She’d done everything she could to talk her friend out of it, which hadn’t exactly endeared her to Seb or to Christy or to the best man—although that was a whole other story—but at the time that hadn’t mattered.

Despite being friends since they were children, both women have noticed that things are not what they used to be: with-holding personal details and not indulging in secrets, both Alix and Christy feel increasingly detached from one another. If the whole family wants to escape Christmas, the festivities will feel a world away in Nepal – where most of the population is Hindu (with some Buddhists and Muslims). Share your Christmas with elephants on a tour of northern Thailand, where a visit to the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai includes feeding and bathing sessions.Wish it had a little more holiday and a little less drama, but it was a nice escape for the evening. Right before the trip Christy learns some news from her husband, Seb, that will delay their departure so Christy turns to her best friend, Alix Carpenter, to keep the holiday on track.

How about swapping the after-dinner party games and booking an escape room challenge for the whole family? She knew that Christy would always choose to eat a raw carrot over a bowl of ice cream and that she’d only ever been blind drunk once in her life. I devoured this latest book in only a few hours while poolside, on the hottest day of my holiday, and it did slightly cool me off, reading about such wintery activities, while completely absorbing me within the pages, which I was reading happily. Okay, so you won’t be able to escape Christmas completely in the UK but that’s not to say you can’t enjoy some time away in the remotest parts of the country. If you want to have a free Christmas escape room, check out our escape room puzzleideas for how to find free personalized puzzles.Someone less cynical might have thought of it as a Christmas miracle, but Robyn no longer believed in miracles. And if, after all that relaxing, you fancy an evening out, make the most of the carnival in Kochi which runs until 31 December – stick around for the finale on the last day to see an impressive traditional procession. Okay so this is the third review I've written on this book beause everytime I go to save it, it kept getting deleted. Once you come down to earth, drive to Loch Morlich and revel in the peace and quiet surrounded by a tinsel-free pine forest, a sandy beach, and breathtaking views of the Cairngorms. His master plan for escape is ready for you to execute, you just need to work out what he had planned and break out within 60 minutes!

In fact, the last man she’d spent time with had questioned whether she even had a heart, which she thought was a little harsh.Christy and Robyn have to move past the estrangement, and building bridges is a parallel that is reflected in Christy and Alix’s friendship. Yet, the warm welcome that Robyn provides and the ensuing revealing conversation between the two, demonstrates the importance of love and family. These days she chose her clothes for warmth and durability and tried not to think about all the dresses and shoes she no longer had a use for. Although I really enjoyed the plot development, I thought Morgan’s portrayal of the setting added to the cosiness of this story.