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This little series comes in three parts. It follows a group of friends who start a cookery club as a way to escape daily life and have some time for themselves with likeminded friends. Each one focuses on a different main character with what’s going on in their lives.

This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

I loved this book so easy to read amazing food loved the characters you can relate to them they become your friends i was there with them just a lovleu warm plot great story i recommend to every loved it

I absolutely loved this book! It was an easy read and part of a 4 book series. The story has a good pace and introduces each character well. I wanted to join the cookery club!

I am so sorry, my old kindle broke and I lost all of my old books before getting the chance to read this title, that is why I have not been reviewing for some time xx The cover did attract me though and I adore cooking so it must have been good

This is book #2 in the Cotswold's Cookery Series. I do recommend the entire series but this can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone.
This book focused on three of the Cookery members and their trials in life. I love the humor of these books and how realistic each character is throughout.
Connie , Melody and Kate are the focus and each is facing challenges. The thread of this series is friendship and compassion which each of the women offer each other.
I love the sweet nature of this series. This is refreshing change to read and a nice read for a afternoon
Thank you for the ARC which did not influence my review.

Another good one with the characters back. Nice to see them again..good story

Trish Ford is having a bad year. Her husband Ian left her for his assistant Chloe, a smart and beautiful 20-something. Her daughter Amber turned from sweet and kind into a sarcastic, caustic teenaged girl who blames Trish for her father's leaving. Now Trish, in her 40s, an illustrator for children's books, needs more in her life. Fortunately for her, she stumbles into Connie.
When Amber decides to take a paper route in the next Cotswold village (clearly, there's a crush-worthy teenaged boy involved in this plan), Trish goes to the newsagent's to get some more information. And there she meets Connie, one of the founding members of a cookery club. Before Trish knows what's happening, her daughter has her paper route and Trish has an invitation to enjoy a Spanish themed dinner with Connie, Kate, and Melody.
Through Trish's husband leaving and getting his new girlfriend pregnant, Trish has learned to enjoy cooking, so the cookery club is just what she needs to deal with all the challenges that are coming at her. A new hobby, three new friends, and new opportunities help Trish to open back up to life and remember how it feels to flirt and be flirted with.
A story of family, friendship, and really good food, The Cotswolds Cookery Club: Spain (this is book 2 in the series), is absolutely adorable in every way. Book one is Connie's story, complete with the food of Italy, and the series ends with Kate's story and the food of France. They can be taken in order or not, but they should definitely be enjoyed with a cup of tea and a bit of chocolate.
As endearing as an English village in the country, as filling as a really great meal, as healing as a great night with your best girlfriends, Alice Ross's The Cotswolds Cookery Club is a feast for the mind and soul. Take a trip to the charming English countryside and settle in for a fun, fast read.
Galleys for The Cotswolds Cookery Club were provided by HQ Digital through NetGalley, with many thanks.

I really enjoyed this book. Excellent storyline and great main characters. I would recommend this book.

Fantastic book,it's a must read,very well written,can't wait to read more of them.

Well that was rather lovely! I am a sucker for a foodie book and this one was so good! Having read the first one the start seemed a little unconnected but it soon knitted together and you were off on the journey. I need to stop reading these books whilst hungry though. I would highly recommend this book/series to anyone who loves a quick, fun read full of romance, food, a splash of drama and a lot of giggles! Loved it, thanks you very much for letting me read it.

When I realised this was part two in the series of the Cotswold's cookery club books I thought I'd read that one first ( "A Taste of Italy",) straight away I was caught up in the story, a story of Connie who is drifting through life , she's just split from her long time boyfriend and has moved back home with her mum and dad, not really happy she jumps at the chance to house sit for friends in the Cotswold's and here she starts to find herself, buy starting a small cookery club for a handful of ladies, here she finds friendship over recipes from different places in the world, and I couldn't wait to read this one in "A taste of Spain" the story expands on the main characters from the first book, but brings in a new cookery club member, but the way Alice Ross writes her characters they gel together well, and you keep reading as you want to know what will happen with each lady as all their trials and tribulations are very relate able to our own everyday lives and with laughter and good food everything is put to rights.
I look forward to reading more from this author.

It's so nice to be back in the Cotswolds, reconnecting with the members of the Cookery Club which has moved on since the first book and, with the departure of one member, signs up a new addition in Trish.
Trish is a fabulous character and every woman with a teenager will identify with her home life. She can be quite exasperating at times but provides great entertainment. As with the first, this is a good stand-alone read .. well plotted and with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. My only gripe would be that it ends at 91% to allow for a preview of the third book - something I'm not a fan of.
This is all round entertainment encompassing each member of the Cookery Club, characters from the first book and introducing a few new ones. Superb writing, as always from Alice Ross, makes for a thoroughly enjoyable all round read and one which I would highly recommend - even if you're not a foodie!
My grateful thanks to publisher HQ Digital for permitting me to read this arc via NetGalley in exchange for my honest, original and unbiased review.

This book grabbed me from the title as it was about my 2 favourite things Cooking and Spain! This is the 2nd out of 3 books from The Cotswolds Cookery club and the story revolves round Trish and her daughter Amber.
Trishs' husband has moved out with his younger girlfriend leaving Trish and Amber to get used to their life in the Cotswolds by themselves. After a chance meeting Trish meets Connie who has started the Cotswold Cookery Club along with 3 other women.
This is the only one in the series that I have read but I will be reading the other 2.
This is a quick and pleasing read filled with food, humour , romance and leaves you with a feel good feeling.
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Despite this being a very short read it is a delightful one. This is the second book in the serialisation of The Cotswolds Cookery Club (A Taste of Spain). Life moves on for our characters and some new introductions are made too - all the while Trish, herself, is gaining more confidence in both herself and in her abilities. Chapters are short and snappy and, overall, it's an enjoyable feelgood read - ideal for a coffee break.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. This was fun, laugh out loud and a real feel good read. You go Connie.

Nice short book if thats what you enjoy. Lovely feel good book to enjoy over the summer. Nice mix of wome thrown in and you have a cookery club whats not to love in a book

Enjoyed this more than the first book in the series. Trish's story was much more palatable than that of Connie but the ending here seemed tacked on as an afterthought. Lots of things happen and then bam, a six weeks later update? Very odd. Wish the author had taken a few more pages to fill in some of the blanks.
Either way this is an enjoyable little series of quick reads.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy from NetGalley for my unbiased opinion of the book. I started reading this book and realized it was the second in this series. I flew through the first book in under 2 hours. I gladly started this book. I flew through this one too!!! I am really loving this series. I love how the main character in this book Trish started out with no backbone and ended up with new respect of herself, as well as, some well needed backbone. I love in this series there several different stories going on at once. The only downsides to this book its 300 pages too short and no recipes. I may have to read the rest of the series on the treadmill. lol

After reading the first book in the series, "A Taste of Italy", I knew that this is going to be series that I won't want to miss, so as soon as I spotted "A Taste of Spain" on NetGalley, I immediately downloaded it, and guys, I was not disappointed. This second novella is even better than the first one, and it left me glowing in its warmth, sincerity and down - to - earthness. It was really lovely, quick read and I am already looking towards book 3.
I was almost certain that all of the books will focus on the characters already introduced to us in "Italy", so it was a kind of surprise to see that Trish is a brand new character, who - at the beginning - has nothing to do with the Cookery Club. Gah. There was a moment that I was sure that I am reading a wrong book somehow but fortunately, quickly, Connie entered the scenes and I felt home again. Saying it, I don't mean that I don't like Trish or something, because on the opposite, I loved her.
Connie is working at the village shop, blogging and writing articles for a very popular magazine, Melody is soon to be a mum and Kate is still overwhelmed with her family. Trish comes with a very moody teenager, an ex - husband and all the problems it involves. I really, really liked how Trish was growing, how strong she was, even despite the problems with Amber, and how she stood her ground, especially when it came to her husband suggesting she should tell Amber she's going to have a step - sibling.
Of course, there are again some mouth - watering descriptions of food. Don't read this book when you're hungry. Or on diet. Really. Only a good advice. Then there is this lovely, warm overwhelming feeling of friendship, acceptation, support - the girls welcomed Trish to their circle so quickly and easily. All the characters were so true to life and relatable, with all their problems, troubles and moments of happiness.
It is a heart - warming story about friendship, re - building relationships, finding the courage. It is filled with all the ups and downs of usual, everyday life but this only makes it much more forthcoming, realistic and genuine. Written in a very vivid way, this story delivers on each level, and I am sure everyone is going to find something they can relate to. Truly recommended!