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Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop (2013)

by Abby Clements(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1782064281 (ISBN13: 9781782064282)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Quercus

review 1: After having finished it, I still don't know how I feel about this book. I really like the idea of two sisters suddenly inheriting an ice cream shop and having a go at it, but the whole book was just a little too chick lit-y for me (which I guess is fine if you're into chick lit). A lot of the imagery felt a little cliched to me, and I did NOT like the way both women seemed to jump from one relationship into the next like it's all no big deal. Especially the whole Matteo-storyline seemed very contrived to me - why does Anna have to have a boyfriend by the end of the book? Can't she just be a happy single for a few months? She did just break up with her boyfriend of two years that she was living with. I don't know. The book was OK to me, but I found those things to be reall... morey jarring.
review 2: A nice bit of holiday escapism. I know Brighton well so it was nice to read about places I see often too. It was a bit predictable in places such as the Anna/Jon/Matteo storyline but then I find that 'chick lit' often is. I did like Imogen though and without giving away the ending of the book I like the choice that she made. Overall a nice (I know I'm being repetitive) little book with a happy ending but not gonna change your life or anything dramatic like that and probably not one I'd read over and over again. less

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