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Title: The Cornish Cream Tea Bookshop

Author: Cressida McLaughlin

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Harper Collins

Publication Date: 10th November 2022

Rating: 5 Stars

Ollie Spencer has started a new life in the idyllic Cornish seaside town of Port Karadow. Throwing herself into her job at the town’s bookshop, A New Chapter, is one way to make friends. The shop is glitzing up for first Christmas and Ollie hopes her inspired ideas will give the shop the edge it needs to dazzle the town.

But far from being the Sugar Plum fairy the place needs, Ollie is fast becoming its Christmas pudding. With the bookshop’s success at stake, Ollie turns to twinkly-eyed café owner Max for help. Can he help Ollie to turn the page, and put the sparkle back into her Cornish dream?

Always lovely to be back in Port Karadow and this was another excellent addition to the series.  I absolutely adored Ollie and how enthusiastic she is for her new job, organising events for a new bookshop in Cornwall. 

She is like the energizer bunny, she doesn't stop and literally has idea after idea after idea, all of which I loved in theory, although some worked better in practice than others. Especially loved Book Wars! 

And then there is Max who I definitely fell for, there is nothing not to love about him, and the whole town seems to agree! 

Any story set in a bookshop is a winner with me, and this one mentions many authors I've enjoyed reading, in addition to just being a fabulous story.  I enjoyed seeing all of Ollie's ideas, and also loved seeing how the town was preparing for Christmas. 

Was great to see familiar faces from elsewhere in the series too, I always love it when that happens, and was especially pleased to be able to catch up with Meredith. 

I also loved the that there was a small mystery in the story, about a series of Cornish mystery books that went out of print many years ago, that were based on local legends.  I really enjoyed Ollie's discovery of these local legends and trying to find the locations and some rather weird goings on at the same time. 

Just all around this is another excellent book from Cressida McLaughlin, who is an author I always thoroughly enjoy. 

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