Author: Carol Wyer
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: Canelo Escape
Publication Date: 8th April 2019
Rating: 4.5 Stars
When bestselling romance author Chloe Piper’s marriage implodes a week before Christmas, she flees her cheating ex and the village gossips for the solitude of the newly built Sunny Meadow Farm and the company of her hapless dog, Ronnie.
But Chloe is soon pushed out of her comfort zone. Because with a lively development building crew – headed up by charming Alex – and a larger-than-life neighbour determined to make Chloe’s love life her pet project, Chloe finds herself in a whole new world of chaos…
This enthralling romantic comedy of self-discovery and new beginnings is perfect for fans of Kirsty Greenwood, Colleen Coleman and Marian Keyes.
But Chloe is soon pushed out of her comfort zone. Because with a lively development building crew – headed up by charming Alex – and a larger-than-life neighbour determined to make Chloe’s love life her pet project, Chloe finds herself in a whole new world of chaos…
This enthralling romantic comedy of self-discovery and new beginnings is perfect for fans of Kirsty Greenwood, Colleen Coleman and Marian Keyes.
It took me a while to gel with this book, possibly in part due to exhaustion having just come back from a holiday, and partly as I think it took me a while to really understand Chloe.
But wow once I had that empathy, and could see just what she is living with, and discovered how much I detested her almost ex-husband, while loving the new key people in her life, and I started to really love this book.
To me what really made this book incredibly enjoyable is the various singletons events that Chloe's neighbour Eleanor insisted Chloe to go to. The sheer variety of events, regularity of them and in case hilarity of what was being described was brilliant. If this club existed in real life near me I would potentially be tempted to joint, as who wouldn't want to do giant sumo wrestling, duck herding and tasks from taskmaster, to name just a few!
There is a deeper side to this too, as this book focuses heavily on social anxiety, which Carol Wyer has clearly researched a lot. I might be on the quiet / shy side in large groups but it's nothing compared a proper condition, in which Chloe let's us in regularly into the various things that could happen in uncomfortable situations.
Chloe hasn't had the easiest of lives but since moving to Sunny Meadow Farm, and meeting these new people her life is changing bit by bit and its so heartwarming to see.
Oh and Ronnie the Dog is adorable, and then there is the sorts of books that Chloe writes, I loved reading those sections too.
A thoroughly entertaining book from an author that I love.
Thank you to Canelo and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,
But wow once I had that empathy, and could see just what she is living with, and discovered how much I detested her almost ex-husband, while loving the new key people in her life, and I started to really love this book.
To me what really made this book incredibly enjoyable is the various singletons events that Chloe's neighbour Eleanor insisted Chloe to go to. The sheer variety of events, regularity of them and in case hilarity of what was being described was brilliant. If this club existed in real life near me I would potentially be tempted to joint, as who wouldn't want to do giant sumo wrestling, duck herding and tasks from taskmaster, to name just a few!
There is a deeper side to this too, as this book focuses heavily on social anxiety, which Carol Wyer has clearly researched a lot. I might be on the quiet / shy side in large groups but it's nothing compared a proper condition, in which Chloe let's us in regularly into the various things that could happen in uncomfortable situations.
Chloe hasn't had the easiest of lives but since moving to Sunny Meadow Farm, and meeting these new people her life is changing bit by bit and its so heartwarming to see.
Oh and Ronnie the Dog is adorable, and then there is the sorts of books that Chloe writes, I loved reading those sections too.
A thoroughly entertaining book from an author that I love.
Thank you to Canelo and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,
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