Book Review - Coming Home to Puddleduck Farm by Della Galton

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Title: Coming Home to Puddleduck Farm

Author: Della Galton

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 29th August 2022

Rating: 4 Stars

When your heart's broken, all roads lead home...

London City Vet, Phoebe Dashwood, finds her partner Hugh and their boss in a passionate clinch beneath the mistletoe at their works Christmas party.

Heartbroken, she bolts to the New Forest, her childhood home to regroup and soul search.

Being home gives Phoebe the chance to reconnect with friends and family and especially with her fiercely independent gran, widower Maggie Crowther, owner of Puddleduck Farm, and makeshift animal shelter New Forest Neddies.

Deciding not to return to London, Phoebe hunts for work locally, hoping she can also help Maggie, who’s clearly swamped and not coping. But will Maggie accept Phoebe’s help?

Her quest is hampered by stubborn grandmothers, meddling mums, an attractive childhood friend, a real-life Lord, a remorseful ex, and a best friend who’s determined to play matchmaker.

Can Phoebe find happiness professionally and personally in the place she calls home, surrounded by those she loves or does fate have other plans for Phoebe?

Della Galton has been on my radar to try for absolutely ages, so very happy I finally had a chance to sit down and read the first book in a brand new series from her. 

And what a great setting for a series it is, in the New Forest, featuring Puddleduck Farm, which is run by Phoebe's gran - Maggie.  Maggie clearly lovely her animals and has taken in a real variety to her animal shelter. 

In fact if you are an animal fan then you will love this book. I especially loved a scene involving Saddam which really made me laugh, and he really is an aptly named cat! 

I really enjoyed getting to know Phoebe and her family and friends. The characters were all believable and I am looking forward to seeing how they will develop over the next books. 

For me I found it to be a wonderful introduction to this author's writing style, and I have a real sense of place, and of what I presume will be recurring characters within the series.  I think it has set up future books incredibly well, and is enjoyable within its own right.   

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.