Book Review - The Orange Grove by Rosanna Ley - #HolidayReading Summer 2022

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Title: The Orange Grove

Author: Rosanna Ley

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Quercus

Publication Date: 4th March 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

An unforgettable story of past love and family secrets, set in sunny Seville

Holly loves making marmalade. Now she has a chance to leave her stressful city job and pursue her dream - of returning to the Dorset landscape of her childhood to open Bitter Orange, a shop celebrating the fruit that first inspired her.

Holly's mother Ella has always loved Seville. So why is she reluctant to go back there with Holly to source products for the shop? What is she frightened of - and does it have anything to do with the old Spanish recipe for Seville orange and almond cake that Ella keeps hidden from her family?

In Seville, where she was once forced to make the hardest decision of her life, Ella must finally face up to the past, while Holly meets someone who poses a threat to all her plans. Seville is a city full of sunshine and oranges. But it can also be bittersweet. Will love survive the secrets of the orange grove?

Very cleverly written this is the dual stories Ella and Holly's trips to Seville, around 30 years apart. 

They are mother and daughter and throughout there are uncanny parallels between their experiences of Seville. 

I loved learning all about Seville Oranges and also seeing the wide variety of products that can be made from oranges.

I was utterly enchanted by this story and there was no better place for me to read this Spanish set book, then in a swimming pool in Spain myself.

Definitely a great holiday read and another story from Rosanna Ley that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading. 

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