With I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here starting in the past few days, this is a very fitting book to tell you about. I read and loved Jungle Rock by Caroline James last year as I'm a Celebrity ended so I am delighted to share my review again today as part in the birthday blitz. Don't miss the fab giveaway to win a £20 Amazon voucher, simply by signing up to Caroline James' mailing list.
Romantic
comedy author, Caroline James has written an entertaining novella
with a Christmas feel Set in the Australian jungle, the book has been
described as ‘entertaining and funny, a real feel-good read’ and
fans of, I’m A Celebrity, Get Me out of Here are sure to enjoy it.
Handsome young chef Zach Docherty is feeling the heat. Following an exposé in a national newspaper, his fiancée Poppy Dunlop has broken their engagement. Heartbroken at the thought of life without Poppy, Zach drowns his sorrows and, when his agent suggests that Zach becomes a contestant in a reality TV show, Jungle Survival, he reluctantly agrees. Plunged deep in the jungle, into a bizarre mix of talent and trials, Zach meets glamour model Cleo Petra, and the cameras go crazy.
Will Zach survive and be crowned Jungle King? Or will his latest exploits push Poppy further away...
What did I think?
I jumped at the chance of reading Jungle Rock as the latest series of I'm a Celebrity was ending and it was just the thing to feed my jungle addiction. The only problem is that it's only a novella and I could have quite easily read a full novel about Zach's exploits in Jungle Survival.
Zach is a celebrity chef but after being caught in a compromising position with a woman who wasn't his fiancée, his engagement is called off and he heads for the Australian jungle to star in Jungle Rock. Poppy, his ex-fiancée also jets off to America as part of the publicity team for another celebrity chef, but even in America you can catch episodes of Jungle Survival. Zach seems like a lovely normal guy and as the real events surrounding the exposé are revealed I had my fingers crossed that it wasn't too late to win back Poppy.
For a short book there are quite a few colourful characters in it and each of them are so much larger than life that they virtually jump out of the pages. It is testament as to how warmly it is written, that I didn't realise that the characters have appeared in previous books. So Jungle Rock can certainly be read as a standalone as I did just that and enjoyed it immensely.
You don't have to be a fan of I'm a Celebrity to enjoy Jungle Rock but for those of us who love our annual 3 week trip to the Australian outback it's a perfect feel-good read.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
My rating:
Buy it from Amazon
ABOUT
CAROLINE JAMES
Caroline
James has owned and run businesses encompassing all aspects of the
hospitality industry – a subject that features in her novels. She
is based in the UK and spends her time writing, climbing mountains
and running a consultancy business. Caroline has a great fondness for
the Caribbean and escapes to the islands whenever she can. She is a
public speaker, reviewer and food writer and loves cooking and
baking, especially cake. Her next novel, The
Best Boomerville Hotel
is coming soon…
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James Author
Twitter:
@CarolineJames12
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I loved this book too. It is perfect timing to read it again with Celeb Jungle starting.
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