A very enjoyable read about village and family life. Perfect for a summer read. Enjoyed the characters and the setting

Another great read from Fern Britton set in beautiful Cornwall. Set in the local vicarage, we follow the new vicar as she enters her post and tries to integrate into the community whilst also helping make it stronger. Thanks NetGalley!

Fern Britton at her finest! Loved everything about this book and can't recommend enough!!! 5 stars all the way!

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I've not read any of Fern's books before but I was on my way to Cornwall for a holiday so thought this seemed a fitting book for the journey down.

This was a good book but it didn't blow me away. I enjoyed it but it's not going to be a memorable one for me. I can't say there was anything specifically wrong with it, just not totally my cup of tea.

I have not read any books by Fern Britton before but will definitely read more. I thought the book was lovely, easy to read and I easily warmed to the characters. The story is set in an area I don’t know but could visualise the village green etc. I loved the stories told by Mamie, farfetched in the eyes of the family but came across as a plausible life. Mamie and Queenie got into a scrape and it made me smile. We all have met a character like Audrey in our lives and she came across as feisty, nosey but I guess really wanted to fit in. Village life can have its ups and downs but the story pulled everyone together with Angela as a Vicar trying to integrate and get village life organised and I felt this came through in the book. I did not see the ending as it happened – sign of a good book.

A charming story of a new vicar in a little village with rich characters and a lovely warm touch. Not everything goes perfectly and the mystery behind the poison pen letters will keep you guessing. Very enjoyable

She arrived in the village on the spring tide and hoped to be at the heart of it, knowing its secrets and weathering its storms.

It was to be a new beginning…

It’s springtime in the Cornish village of Pendruggan and as the community comes together to say a fond farewell to parish vicar, Simon, and his wife, Penny, a newcomer causes quite a stir…

Reverend Angela Whitehorn came to Cornwall to make a difference. With her husband, Robert, by her side, she sets about making changes – but it seems not everyone is happy for her to shake things up in the small parish, and soon Angela starts to receive anonymous poison pen letters.

Angela has always been one to fight back, and she has already brought a fresh wind into the village, supporting her female parishioners through good times and bad. But as the letters get increasingly more personal, Angela learns that the secrets are closer to home.

With faith and friends by your side, even the most unlikely of new beginnings is possible.

I haven’t read all Fern Britton’s books, but I have read some of them. As with the other books I have read this is set in Cornwall and really describes village life as I think it should be! It’s like sitting down with an old friend who you haven’t seen in a long while and having a gossipy catch up. I felt I was one of Angela’s parishioners and really involved in village life. Very enjoyable. 4.5*

Oh dear... I didn't love this book. It felt very formulaic. I understand Fern Britton had been going through some personal issues whilst writing it and it felt as though there was no 'heart' to the story. Sorry... won't be recommending this one!

If you're seeking an undemanding, yet not light-as-air, summer read, this is it.
We all know what it's like to start a new job, with many, many eyes upon you, some positive, some negative - but imagine how it would feel to do that with no escape home at the end of the day? This is how it is for the new vicar, who has uprooted her family from busy London to a tiny Cornish village and whose home is now the vicarage and therefore merely an extension of the 'office.'
A well-written, easy but not simple, read, this is one you can disappear into whether you're on your holidays or just need a lunchtime escape with a happy ending.

I've always adored the way Fern writes and describes everything in her books. This was no exception. I laughed, felt sad and adored the characters. Cornwall is a place very close to my heart, having lived there for a while, so I always feel. am back down there when reading any of Fern Britton's fabulous books

This wasn’t a book for me. It’s a nice story, but lacked excitement. I could imagine the village where it was set and I did like some of the characters.

I loved this book, I enjoyed revisiting characters from Fern's previous books. I always enjoy the setting, it really makes me want to visit Cornwall.
Fern has a way of drawing you in from the first to the last page.
Another fantastic read, likable characters & enjoyable story line.
I'm looking forward to the next instalment.
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I really enjoyed this book. An ideal summer time read. Easy and enjoyable. The replacement vicar comes to the village and does not have the easiest of times settling. Loved meeting her family and seeing if she would survive her year in Cornwall.

I really enjoyed this novel, it got me from start to finish. Not really a romance but about life in a village and what happens in their daily life. It was very interesting and I didn't want to put it down. Very sorry when it ended. Fern Britton writes very good and interesting stories so I will recommend that everyone reads this book .

I absolutely loved the return to Pendruggan, you can smell the sea around you whilst you lose yourself in the Cornish atmosphere throughout the book.
Simon and Penny have gone to Brazil for a year and the new Vicar, Angela wants to make her mark in the community. She wants to introduce new activities despite meeting some resistance. The characters are so well drawn that you could be sat amongst them. I can’t wait to read more.

As I started to read this some names seemed familiar and then I realised I had read another in this series, quite a while ago. This was a lovely comfortable read. The characters felt like people one could meet in their own home town and there were enough ups and downs @nd “who is it/are they really” moments to keep the story moving at a good but easy pace. Would thoroughly recommend and hope we see more of the characters in futures books.

This was my first Fern book and I was so impressed. I will be looking up her other cornish tales without doubt.

I would love to live in a village and have friends like Angela!

A gorgeous story with lots of laughs. I loved the characters
Fern is a wonderful writer who keeps your attention through the whole book
A great summer read

I really enjoyed reading this book and what it is like to look after a parish with all the good and bad things that can happen. Really looking forward to reading more of Fern’s books

Thank you to Netgalley for a pre publication copy. In return for an honest review! #TheNewcomer #netgalley

Anglea Whitehorn, the new vicar, and her family move to pendruggan to manage the church for 1 year. Whilst Simon, the origjnal vicar, anf family are abroad on a missionary. Whilst in Pendruggan Angela needs to differentiate friends from foe after a disaster strikes the family.

I had heard many good things about the authors writing and this book hence choosing to read this book as my first book of Fern Brittains.

Some research into this author has told me that this is her second book in the series. Although from other reviews it states that there is some characters who reoccur in this book from another book. You would not know this when reading and this book makes a great stand alone book, Something I think this author has got down to a fine art.

Once opening the book in the pre-logue you are told about the disaster/death to the family. You are thrown into the turmoil and emotions felt by Angela and her family. Providing you with feelings of empathy and wantingto help her find her way in reaching a happy ending with the sudden change to her life from the unexpected death.

The first, approximately, 10 chapters are about daily life in Pendruggan prior to the sudden death. In, approximately, chapter 10 Anglea receives a poison pen letter although nothing more is mentioned about this until abother is received in, approximately, chaprer 22. Again nothing is mentioned about this until later in the book when suddenly another character receives one. Once this happens you move from reading about daily life to finding out a lot of secrets in just a few chapters. Although i enjoyed reading about Pendruggan life i felt that the characters may have tried to find out about who sent the letters or even speak to others about them and join forces. Instead Anglea speaks to her husband and then shuts it away and forgets about it. Continuing with daily village life happens a little too much in this book and makes it have a slow start.

However the ending of the book shows the authors creativity and also shows how many raw emotions have been put into the writing of this part of the book. You find out who sent the posion pen letters, how life will continue with this knowledge and whether the death was accidental. Alongside other small grievances the characters have. If this emotion had been shown throughout this book would have grown in my estimations.