Simona's Corner of Dreams: The Mill on Magnolia Lane

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

The Mill on Magnolia Lane - by Tilly Tennant

The blurb:

The sky is cornflower blue, the air is scented with the smell of fresh apple blossom and Lizzie Lovell can’t wait to start her new life in the mill on Magnolia Lane. But is she just about to fall in love with someone she shouldn’t?

When Lizzie loses her larger-than-life Dad she doesn’t know how to move forward. Encouraged by a childhood dream she shared with her beloved father, she is determined to continue his legacy and moves to the old Mill on Magnolia lane, a place he had always longed to own.

Restoring the old windmill is a much bigger job than Lizzie bargained for, especially when she is distracted by her new next door neighbour Jude, who has temptingly twinkly eyes and a body to die for. But when Jude’s ex- girlfriend Harriet arrives back on the scene, Lizzie begins to wonder if life wasn’t far simpler before she moved to the mill. Especially when it emerges that Harriet knows something about Jude’s past, something that could shatter her new start and her heart into smithereens …

If your heart is warmed by Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Josie Silver’s One Day in December, you’ll fall in love with this beautiful feel-good story about finding love when you least expect it.

My Opinion:

*Book provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

We meet Lizzie after her father dies. Things are not easy, but she wants to continue his dream and starts restoring the old windmill on Magnolia Lane.

She then meets Jude and the two of them hit it off immediately. Jude didn’t have an easy life. After both his parents died, he had to take care of his brother Charlie and then there are also his ex Harriet and his son. Harriet still spends a lot of time with Jude and Lizzie doesn’t like that. She is very suspicious and can’t fully trust him.

On top of that, there is her family, who are trying to give their opinion on Jude as well and they have their own problems to deal with too.

I have always liked Tilly Tennant’s writing style, it’s fresh, cute, gripping and young. Unfortunately, something was missing in this book, I didn’t get 100% into it. The storyline was missing some details and I also found it hard to relate to the characters.

The setting of this book is wonderful and the author captured it beautifully. I really enjoyed diving into this story, it’s a great summery read.

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