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| My own copy |
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The
blurb:
Help yourself to a
generous slice of Victoria sponge, a perfect cup of tea and a big dollop of
romance. Welcome to the Little Village Bakery.
Meet Millie.
Heartbreak has forced her to make a new start and when she arrives at the old
bakery in the little village of Honeybourne she is determined that this will be
her home sweet home. Her imagination has been captured by the tumbledown bakery
but with no running water and dust everywhere, her cosy idea of making cakes in
a rural idyll quickly crumbles.
Luckily the locals are
a friendly bunch and step in to help Millie. One in particular, Dylan, a
laid-back lothario, soon captures her attention.
But just as Millie is
beginning to settle in, an unexpected visitor from her past suddenly turns up
determined to ruin everything for her. It’s time for Millie to face the
skeletons in her closet if she’s going to live the dream of running her little
village bakery, and her blossoming romance with Dylan.
A charming
heartwarming novel about love, life and new beginnings perfect for fans of
Milly Johnson and Debbie Johnson.
My
Opinion:
*Book
provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
The
Little Village Bakery is the first book of Tilly Tennant’s Honeybourne series.
The cover is what drew me to the book from the start and I actually expected
something totally different from the book.
The
story follows Millie, she starts new in Honeybourne with the dream of the
village bakery. That seems to be a lot of works, luckily there are lots of the
locals there to help. We get introduced to a lot of them pretty fast.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t really warm up to the group. Some of them got their
story told as well and at times it was a bit too much of a mixture and too many
characters around. I felt like some of them were not well lined out and I had difficulties
following the story. I also couldn’t really warm up to Millie, I can’t even
explain why. I really got hooked on Jasmine and her story and also her
relationship with her brother Dylan. I think Tilly did a really great job
describing their moments.
Millie
gets haunted from the past, which makes the whole situation and her plans very
difficult and challenging. I have to say that it took me a while to get into
the story, but eventually I got hooked. Tilly’s writing is exciting and vivid.
Millie
now had to leave her pat behind and open up to her new surroundings. Dylan was
a great support for her.
Millie’s
story is different and I don’t say that in a bad way, but I just wasn’t
expecting it and I wish that the bakery played an even bigger role in the
story.
Tilly’s
writing style always makes me smile, she creates such a fabulous atmosphere and
the storyline is always full of live and passion. Yes, I didn’t enjoy this book
as much as I wanted to, but that can happen. I’m still looking forward to more
books in this series :).
Rating:
My possible cast:
Millie: Shailene
Woodley
About Tilly
Tilly Tennant was born in Dorset, the oldest of four children, but
now lives in Staffordshire with a family of her own. After years of
dismal and disastrous jobs, including paper plate stacking, shop
girl, newspaper promotions and waitressing (she never could carry
a bowl of soup without spilling a bit), she decided to indulge her
passion for the written word by embarking on a degree in English
and creative writing, graduating in 2009 with rst class honours.
She wrote her rst novel in 2007 during her rst summer break at
university and has not stopped writing since. She also works as a
freelance ction editor, and considers herself very lucky that this
enables her to read many wonderful books before the rest of the
world gets them.
Hopelessly Devoted to Holden Finn was her debut novel; published in 2014 it was an Amazon bestseller in both the UK and Australia.
It was followed by Mishaps and Mistletoe, The Man Who Can't Be Moved, the Mishaps in Millrise series and the Once Upon a Winter series.
Tilly on Twitter: @TillyTenWriter
Website: https://tillytennant.com
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