Book Review - Love Blossoms at Puddleduck Farm by Della Galton

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Title: Love Blossoms at Pudleduck Farm

Author: Della Galton

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 26th August 2023

Rating: 5 Stars

How can life be too busy for love?

Phoebe Dashwood is living the dream. She’s running her own successful vet practice, Puddleduck Vets, alongside her grandmother’s animal sanctuary.

She’s also dating the gorgeous, yet slightly broken Rufus Holt, the most eligible bachelor in the New Forest.

So why isn’t she blissfully happy?

Both Phoebe and Rufus are consumed 24/7 by their own commitments. Their relationship is always last on the list.

Phoebe juggles quirky, yet demanding clients and their pets whilst widowed Rufus is consumed by his anxieties, responsibilities of fatherhood and the unenviable tasks of being a Lord in waiting with a huge estate to manage.

Phoebe knows that when you’re a vet, there isn’t always a happy ending. But will there be a happy ending for Phoebe, Rufus and everyone else at Puddleduck Farm?

Is it ever really possible to have it all?

From the first few pages I felt right at home in this latest Puddleduck Farm book, as though no time had passed since I read the previous one.  Although of course time has passed, and this one is set a while after the previous book. 

But because I have taken the characters so much to heart, there was none of the occasional disconnect I sometimes I get when starting the next book of a series, I could remember things fairly clearly. 

And I loved all the animals present in this book, especially the llamas and guinea pigs.  Oh and the quest to find a behaviourist to work with Sadam is hilarious. 

I loved seeing how Puddleduck Vets is going from strength to strength, although whether the same can really be said of her relationship with Rufus, is another matter.  I was loving some of the more unusual clients that Phoebe needed to deal with this time around.  People never fail to make me laugh!

This is just such a lovely book, it made me smile, it made me laugh and it was fabulous to catch up with some many wonderful characters.  It's another fabulous addition to this series.  My only regret is that I didn't start reading Della Galton's books when her previous series came onto my radar, as I'm never going to have the time to catch up with an author, but so glad I couldn't resist the pull of animals with this series!  

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