The Little Book Café by Georgia Hill
Published by Harper Impulse
Published 13th December 2018
355 pages
Genre: Contemporary Ficton/Short Stories
My thanks to Harper Impulse and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my unbiased review.
Book Description:
A charming new series from the author of Millie Vanilla’s Cupcake Cafe
Tash, Emma and Amy couldn’t be more different
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A successful estate agent who has her life pretty much on track, Tash has ticked all the boxes. Hasn’t she?
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A successful estate agent who has her life pretty much on track, Tash has ticked all the boxes. Hasn’t she?
Emma is a budding writer who yearns to flex her writing skills and shake up her life that has become, well, a little stale…
And then there’s Amy, the manager of The Little Book Café, a hopeless romantic who had her heart broken, but quietly refuses to give up on love.
Brought together by their love of books and delicious cake from the café next door, they are in for a year of romance, crime and classic novels that will help them get through all that life will throw at them…
My Review:
I found this to be an easy to read compilation of the 3 books in the little book café series. Each of the sections tackles the life of one of the 3 friends, whilst slotting in with the other friends' lives in the background:
Tash outwardly seems to have herself a nice, very comfortable life sorted with gregarious Adrian yet something doesn't seem quite right and she's not 100% satisfied that this is what she really wants. Once she realises she needs to take action to find her true happiness and the scales fall from her eyes everything seems so much more obvious that things haven't been right for along time.
Friend and colleague Emma has been with boyfriend Ollie on and off since school and finds her head turned by seemingly worldly Joel, a writer and academic who is in the town running a literary course at the little book café. She wants more from life than the small town has offered her so far and wonders if she can spread her wings. Only once she starts down the path to change does she realise how much she values the life she already has.
Bookshop manager Amy loves nothing more than losing herself in a good book, talking about books, selling books to people - especially little people who are just starting to discover books - anything which involves books really... and cake. Since disaster struck on her wedding day she has hidden herself away, protecting herself from real life and people by hiding under the radar amid fictional characters and plots. With the success of the bookshop and the little book group she set up, she begins to realise that maybe she is missing out on real life - a point her mother is quite willing to labour at any possible opportunity.
Can she be brave enough to step out and get noticed again or is she destined to remain hidden away between the shelves?
This is a cosy set of 3 tales of women in similar circumstances yet all in different ways. Their friendship and the sense of community draws their inner strength out to make their lives complete - I love the coastal setting and would be more than happy in Amy's role in life. A bookshop and café set right on the coast in my favourite area of the UK, a great community spirit across the age groups and a close friendship with a small group of special people who all want the best for each other. What more could I possibly want? I very much felt that Georgia Hill had dipped in to my head and stolen my dreams to write her book with, and come up with the perfect ending for me too. I thoroughly enjoyed each section in its own right, and by joining the 3 parts into one volume we have the complete story all zipped up together.
Tash outwardly seems to have herself a nice, very comfortable life sorted with gregarious Adrian yet something doesn't seem quite right and she's not 100% satisfied that this is what she really wants. Once she realises she needs to take action to find her true happiness and the scales fall from her eyes everything seems so much more obvious that things haven't been right for along time.
Friend and colleague Emma has been with boyfriend Ollie on and off since school and finds her head turned by seemingly worldly Joel, a writer and academic who is in the town running a literary course at the little book café. She wants more from life than the small town has offered her so far and wonders if she can spread her wings. Only once she starts down the path to change does she realise how much she values the life she already has.
Bookshop manager Amy loves nothing more than losing herself in a good book, talking about books, selling books to people - especially little people who are just starting to discover books - anything which involves books really... and cake. Since disaster struck on her wedding day she has hidden herself away, protecting herself from real life and people by hiding under the radar amid fictional characters and plots. With the success of the bookshop and the little book group she set up, she begins to realise that maybe she is missing out on real life - a point her mother is quite willing to labour at any possible opportunity.
Can she be brave enough to step out and get noticed again or is she destined to remain hidden away between the shelves?
This is a cosy set of 3 tales of women in similar circumstances yet all in different ways. Their friendship and the sense of community draws their inner strength out to make their lives complete - I love the coastal setting and would be more than happy in Amy's role in life. A bookshop and café set right on the coast in my favourite area of the UK, a great community spirit across the age groups and a close friendship with a small group of special people who all want the best for each other. What more could I possibly want? I very much felt that Georgia Hill had dipped in to my head and stolen my dreams to write her book with, and come up with the perfect ending for me too. I thoroughly enjoyed each section in its own right, and by joining the 3 parts into one volume we have the complete story all zipped up together.
About the Author:
Georgia Hill writes rom-coms and historical fiction and is published by Harper Impulse, the digital-first imprint of Harper Collins.
Her first novel, Pursued by Love has now been re-released as Pride and Perdita.
She lives near the sea with her two beloved spaniels, a husband (also beloved) and a ghost called Zoe. She loves the novels of Jane Austen, eats far too much Belgian chocolate and has a passion for Strictly Come Dancing.
Find her on Twitter @georgiawrites and at www.georgiahill.co.uk
Her first novel, Pursued by Love has now been re-released as Pride and Perdita.
She lives near the sea with her two beloved spaniels, a husband (also beloved) and a ghost called Zoe. She loves the novels of Jane Austen, eats far too much Belgian chocolate and has a passion for Strictly Come Dancing.
Find her on Twitter @georgiawrites and at www.georgiahill.co.uk
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