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A review by book_concierge
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
3.0
Digital audiobook performed by Imani Jade Powers
Evangeline Starling feels her life in Chicago has stagnated. She’s thirty-three and has just been passed over for a promotion... again. She needs to evaluate and regroup, so she plans a holiday in a quaint English fishing village. A lover of Shakespeare, she finds the perfect opportunity when she agrees to run a bookstore – Much Ado About Books – and rent the above-the shop apartment, while the owner takes a month-long vacation.
Evie loves the village, and the lovely shop. She’s a natural at bookselling and the villagers seem friendly and welcoming, especially handsomely rugged sheep farmer Roane Robson, who charms Evie each day with his flirtatious remarks.
This was a fun rom com, which happens to end at Christmas time, but isn’t otherwise very Christmasy. All the tropes are here – she’s sworn off men, he’s devastatingly handsome, his dog is even more attractive, they’re in a quaint village full of colorful characters. Of course there will be bumps in the road to HEA. He’s keeping a secret (with the help of all the other villagers), she’ll be hurt when she discovers it, and break everything off. But, of course, the HEA is powerful and cannot be denied.
This is the first book by Young that I’ve tried; I may have to look into others by her.
Imani Jade Powers does a fine job of narrating the audiobook. She has a good pace and her diction was clearly understandable even when I was listening at increased speed.
Evangeline Starling feels her life in Chicago has stagnated. She’s thirty-three and has just been passed over for a promotion... again. She needs to evaluate and regroup, so she plans a holiday in a quaint English fishing village. A lover of Shakespeare, she finds the perfect opportunity when she agrees to run a bookstore – Much Ado About Books – and rent the above-the shop apartment, while the owner takes a month-long vacation.
Evie loves the village, and the lovely shop. She’s a natural at bookselling and the villagers seem friendly and welcoming, especially handsomely rugged sheep farmer Roane Robson, who charms Evie each day with his flirtatious remarks.
This was a fun rom com, which happens to end at Christmas time, but isn’t otherwise very Christmasy. All the tropes are here – she’s sworn off men, he’s devastatingly handsome, his dog is even more attractive, they’re in a quaint village full of colorful characters. Of course there will be bumps in the road to HEA. He’s keeping a secret (with the help of all the other villagers), she’ll be hurt when she discovers it, and break everything off. But, of course, the HEA is powerful and cannot be denied.
This is the first book by Young that I’ve tried; I may have to look into others by her.
Imani Jade Powers does a fine job of narrating the audiobook. She has a good pace and her diction was clearly understandable even when I was listening at increased speed.