Loved every minute - read it in about a day and a half - was like a gorgeous box of chocolates without the calories. (However the chocolate I ate while reading it, unfortunately, did)

Each review score is between 1-10. To get the overall score that you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of review scores we’ve received. In addition, guests can give separate ‘subscores’ in crucial areas, such as location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value for money and free Wi-Fi. Note that guests submit their subscores and their overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them. And although initially I did think they were perhaps the main focus of the book, they are present the whole time and we do get chapters focusing on them, but the main character is Marisa who is new to the area. Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include 'hate speech', discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, and the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted. Sinds het verlies van haar geliefde Italiaanse grootvader is Marisa Rossi overweldigd door verdriet. Ze hadden een hechte band en ze snapt dat iedereen anders rouwt, maar het lijkt alsof het leven voor de rest van haar familie gemakkelijker doorgaat. Zij is zichzelf niet meer, ze heeft agorafobie ontwikkeld, vindt geen plezier meer in het koken van Italiaanse gerechten en wil zich het liefst afsluiten voor de rest van de wereld. Wanneer haar huisgenoot haar uit huis zet, stelt hij voor dat ze in één van de vakantiehuisjes van zijn steenrijke oom Reuben trekt, en ongemerkt bewijst hij haar daarmee een grote dienst.Moving in on the same day as her, into the neighbouring cottage is a Russian piano teacher and let's just say the cottages aren't sound proofed! Ideally, we would publish every review we receive, whether positive or negative. However, we won’t display any review that includes or refers to (among other things):

Rueben and Kerensa are kind of throw away characters. They're obnoxious, more than ever now they have a kid. Rueben still throws money away like it's grass and Kerensa tries to keep up with the horrid mothers and rich witches. Neither of them set a good example for their kid. No wonder he's a spoiled brat. At first Lowin reminded me of Dudley Dursley but by the time his party rolled around, I could see he just wanted to be a normal kid. Lowin is rude to the twin who worship him. I understand. I've seen it go both ways with hero worship and acceptance or hero worship and rejection of the younger child. Lowin is too young to understand how to be fake nice to babies.With each book, Jenny Colgan continues to hone her craft and each book just gets better and better. Well, with the caveat that "The Endless Beach" will always be my absolutely favorite Colgan of all time. Whenever a new Jenny Colgan (or Milly Johnson) book comes out I promise myself that I will savor it this time instead of inhaling it like a greedy child. AND as always, I stayed up until 1:00am totally devouring it until I was finished. Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams. I found a few inconsistencies in this book. Every time a new character was introduced, they were first introduced by name without explanation. Then later the character was introduced with name + description which was unnecessary at that point. Lowin, Rueben and Kerensa's son, is introduced as being "almost 8" when it's nearly spring. Later it says his birthday is on Christmas which means he just turned 8. His birthday party, in summer, is his HALF birthday party. Jayden's wife is introduced as Florrie first and then later Flora. The repetition of character introduction could have been trimmed along with lots of subplot to make the book a bit shorter.

And the ending with the party (keeping it vague to avoid spoilers) but WTF? The whole scene was just unnecessary and silly. Then we are introduced in chapter 1 to Polly and her family, now people may disagree, but they are not why I am reading this book. They were not in the blurb. I do not care about their family dynamic... I am reading this book for Marisa and her piano teaching neighbour as advertised in the blurb.Whenever a new Jenny Colgan (or Milly Johnson) book comes out I promise myself that I will savor it THIS time instead of inhaling it like a greedy child. AND as always, I stayed up until 1:00am totally devouring it until I was finished reading. Now, a month later after finishing listening to Beth O'Leary's "The Road Trip", I got to listen to this awesome story.