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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
hopeful
lighthearted
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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This was just the sweet feel good read I needed. I want to go to Ireland right now.
I loved the baking aspect. I wanted to eat everything and watch Great British Bake Off.
Conor reeeeallly rubbed me the wrong way with all his assumptions. Like I know he was burned before, but communication is needed in a relationship and he wouldn’t EVER let Hannah explain herself.
Overall, I really liked this one and I need to look into the first books of the Romantic Escape series!
This was just the sweet feel good read I needed. I want to go to Ireland right now.
I loved the baking aspect. I wanted to eat everything and watch Great British Bake Off.
Conor reeeeallly rubbed me the wrong way with all his assumptions. Like I know he was burned before, but communication is needed in a relationship and he wouldn’t EVER let Hannah explain herself.
Overall, I really liked this one and I need to look into the first books of the Romantic Escape series!
Hannah Campbell is a successful Manchester lawyer. After the deaths of her parents she has become extremely risk-averse and has come to the conclusion that it has stopped her from seizing opportunities. When a new work colleague seems to effortlessly fit in and make friends, then bakes a magnificent cake for the office Bake Off competition, Hannah is unreasonably jealous and so she decides to take a sabbatical and book herself on a six-week cookery class in Killorgally, County Kerry (as you do).
When she arrives in Dublin she meets a good-looking young Irishman called Conor and uncharacteristically ends up having a one-night stand. Conor is obviously a bit of a ladies man so when Hannah wakes up in the morning she has no idea how to act casual and shrug off the fling, so she decides to sneak out and leave for Killorgally immediately.
I bet everyone knows what's coming. Hannah may not have a clue who Conor is, but he's a very famous person in Ireland and when he comes home to Killorgally and finds her there he's convinced she's stalking him.
I have seen a few of Julie Caplin's books in this series available as ARCs and, I'll be honest, I shied away from them as I was concerned that they would be a bit too twee. As they say in Pretty Woman, 'Big Mistake, Huge'. Yes, it's a cosy romance but I loved all the characters, the wonderful descriptions of the cookery school, the cottage, the landscape. It's the sort of book that makes you want to immediately sell up and go and raise chickens and grow your own vegetables (even though I hate gardening of any description and I only got 12 tomatoes from my two tomato plants this year). Edit, it's early October and a few more tomatoes have appeared.
Thoroughly enjoyable, I only hope that Izzy gets her own book as I quite fancy the idea of a woman inheriting a run-down Scottish castle.
Ideal for fans of Katie Fforde.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Bumped for release.
When she arrives in Dublin she meets a good-looking young Irishman called Conor and uncharacteristically ends up having a one-night stand. Conor is obviously a bit of a ladies man so when Hannah wakes up in the morning she has no idea how to act casual and shrug off the fling, so she decides to sneak out and leave for Killorgally immediately.
I bet everyone knows what's coming. Hannah may not have a clue who Conor is, but he's a very famous person in Ireland and when he comes home to Killorgally and finds her there he's convinced she's stalking him.
I have seen a few of Julie Caplin's books in this series available as ARCs and, I'll be honest, I shied away from them as I was concerned that they would be a bit too twee. As they say in Pretty Woman, 'Big Mistake, Huge'. Yes, it's a cosy romance but I loved all the characters, the wonderful descriptions of the cookery school, the cottage, the landscape. It's the sort of book that makes you want to immediately sell up and go and raise chickens and grow your own vegetables (even though I hate gardening of any description and I only got 12 tomatoes from my two tomato plants this year). Edit, it's early October and a few more tomatoes have appeared.
Thoroughly enjoyable, I only hope that Izzy gets her own book as I quite fancy the idea of a woman inheriting a run-down Scottish castle.
Ideal for fans of Katie Fforde.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Bumped for release.