Date of Reading: 03/06/2018
Author: Jane Linfoot
Publisher: Harper Impulse
Publishing Date: May 2018
Rating: 3.8/5
About the book (Goodreads):
With an exciting new life in Paris, Clemmie Hamilton isn't looking forward to heading home to the picturesque but sleepy village of St Aidan, Cornwall. However, when she discovers that the cosy apartment by the sea, which her grandmother left to her, is under threat from neighbour and property developer, Charlie Hobson, Clemmie realises she can't abandon her home in its time of need.
With her childhood friends encouraging her, Clemmie decides to turn the apartment into 'The Little Cornish Kitchen' – a boutique pop up pudding club raising money for the repairs to the building in an effort to stop Charlie once and for all. But when Charlie and his easy charm won't seem to go away, everything soon becomes even messier than the state of Clemmie's Cornish kitchen…
With her childhood friends encouraging her, Clemmie decides to turn the apartment into 'The Little Cornish Kitchen' – a boutique pop up pudding club raising money for the repairs to the building in an effort to stop Charlie once and for all. But when Charlie and his easy charm won't seem to go away, everything soon becomes even messier than the state of Clemmie's Cornish kitchen…
My Review:
I was expecting a laid back funny romance, but what I got was so much more. Deeply buried among the stories of friendship, cooking and matchmaking is Clemmie's search for identity so profound and moving. With each page, the narrator softly peels the hard walls she has put up to reveal the softness inside. Well, a dead woman's undying love can surely work miracles.
The book will arouse a lot of nostalgic memories, mostly to do with food of course. Being a non-native reader, I had the disadvantage of not knowing many of the delicacies discussed. That being said, it won't stop your mouth from watering constantly, especially when you are constantly reminded of a granny like mine who has exceptional cooking skills.
Clemmie and Charlie might be the major characters, but my favourite bits are the moments with Diesel, the pet dog. And it has nothing to do with the fact that he harbingers Charlie ;) Then there are the other three mermaids -- Sophie, Nelly and Plum. It is hard to see a friendship this strong nowadays.
This is the first time I am reading a book by this author and I am definitely going to hunt for more. Considering the reviews she get, I don't think she needs me to recommend her. So happy reading everyone!
Meet the author:
Jane Linfoot is a best selling author, who lives in a muddy cottage, up a steep hill in Derbyshire, with her family, their pets, and an astonishing number of spiders. Although she loves seeing cow noses over the garden wall, she’s happy she can walk to a supermarket.
Jane grew up in North Yorkshire where she spent a lot of her childhood avoiding horizontal gales blowing off the sea, and wrote her first book by accident while working as an architect, and renovating country houses. While she loves to write feelgood books that let readers escape, she’s always surprised to hear her stories make people laugh, admits to (occasionally) crying as she writes, and credits her characters for creating their own storylines.
Jane’s garden would be less brambly if she wasn’t on Facebook and Twitter so often. On days when she wants to be really scared, she rides a tandem.
Her latest books include a series of stand-alone novels, based around a seaside wedding shop in Cornwall. Cupcakes and Confetti – The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea, Sequins and Snowflakes – Christmas at the Little Wedding Shop, and Bunting and Bouquets – Summer at the Little Wedding Shop, and most recently, The Little Cornish Kitchen. These are all published by Harper Impulse, an imprint of Harper Collins.
Follow Jane on Twitter @janelinfoot, or find her on her Author Page Facebook or her Personal Page Facebook. She’s also on Instagram and has lots of Pinterest boards relating to her novels.
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Being a non native reader is really hard but also a competitive thing. Good job😍
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds like a cute weekend read.
ReplyDeleteThis is on my TBR. Great review.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it was a sweet read overall but I felt a bit impatient with the pacing and needed to Google several words and phrases. I nibbled my way through and felt hungry the entire time I was reading. I know I gained weight just from reading about those decadent desserts.
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing good things about this one :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the second awesome review I’ve read about this one! I’ll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for featuring The Little Cornish Kitchen on your super pretty blog Finitha, and for taking part in the blog tour. I'm so honoured you chose my book to read and review. Thank you so much for battling with the idioms and colloquial phrases in the book. Big hugs for writing such a lovely review, I'm SO thrilled you enjoyed Clemmie's story, I love the things you've picked out to highlight. I so appreciate your help and support, big love, Jane xx
ReplyDeletePS. There are four other books by me, also set in St Aidan, in the little wedding shop by the sea. These feature different characters, but they have a similar feel. The first of these has been translated into German, (although because I'm not a fluent german speaker I don't know how the translation went). But the German versions may also be fun to read if you can speak German! The second one is coming in German at Christmas too I think. Jane xx
PPS I love talking to readers on facebook and twitter and instagram, so do follow and chat, J xx
I am glad to have the opportunity to read and review this one. I will pick up the wedding shop series for sure. The English version, of course, as I too don't know German.
DeleteGreat review! Such a beautiful cover!
ReplyDeleteI loved your review!
ReplyDeleteGreat review. I also enjoyed the book.
ReplyDeleteThis cover is so adorable!
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