corner from Celeste in London.This an amusing story of self discovery, female friendships, loss and romance, Good to read at any time of year but especially Christmas.

A charming story full of emotion. I loved the idea of Celeste trying the ideas from the New Years Resolution list each month. Each one seemed to take her out of her comfort zone and make her think about her life and future.The other characters were great additions- I especially liked Vik and Mel and their relationship with Celeste was so supportive and understanding.The friendship between Patrick and Celeste was definitely one of those slow burning relationships - with friends and history in common, I really enjoyed seeing them get to know eachother. A particular highlight was the sound of the Ghent Christmas market - just idyllic.