The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan ~ Review

Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way – except for the fact that he just doesn’t speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn’t know where to turn.

Then Hari’s aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.

Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she’s made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable…

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I – loved – this – book!!! If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would! This was my second Jenny Colgan book (the first ended up being one of my favorite books of all time, Bookshop on the Corner) and I can say with absolute confidence this will not be the last Jenny Colgan book to grace my TBR pile.

The best two words I can use to describe this book and the one before it are: Slow burn! And I mean that in the best possible way. What I love most about this series of romance novels is that while there is a love interest brewing throughout the book, the main focus is actually the romance of a woman starting fresh in a new place and finding her true self in a way that most of us can only dream of! It’s a slow and ultra satisfying journey of figuring out what really matters deep inside and finding the confidence to pursue that passion! Also, there’s kissing eventually 😉

Which brings me to the second thing I love most about this series; the build up to the love interest is so genuine and sweet. I’m not a prude when it comes to books, but the simplicity of two people really seeing each other and getting to know one another before the hot and heavy begins just gives the storyline a next level authenticity that will keep you on cloud nine long after the last page.

I can’t wait to read the next book in this series! Stay tuned!

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including ‘The Little Shop of Happy Ever After’ and ‘Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery’, which are also published by Sphere.’ Meet Me at the Cupcake Café’ won the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, as was ‘Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams’, which won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013.