What a way to Kickstart the new year. This is just simply a sublime five-star read, I honestly don’t know why but this one will stay with me so much, as it just blew me away, I was in tears from the first chapter and then laughing so hard I was in tears again. There was something special about Queenie and her passion for others, even grumpy Sam and his not so grumpy heart, they did make me want to shake them a little, but I loved them so hard I didn’t want to for long. I don’t know if it was the loss of the Queen and my Nanna who was my personal Queen in quick succession, and this brought it all to the surface again, or just the whole moment of watching everyone que and thinking how wonderfully British it was and how amazing it was with everyone pulling together, but this story truly pulled at my heartstrings. The other thing that really did it for me with this one, aside from the joy of seeing everyone with their hearts on their sleeves was the portrayal of some of the secondary characters such as Sam’s mum and Charlie, they could have just been hidden and two dimensional as some authors would portray them, but this pair showed the true reality and joy that comes with the lives we get than the ones we think we should get. If you read one story this year, please make it this one as you wont be disappointed, it will make you all warm and fuzzy inside and remind you of the joy that is brought to life by being simply British.