This review is a bit late, but hey, better late than never, right? I listened to my first Jenny Colgan novel a few weeks ago, Little Beach Street Bakery (2014), and while I enjoyed the story and found it cute, the audio does the experience absolutely no favors.
The narration took me completely out of the story, aging the characters significantly more than they are which does create a bit of a disconnect, and that voice for the American…. what even was that? Does no one know what someone from Georgia sounds like? I would have stopped listening because it was painful, but I’m no quitter. The point of this little rant? Read the book, but don’t bother with the audio.
Wait. Rant not over. Why is there a cupcake on the cover? She bakes bread. Did the cover designer even read the book?!?
Okay. Rant now over.
The book is cute. There is some questionable treatment of cheating and moments that make you really not care for Polly, our leading lady, but there are some fun moments – mostly involving a puffin that becomes a pet while Polly gets her life together.
It’s a good candy book.
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