This was amazing. I couldn’t put it down, except when I had to because I was genuinely nervous and worried about Adam arriving or when I could see the impending car crash situation of all the lies Iris had become inextricably tangled up in. It certainly had me on tenterhooks. I LOVED the characters, from Bobby and Robin to the whole of the berlotti family, particularly Sophia, well all of them actually.
The grief iris was experiencing with regard to her mum was beautiful to read about and had me in tears on a few occasions. I thought Iris was an incredible character. So brave, so strong and she’d been through so much and was turning her life around. The history of her mum and the band was fascinating and it was just all AMAZING. I don’t have enough adjectives to keep saying it but safe to say I’m sad I’ve finished the book and will be eagerly awaiting her next release with baited breath.

A fantastic read set in New York. Iris has no one . Brought up by a single mum who died of cancer. She flies to New York and finds a job and a flat . Her boss Bobby and Robin are her strength . She left an abuse relationship in England. With her mums scrap book she falls in love, helps an Italian family and the ending and twists are amazing. Just grips you and you want ice cream at times. Just read it. Brilliant

Josie Silver has done it again, what a wonderful story this is. I was captivated all the way through this book and that ending had me staying in bed way too late, in floods of tears, it was so gripping. Beautifully written, this story of love, redemption and finding your family had everything I could have wanted. I loved it!

There are some really great characters who just brought this story to life. I loved Iris, she is just so lovely but so scared of life. It's never been easy for her and now, finding herself in New York, knowing no one, she has to be brave, but it's not easy. Gio is great as is the whole Bertolli family and her landlord and his husband. I felt like I got to really know them all; I wanted to be part of their story too.

I cannot recommend this story highly enough. It will draw you in and keep you reading right till the very end...but have a few tissues around!

Reading a Josie silver book is like a warm hug. I was invited to read this one and I devoured it on a lazy sunny afternoon. Set in New York at Christmas it gave me all the feels. Such a lovely sweet story. I shall definitely read it again at Christmas. Just delightful.

I would give this one 6 stars if I could! What a perfect story, managed to read it over 2 days. I always love stories set in New York. The main characters were fantastic and who wouldn’t want to part of the amazing Italian family.
You are in for a treat- I loved it

Could not put it down! Was sucked in from page one! I loved the story and the characters and the family! I want to be a belotti! Fantastically written and wonderful ending. Really didn’t think it was going to be that way at many points.

This may be set in an ice cream parlour during winter yet it oozes with warmth. Featuring too strong main characters in Iris and Gio who both have a lot of baggage from their pasts, added to that Iris is keeping many secrets from Gio which are a massive hurdle to her engaging in a relationship with him. This is a fabulous character read with a great surrounding cast too and is such a positive and uplifting read overall which I sped through in next to no time. 9/10

An utterly delightful, real, adult story about love, family, pain, loss, redemption and happy endings. The setting is New York and I loved all the cultural references - music, film and fashion. This book is beautifully written and although I don’t normally like first person, it worked very well here.

This author is new to me but I’ll be searching out more of her books.