A Winter in New York
A Winter in New York - Josie Silver
my review : ✮✮✮✮
This book is really a love letter to New York & gelato. It’s a love story that’s a bit heavier than what I have come to expect in my holiday romances; it covers the importance of family (both blood & found), the endurance of grief, and the magic of hope. This book starts around Halloween time and ends on NYE, so it’s not totally a holiday story, but it is one that will have you wishing for a snowy winter NYC day ❄️❄️❄️.
Our story is about the sweet & British Iris, who moved to NYC last winter to escape a lot of heartbreak and hurt. When we meet her, she’s living above the noodle shop where she works and is neighbors with her best friend Bobbie, who is always trying to get her out of her shell. When Bobbie takes her to a street fair in Little Italy, she is shocked to come across a door from one of her deceased mother’s old photos. She would know that door anywhere, and she’s anxious to meet the family who owns the shop and might be able to tell her more about her mother. When she returns to the shop, she learns from the handsome Gio that the shop is on the brink of closing as they are no longer making their famous gelato ever since his grandpa (the sole keeper of the family’s gelato recipe) went into a coma. Once Iris tastes the gelato, she realizes that she has the recipe, but she doesn’t want to betray her mom’s trust by revealing this, and she’s unsure of the damage it could cause to this Italian family if they learned that the recipe was leaked. So Iris, a talented chef, offers to help Gio recreate the gelato and try to figure out the recipe before the shop closes down in the winter.
I found myself tearing up from time to time, and while the story is ultimately heartwarming, I felt a bit melancholy reading this. That’s an emotion I am not always looking for in a holiday book (the holidays are hard enough! I like to stick my head in the proverbial sand, aka a happy Christmas tree farm hot chocolate love story). Overall, I enjoyed this book and just adore Josie Silver as an author. Excited to hear what you guys thought of it!
Best paired with the drunken snowman cocktail, swipe for the recipe! ⛄️
you’ll love this book if you love:
New York at Christmastime
A heartwarming romance
