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Sweetshop of Dreams
by Jenny Colgan
This was my first Jenny Colgan book. I always see her name popping up on lists of cozy, easy-breezy reads. Well, this definitely fit that description. This book was originally published about 10 years ago, but I was offered a review copy with a recent re-release. So here goes...
Rosie Hopkins life was stuck in a rut in London, She'd been dating the same guy for seven years and it seemed to be going nowhere. She worked as a nurse auxiliary and was between jobs when her mom called and asked her to go help out her great aunt Lillian and to prep her sweet shop for sale. So, Rosie packs her stuff and heads for the small village of Lipton that Lillian calls home. There, Rosie sticks out like a sore thumb but learns to appreciate the slower life style offered in the village and is quickly charmed by the old sweet shop. She spends her days sprucing it up and restocking the shelves. Meanwhile, she meets several charming village blokes who make her wonder if there could be more to life. The story alternated between Rosie and Lillian's perspective with Lillian's parts being set in the time around WWII. Lillian is a proper, well put together woman while her grand niece is more of a bumbling figure a la Bridget Jones.
This was indeed a sweet read but wasn't overly saccharine. It is perfection for someone looking for an escapist read with no great tragedies or heavy hitting social issues. The setting of the book. made me think of my 2019 trip to the UK where we visited a few old charming villages and even stepped into some sweetshop and these villages.
What to listen to while reading...
Plastic (Mid-City Island Version) by Moses Sumney
Live Well by Palace
Good News by Mac Miller
Still by Daughter
Chocolate by The 1975
Home by Now by Bombay Bicycle Club
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
Rosie Hopkins life was stuck in a rut in London, She'd been dating the same guy for seven years and it seemed to be going nowhere. She worked as a nurse auxiliary and was between jobs when her mom called and asked her to go help out her great aunt Lillian and to prep her sweet shop for sale. So, Rosie packs her stuff and heads for the small village of Lipton that Lillian calls home. There, Rosie sticks out like a sore thumb but learns to appreciate the slower life style offered in the village and is quickly charmed by the old sweet shop. She spends her days sprucing it up and restocking the shelves. Meanwhile, she meets several charming village blokes who make her wonder if there could be more to life. The story alternated between Rosie and Lillian's perspective with Lillian's parts being set in the time around WWII. Lillian is a proper, well put together woman while her grand niece is more of a bumbling figure a la Bridget Jones.
This was indeed a sweet read but wasn't overly saccharine. It is perfection for someone looking for an escapist read with no great tragedies or heavy hitting social issues. The setting of the book. made me think of my 2019 trip to the UK where we visited a few old charming villages and even stepped into some sweetshop and these villages.
What to listen to while reading...
Plastic (Mid-City Island Version) by Moses Sumney
Live Well by Palace
Good News by Mac Miller
Still by Daughter
Chocolate by The 1975
Home by Now by Bombay Bicycle Club
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!