This is my first Jenny Colgan book. She did a wonderful job of describing locations. I could easily visualize where the story was taking place. I also enjoyed the relationship between Carmen and her sister Sofia and nieces and nephew, and with Mr McCredie.
What I didn’t like was the “romance” between Carmen and Oke and Blair. I’m not a fan of this troupe. It’s always eye rolling to me and a waste of time. Unfortunately in the last 80% of the story there were too many scenes that felt unbelievable like a tree full of leaves in the winter, a train just showing up out of no where on a deserted line, Oke just magically being at the same location at the same time also in the middle of no where, Skylar being the only one walking down a hall way in an empty university hallway.
I felt like a the fate of the bookstore was left dangling. Did it survive? What about Mr McCredie? This part of the story seemed to be just left.
I was completely lost with the epilogue. I reread it a couple of times trying to figure it out. I never did.