(mild spoiler alerts, although I’ve tried not to) This falls into a beach read that is a bit of a thriller.  The protagonist has something happen to them at the beginning of the story which shapes who they are as a person.  Their reaction to this event goes on

This is a well crafted and beautifully written book about exactly that, books. In this case books in the context of a bookshop and how that bookshop is the centre of a gravitational pull that keeps the characters together. The bookshop owner, Loveday is an immensely solid, giving character that

I don’t usually ‘do’ chic lit and there is nothing about this book at first glance that would make you think it was anything else.  Sometimes though, there is something that makes me choose a book that is outside of my comfort zone.  This time it was because Sally