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Title: New Starts and Cherry Tarts at the Cosy Kettle
Author: Liz Eeles
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Publisher supplied copy
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: 12th March 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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Fans of Cathy Bramley, Debbie Johnson and Jenny Colgan will fall in love with the Cosy Kettle café, where slices of lemon meringue pie are served in the sun-dappled garden – and where Callie’s new beginning collides with an old flame…
After yet another failed romance, twenty-six-year-old Callie Fulbright is giving up on love. She’s determined to throw all her efforts into her very own, brand-new café: The Cosy Kettle. Serving hot tea, cherry tarts and a welcoming smile to the friendly locals proves to be the perfect distraction, and Callie feels a flush of pride at the fledging business she’s built.
But her new-found confidence is soon put to the test when her gorgeous ex reappears in the quaint little village. She’ll never forget the heartache Noah caused her years ago, but when they bump into each other on the cobbled streets of Honeyford she can’t help but feel a flutter in her chest…
As Callie and Noah share laughter and memories, she starts to wonder if this could be her second chance at happiness. But when Callie discovers that someone is mysteriously trying to ruin the café’s reputation… she has an awful suspicion that Noah knows who’s involved.
Was she wrong to ever trust him again? And can she find out who’s behind the lies and rumours, before it’s too late for the Cosy Kettle?
Completely delightful story that crept up alongside me and enveloped me with a huge hug. It is warm, cosy and has one of my all time favourite characters in it.
In fact lets start with Stanley, Callie's, 80 year old gramps. He is trying to be his true self, after all these years, and apparently that means he has become to the untrained eye a bit eccentric., He wants to jump out of planes, campaign against injustices, swimming in his underwear and is now rather straight talking.
He is also a support to his granddaughter Callie, and without a doubt any chapter or scene he is in, is a lot brighter and more enjoyable as a result.
Of course Callie is the main character and the Callie we see at the start of the book is quite different to the one at the end. I adored Callie - she may be a bit of a people pleaser but does it in such a way you can't help but warm to her.
She is working in the local bookshop, and trying to please her new boss Flora, when she suggests changing an old stock room into a cafe. Flora puts Callie in charge of the project and The Cosy Kettle is born.
There is a group of regulars in and around The Cosy Kettle, all with different reasons for being there, but a real sense of community and friendship is growing between them all, and I loved seeing how it all developed.
But while work is going well for Callie, its her personal life that is complicated, when the boy who broke her heart 8 years ago returns, with his brother and from then on Honeyford, is anything but sleepy and the story becomes even more fabulous.
The Cosy Kettle really is just that, its very cosy and I loved the whole feel of the book. Liz Eeles has written lovable and relatable to characters, a welcoming new location, and I'm delighted that I was able to spend time with Callie and her friends.
This is an easy to read, enjoyable story, that had me smiling a lot, laughing at Stanley and all over gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. I just hope this isn't the last we see of Honeyford and these wonderful people.
Thank you to Noelle Holten and Bookouture for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
In fact lets start with Stanley, Callie's, 80 year old gramps. He is trying to be his true self, after all these years, and apparently that means he has become to the untrained eye a bit eccentric., He wants to jump out of planes, campaign against injustices, swimming in his underwear and is now rather straight talking.
He is also a support to his granddaughter Callie, and without a doubt any chapter or scene he is in, is a lot brighter and more enjoyable as a result.
Of course Callie is the main character and the Callie we see at the start of the book is quite different to the one at the end. I adored Callie - she may be a bit of a people pleaser but does it in such a way you can't help but warm to her.
She is working in the local bookshop, and trying to please her new boss Flora, when she suggests changing an old stock room into a cafe. Flora puts Callie in charge of the project and The Cosy Kettle is born.
There is a group of regulars in and around The Cosy Kettle, all with different reasons for being there, but a real sense of community and friendship is growing between them all, and I loved seeing how it all developed.
But while work is going well for Callie, its her personal life that is complicated, when the boy who broke her heart 8 years ago returns, with his brother and from then on Honeyford, is anything but sleepy and the story becomes even more fabulous.
The Cosy Kettle really is just that, its very cosy and I loved the whole feel of the book. Liz Eeles has written lovable and relatable to characters, a welcoming new location, and I'm delighted that I was able to spend time with Callie and her friends.
This is an easy to read, enjoyable story, that had me smiling a lot, laughing at Stanley and all over gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. I just hope this isn't the last we see of Honeyford and these wonderful people.
Thank you to Noelle Holten and Bookouture for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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