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The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
4.0
The quiet English village of Chalcot is slowly being sold up and developed piece by piece, the next place in danger is the beloved Chalcot Library. June, the librarian assistant, is faced with a moral dilemma, does she join the activist group Friends of Chalcot Library and risk loosing her job or does she sit back and let fate take control? 'The Last Chance Library' is a charming story that explores grief, loneliness and the power of community.
This book was certainly right book, right time for me when nothing else on my shelves seemed to take my fancy. I quickly became immersed in the library world (Librarian fantasy unlocked) and community of Chalcot. I loved the coming together of people from different generations and the intense character development, even if there were some very sad moments.
I did feel that the romance could have been a little more prominent (my library had a romance sticker on the spine, I wouldn't categorise it as such) and the character of Majorie needed to do a lot more to redeem her treatment of June throughout the novel in my opinion.
If you're after something heart warming, enjoyable and uplifting make sure you add this title to your TBR.
This book was certainly right book, right time for me when nothing else on my shelves seemed to take my fancy. I quickly became immersed in the library world (Librarian fantasy unlocked) and community of Chalcot. I loved the coming together of people from different generations and the intense character development, even if there were some very sad moments.
I did feel that the romance could have been a little more prominent (my library had a romance sticker on the spine, I wouldn't categorise it as such) and the character of Majorie needed to do a lot more to redeem her treatment of June throughout the novel in my opinion.
If you're after something heart warming, enjoyable and uplifting make sure you add this title to your TBR.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death