A Winter in New York
Ratings17
Average rating3.6
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Ratings17
Average rating3.6
A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been looking for in this stunning novel from the New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December. When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic movies set in New York she’d watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn’t quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iris’s best friend, isn’t about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eye—could it be the same shop that’s in an old photo of her mother’s? Curious, Iris returns the next day and meets the handsome Gio, who tells her that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their family’s gelato recipe, is recovering from a stroke and can no longer remember it, so they can’t make more. When Iris samples the last remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato and her gelato are one and the same. But how can she tell them she knows their secret recipe when she’s not sure why Gio’s uncle gave it to her mother in the first place? Iris offers her services as a chef to help them re-create the flavor and finds herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio’s uncle finally wakes up, all of the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life—and new love—she’s been building all winter long.
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I read two books by this author last year. One of them (One Night on the Island) was one of my top reads and the other one (One Day in December) of my bottom reads of the year. But even for the one I liked less, I could recognize and appreciate the beautiful way it was written and the emotional authenticity and depth in it.
A Winter in New York is another beautifully written book by Josie Silver. I really enjoyed reading it. I was emotionally invested the whole way through, loved all the characters I was supposed to, loved seeing the romance blossom, loved the emotional journeys the characters went through.
A Winter in New York is about Iris who moves to New York to leave her life in London behind. She has lost her mom, survived a relationship that broke her spirit, and had to leave behind a burgeoning career. A series of coincidences to do with her mom's past life leads her to the unique door of a family gelateria and to help them recover their lost family recipe.
I HIGHLY recommend not reading the actual blurb because it gives away things that happen 80% into the book!
She has the wonderful ability to write emotional novels. I really wish we had gotten more of Vivien and Santo's story in the beginning of the book as I didn't feel much of a love connection between the two main characters until closer to the end
Iris moves to New York City to start over, and she wanders into a gelato place that feels oddly familiar.
And that's not all that feels familiar...Gio, the gelato shop owner, and his entire family...plus the recipe for amazing gelato...
What's going on here?
I think you know. It's a romance, for goodness' sake, and romances thrive on odd coincidences. And it works, for the most part.
It's my choice for a winter-y, Christmas-y read.
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One day in December was the first romance I've read. With it, came my love for the comfort of the HEA romances provide, granting Josie Silver a special place in my heart.
A Winter in New York does what it promises, and bring us to the magical New York during the holiday season. The book celebrates family bonds, the importance of fighting for your own voice, dealing with heavy past baggage and finding love after difficult times.
This is a sweet story, full of lovely characters and heartwarming moments. Iris and Gio have great chemistry and it's impossible not to root for their happiness.
The characters are slightly older than what it's typical in recent contemporary romances, which was a nice change, though I struggled to understand some of their choices and decisions.
Although I wanted to scream with Iris during the whole book regarding the things she was holding back, the ending wraps everything rather nicely.
Overall a cozy and tender read for the winter.
TW - death of parent (off page), verbal abusive relationship, gaslighting
3.5 ⭐️ rounded up
I would like to thank Penguin General UK - Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
