A review by kaelino
The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs

2.0

This was like so many other novels in the contemporary romance vein, single woman leaves a high-paying, snooty job to return to her hometown (city? I don't even know, as you don't get much of a feeling for the setting), and take over the family business (in this case, a bookshop) after the death of a family member. She meets the friendly (and of course handsome and down to earth) plumber/contractor/handyman type guy with the precocious and endearing (more like annoying) daughter, and also meets another man, a wealthy, famous, dashing writer (whose name, kid you not, is Trevor Dashwood). Which guy will win her heart?? Will she keep the struggling bookstore from going under?? All the familiar tropes... and some annoying character names like Peach, Junebug, and Birdy... what? Main character was uninteresting, predictably naive, beautiful, and awkward.... yawn. The writing wasn't bad, and I appreciate a story featuring a bookstore, but for this book to be called The Lost and Found Bookshop, you'd think there'd be more references to the actual bookshop and the experiences and dynamics involved in running it day to day. There's some of that, but the story focuses more on the character relationships. Unfortunate, since the characters were irritating and cliche. Disappointed.