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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I really loved this one. Rosie's is so delightful and funny. She makes it so fun to read this novel. I was completely engrossed in this fun, fast paced read.
Rosie's lives in London with her boyfriend of 5 years who still hasn't proposed. She works as an assistant at hospitals that need her and does tons of grueling work. Then her mom calls and asks her to take over the sweets shop for her aunt. Rosie is sure it will be boring compared to the hustle of London. Boy is she in for a treat!
Such a great read with tons of great recipes too.
Rosie's lives in London with her boyfriend of 5 years who still hasn't proposed. She works as an assistant at hospitals that need her and does tons of grueling work. Then her mom calls and asks her to take over the sweets shop for her aunt. Rosie is sure it will be boring compared to the hustle of London. Boy is she in for a treat!
Such a great read with tons of great recipes too.
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Two story lines in two different time periods and thankfully they came together just perfect at the end. Lillian is an elderly woman who never left the hometown that she was born and raised in and never married, she tells her story of her adolescence and young adulthood in this small town. Rosie is her niece and has moved to this small town to help her great-aunt settle her affairs and move her into an elderly home, she may fall deeply in love with this small town.
I loved the mix of historical as Lillian's story was in the middle of war time as the men are being called to fight and the modern storyline with all the fantastic feels of a small town just trying to make it by. Rosie was a fantastic character to tell her story, she wasn't too whiny and showed resilience and tenacity. It was easy to want to root for her and hope that she finds happiness.
Two story lines in two different time periods and thankfully they came together just perfect at the end. Lillian is an elderly woman who never left the hometown that she was born and raised in and never married, she tells her story of her adolescence and young adulthood in this small town. Rosie is her niece and has moved to this small town to help her great-aunt settle her affairs and move her into an elderly home, she may fall deeply in love with this small town.
I loved the mix of historical as Lillian's story was in the middle of war time as the men are being called to fight and the modern storyline with all the fantastic feels of a small town just trying to make it by. Rosie was a fantastic character to tell her story, she wasn't too whiny and showed resilience and tenacity. It was easy to want to root for her and hope that she finds happiness.
I loved the story. The jumping around in time and with character POV was rough.
I want to open this by saying normally I really enjoy Jenny's books, but this one... well, this one fell a little flat. I listened to it on audio, so I'm not sure how this translates to pages but this story was at least 4hrs too long. It's a 12hr audiobook and 8hrs in and I was like ??? why is there still so much left?? Nothing big had happened. I love the idea of leaving the big city to take over a sweetshop in a village. That's one of my favorite tropes, but this one just dragged on. There were four love interests at one point (??) and most of the characters were pretty flat, given that this is a 12hr long book. I liked Lillian, the quirky candy recipes at the beginning of each chapter, and I enjoyed Rosie too, although I wish she would have gotten her stuff together quicker. There was a decent amount of swearing too (which isn't abnormal for Jenny's books, but just a warning if you're planning on listening to it with kids around). And I didn't really care for how one of the love interests, which seemed to make the most sense for Rosie, suddenly ended up being gay but there was no hint of that? Instead, she realizes he's gay because of the pants he decides to wear to the town fair, which admittedly made no sense to me and it felt a little weird to write off one of the love interests that quickly. *Sigh.* Oh well, everyone has a book fall flat though! I do recommend the Beach Street Bakery series by Jenny if you're looking for a cozy baking themed read in a small town!
Rosie goes to stay with her great aunt Lillian, who owns a sweet shop. A sweet shop that has stood empty since Lillian is not feeling well. Mmm candy! Yes there was a lot of candy mentioned in this book, especially since every chapter started with that.
A nice little village where everyone knows each other.
A store that can get on its feet again.
A woman looking for a second chance.
A man looking for healing.
Aunt L looking back at her own love life, oh btw, I did not like that the flashbacks were in cursive. Her life made me a bit sad. She said she was happy, but still. Men are such eejits.
And then, Rosie looking at her own life. At her work. At her stupid boyfriend, omg, I so wanted her to ditch him. A mama's boy, who would never do anything for Rosie.
It was a sweet book. It made me have candy, evil book that it was.
A nice little village where everyone knows each other.
A store that can get on its feet again.
A woman looking for a second chance.
A man looking for healing.
Aunt L looking back at her own love life, oh btw, I did not like that the flashbacks were in cursive. Her life made me a bit sad. She said she was happy, but still. Men are such eejits.
And then, Rosie looking at her own life. At her work. At her stupid boyfriend, omg, I so wanted her to ditch him. A mama's boy, who would never do anything for Rosie.
It was a sweet book. It made me have candy, evil book that it was.
This is my third opportunity to enjoy Colgan's storytelling and it was a great choice for the end of our pandemic year. It has been four years since I read anything by Colgan and I hope I don't wait so long again. I learned a lot about British sweets and that was fun.
I’ve read many of Jenny Colgan’s books. Met many women who started over in a small town or at a remote island. Nina is still my favorite, but Rosie now takes the second place. What a delightful story!
Sweetshop of Dreams is a feel good, quick read by Jenny Colgan. This story revolves around Rosie Hopkins who works as a Nurse Auxiliary in London. She is then asked to go to the small town her family is from to help her Great-Aunt Lilian get back on her feet. This involves getting her back to health, cleaning up the family sweetshop in order to sell it, and get Lilian into a home. Like all Colgan novels where an outsider comes to a small UK town Rosie is charmed by the town and makes some friends as well as some enemies.
This is one of those palette cleanser novels where it is nothing too intense, is fast paced, and give you something enjoyable to read just when you need a book like that. If you need an idyllic town story with a female lead who finds herself pick this one up.
This is one of those palette cleanser novels where it is nothing too intense, is fast paced, and give you something enjoyable to read just when you need a book like that. If you need an idyllic town story with a female lead who finds herself pick this one up.
Such a cute and utterly charming read, add a bit of sweets and a little heartache and it is near perfection. A great start to the reading year of 2013.
I quite enjoyed this one. I had to quiet all the reality questions I had about the story and just roll with it. Loved the setting and the characters, and as a big candy fan I loved the sweet shop.