Deck the Halles
It’s next Christmas at the little French llama farm. Last Christmas infamous Australian author Nick bought the farm, that was meant to be furnished and without llamas. The reverse proved to be the case. Noelle had been sent to pet sit the llamas until his arrival. After a decidedly frosty start, Nick and Noelle’s relationship warmed up rapidly and they’re now happily living together, with an ever growing assortment of animals.
They’re looking forward to a quiet, romantic Christmas together but at the last moment Noelle is called on to find a venue for the annual national llama show. The local agricultural halles are free so she books them, thinking that’s all she’ll have to do to help. She couldn’t be more wrong! On top of that, various relatives start turning up on her doorstep unexpectedly, as the result of assorted crises.
The farmhouse is about to burst at the seams. Add in a few other events, such as playing the part of a pixie at a Christmas fête, organising Nick’s book launch and training a non-cooperative llama for the agility class in the show, and Noelle is pushed ever closer to the end of her tether. Can she hold it together and stay as calm as a llama? Or will she be the next member of her family to make a bolt for pastures new?
This festive, feel-good and fun novel is the sequel to ‘Fa-La-Llama-La: Christmas at the Little French Llama Farm’ but can be read as a standalone.
My review
What an utterly charming book, I absolutely loved it. From the easy and humourous writing style right down to the sheer delightful llama antics. Throw in a French backdrop, unexpected family frolics, a book launch and an annual national llama show and you just about have the set up of this fast paced and quick witted story.
I honestly had no idea that llamas could be so much fun. Who knew that an annual national llama show was in existence? Certainly not me, I mean llama agility classes? You couldn't write this kind of thing, I was howling with laughter. But let's be fair on Sir Winter, the boy did marvellous.
The sheer volume of characters that graced the pages of this book fitted the frantically fast pace of the story extremely well. Having said that, Noelle's voice was still the main focal point and her character didn't lose clarity set against an amply filled backdrop. I loved the fun loving and easy going nature of Nick and Noelle's relationship and their slap-stick moments created clever comic relief even if they were upstaged by llamas at every turn of the page.
Deck the Halles is a fun loving book bursting at the seems with llama loving antics. It's witty and whimsical with an alternative take on your average festive read. I urge you all to download a copy today and dive straight in, you won't be disappointed.
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amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KRKSQ9Q/
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Author Bio –
I'm an English expat living in France, having moved here with my family in 2006 after fourteen years as an expat in Ireland. I now consider myself a European rather than 'belonging' to any particular country. The last ten years have been interesting, to put it mildly. Taking on seventy-five acres with three lakes, two hovels and one cathedral-sized barn, not to mention an ever increasing menagerie, makes for exciting times. The current array of animals includes alpacas, llamas, huarizos (alpaca-llama crossbreds, unintended in our case and all of them thanks to one very determined alpaca
male), sheep, goats, pigs, ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys, not forgetting our pets of dogs, cats,
zebra finches, budgies , canaries, lovebirds and Chinese quail. Before we came to France all we had was a dog and two chickens, so it's been a steep learning curve. I recount these experiences in my book Heads Above Water: Staying Afloat in France and the sequel to that, Total Immersion: Ten years in France. I also blog regularly at www.bloginfrance.com.
I'm married to Chris and we have three bilingual TCKs (third culture kids) who are resilient and resourceful and generally wonderful.
I'm a traditionally-published author of many children's books, and am now self-publishing too. I have worked part-time as a freelance editor for thirty years after starting out as a desk editor for Hodder & Stoughton. Find me at www.editing.zone. The rest of the time I'm running carp fishing lakes with Chris and inevitably cleaning up some or other animal's poop.
Social Media Links – @llamamum
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