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A review by lucyrider
Making Wishes at Bay View by Jessica Redland
5.0
Making Wishes at Bay View - Jessica Redland
I stumbled onto Jessica Redland's work via Audible when I was looking for something happy to read and I enjoyed "All you Need is Love" back in September last year. Living in North Yorkshire I have a fondness for the North Yorkshire seaside towns and surrounding areas and so I love Jessica's descriptions of the fictional, but very nostalgia inducing Whitsborough Bay setting.
I also loved the narration by Lucy Brownhill and it was fun, lively, but a soothing Yorkshire accent, perfect to listen to when winding down on an evening.
Synopsis from Goodreads "Never give up on a wish for a happy ever after...
Callie Derbyshire has it all: her dream job as a carer at Bay View, finally she has found the love of her life. Everything is perfect.
Well, almost.
Ex-partners are insistent on stirring up trouble, and Callie’s favourite resident, Ruby, hasn’t been her usual self.
But after discovering the truth about Ruby’s lost love, Callie is determined to give Ruby’s romantic story the happy ending it deserves. After all, it’s never too late to let love in again. Or is it?"
I really enjoy Jessica's characters as they are generally well rounded people who are believable with their flaws and positive traits, it makes the fact that some of the situations they find themselves in are a bit more fairytale believable enough to keep you reading along and nodding and smiling. She also depicts some of the less positive characters well, the main villan in this book happens to share their name with one of my less pleasant ex's and I felt myself wanting to shout at him on Callie's behalf!
There were several different plots going on at the same time, but Jessica keeps them all moving at a good pace and avoids any confusing situations. I loved learning of Ruby's life and loves lost, Callie's turbulent love life, family life and frienships as well as Callie's boss "She Devil" and how sensitively a very difficult plot line was depicted.
I raced through this 9hour 16 minute book in only 5 days and would recommend it to anyone who wants a book that will make you both mildly cross and smiling throughout.
4.5 stars, but rounded up to 5 as definitely more than a 4 star read for me.
I stumbled onto Jessica Redland's work via Audible when I was looking for something happy to read and I enjoyed "All you Need is Love" back in September last year. Living in North Yorkshire I have a fondness for the North Yorkshire seaside towns and surrounding areas and so I love Jessica's descriptions of the fictional, but very nostalgia inducing Whitsborough Bay setting.
I also loved the narration by Lucy Brownhill and it was fun, lively, but a soothing Yorkshire accent, perfect to listen to when winding down on an evening.
Synopsis from Goodreads "Never give up on a wish for a happy ever after...
Callie Derbyshire has it all: her dream job as a carer at Bay View, finally she has found the love of her life. Everything is perfect.
Well, almost.
Ex-partners are insistent on stirring up trouble, and Callie’s favourite resident, Ruby, hasn’t been her usual self.
But after discovering the truth about Ruby’s lost love, Callie is determined to give Ruby’s romantic story the happy ending it deserves. After all, it’s never too late to let love in again. Or is it?"
I really enjoy Jessica's characters as they are generally well rounded people who are believable with their flaws and positive traits, it makes the fact that some of the situations they find themselves in are a bit more fairytale believable enough to keep you reading along and nodding and smiling. She also depicts some of the less positive characters well, the main villan in this book happens to share their name with one of my less pleasant ex's and I felt myself wanting to shout at him on Callie's behalf!
There were several different plots going on at the same time, but Jessica keeps them all moving at a good pace and avoids any confusing situations. I loved learning of Ruby's life and loves lost, Callie's turbulent love life, family life and frienships as well as Callie's boss "She Devil" and how sensitively a very difficult plot line was depicted.
I raced through this 9hour 16 minute book in only 5 days and would recommend it to anyone who wants a book that will make you both mildly cross and smiling throughout.
4.5 stars, but rounded up to 5 as definitely more than a 4 star read for me.