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The Christmas Surprise by Jenny Colgan (view source)
Revision as of 09:27, 4 December 2014
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I do like Jenny Colgan’s books. At least, that’s my impression although I’m surprised to discover that I had only previously read two of them. Her titles seem to feature food-related topics, and this particular one is third in a series about a young woman called Rosie Hopkins. She lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her boyfriend Stephen, and runs a sweet shop.
It’s a year since I read the second in the series, and while each book stands alone (this even one comes with a helpful introduction, giving brief cameos of each main character) I felt immediately as if I were back visiting friends, when I started this. The story picks up where [[Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan|Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams]] finished, and takes us through another year.
It’s impossible to give more than a hint of the plot without spoilers; suffice it to say that Rosie and Stephen start the year on a high, helping her best friend Tina plan her wedding, and looking forward to new depths in their own relationship. There is tension in the form of Stephen’s snooty, cold mother, and warmth in the arms of Rosie’s delightful great-aunt Lillian, who lives in an old folks’ home, but overall things are going well…