Rosie Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton buried under a thick blanket of snow. Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes large tempting piles of Turkish Delight crinkling selection boxes and happy sticky children. She's going to be spending it with her boyfriend Stephen and her family flying in from Australia. She can't wait. But when a tragedy strikes at the heart of their little community all of Rosie's plans for the future seem to be blown apart. Can she build a life in Lipton? And is what's best for the sweetshop also what's best for Rosie? Treat yourself and your sweet-toothed friends to Jenny Colgan's heart-warming new novel. The irresistibly delicious recipes are guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit and will warm up your Christmas celebrations.
I absolutely adored Welcome to Rosie Hopkins Sweet Shop, so
when I heard Jenny Colgan was not only bringing out a sequel to this book, but
it was also going to be a Christmas book, well I felt like all my Christmases
had come along at once!
Rosie is so excited about spending Christmas in little
Lipton and to top it all off her family are all coming over from Australia to
join her. The Sweetshop is dripping with Christmas treats and a perfect snowy
scene creates the perfect Christmas setting but nothing is ever quiet and
trouble free in Lipton as they are all about to find out.
I am so happy to be reunited with this quirky group of
characters. I remembered them all so well but I warmed to them even more in
this book as they are so friendly and familiar. Rosie has to be one of my all-time
favourite characters, but then that could be the envy of her owning her own
sweetshop!
Although the sweet shop is still a part of the storyline, it
has moved on to focus more on relationships, the community and a hell of a lot
of trouble in this book, but there are still some mouth-watering descriptions
of the confectionary so don’t threat!
This is a sequel and although it could be read as a standalone
book, the first book is too good to miss and you just feel like you are
returning to old friends when you start this book. The author does give a
little summary of the previous book at the start of this book incase you did
want to read this one straight away and it is also a great to refresh your
memory to remind you who was who and what happened previously.
There is so much going on in this book without giving too
much away all I will say is for such a small village there is a lot of
heartache and tragedies. There was never a dull moment the storyline had
everything you could wish for, a warm, cosy, entertaining read that was very
eventful and had a lovely splash of romance. There were also a few pars in this book that
really pulled at my heart strings.
I still do not feel that Jenny Colgan is finished with this
set of characters yet so I am hopeful for another book. Go and treat your
friends or loved ones to this for Christmas this year it will not disappoint!
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