Christmas at Thornton Hall

Enjoyable, but at the same time I found this quite a frustrating read. Juliet can at times be a bit annoying, this is not helped by the first person narrative. Just when the plot gets interesting, you get more nonsense about how sexy she finds the three men she can't decide between and how she can't decide whether to be a chef or not. The mushroom sub plot goes nowhere, it looks like it was inserted to provide a bit of spice but never really resolved in a satisfying way, it was if the author changed her mind about where she wanted it to go. It also doesn't feel that evocative for a book about food, stately homes and Christmas. The author obviously knows a great deal about cooking, but I found her descriptions fell short. I enjoyed the parts about the family and the below stairs staff though.