Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher.  Nice and simple easy read, fun and lighthearted,  would recommend.

This has been a sweet easy light read, I loved the idea of starting life afresh by just travelling in a campervan, making new friends, visiting festivals/gigs so as to set up stalls to make some money, but as wonderful as it sounds I'm pretty sure it isn't as easy as that in real life. 

But despite that I still fell in love with this quirky story, lots of fun & laughs to be had and the characters were a joy to get to know. I knew right from the beginning that there would be more to Ollie than meets the eye. 

I loved Rosie's pink campervan, so unique and totally out there, but then I do love all things pink. There were plenty of mention of food/culinary delights throughout from both Rosie & Max, all of which sounded yummy even tbe green smoothie and cashew cheese, certainly different.  

My favourite character would have to be Aria, I truly felt for her and what she'd been through and I absolutely adored the sound of her book shop in a van, what could be more perfect than that.

Oh YES, YES, YES!!! I bloody loved this.
It's made me want to jack in my job and take to the road.
Rosie drunk-buys a bright pink campervan called Poppy, and then has a big panic! Oh my gosh, what has she done! She does a bit of research, finding a Facebook group about ‘vanlife’. Here she chats to Oliver, a photographer, who has lots of tips and ideas. She forms a plan to head off towards Bristol, and then onto a book festival and from there to follow the other vans around the country. As she pulls on to her first campsite she almost runs over someone over, and as she gets out of the driver’s seat she falls over in the mud….not a good first impression. This person is Aria, who runs a travelling bookshop. They hit it off straight away and I enjoyed getting to know Aria and her reasons for travelling. 
They park up side by side and team up with a book and cream tea offer. Rosie has always blended her own teas and inspired by Aria’s books she comes up with some nice flavours. ‘Cake is the 8th wonder of the world’ has to be a favourite quote. And now I can call my squishy tummy a ‘cake baby’ too!!
There are a few characters that do the rounds at the festivals and events, one such character is Max. His speciality is vegan food, and it took some convincing to get traditional chef Rosie to try out some of his food. It was delicious, and even convinced me to try out some recipes.
Rosie starts to discover her true self during this journey, leaving behind the hectic chef lifestyle in London. The beautiful countryside, sunsets and new companions all make for a great story.
Lots of laughs, food and fun. There were some serious topics brought up too, tackled perfectly.
It really is a lovely book, after reading the author’s last book I wanted to run away to Paris to become a perfumer. She really is very convincing on changing your lifestyle!
Thanks to HQ Digital and NetGalley for the review copy, in which I give my honest opinion.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley In exchange for an honest review. 

Rosie’s traveling tea shop was a wonderful book about self discovery and stepping out of one’s comfort zone when life comes to a halt and demands change .

Rosie is a woman who pretty much has her life planned out . A perfectionist . Everything is fine until her birthday, when her husband surprises her with terrible news ... he’s leaving her for another woman ! Now it’s time to uproot her life and step out into the world to try new things . A traveling tea business . We go along the ride with the ups, downs and hiccups . Such an uplifting story ! 

Loved this book !! This was my first time reading anything by this author and I will look forward to more of her books in the future .

A very interesting story that was not able to sustain my attention for the totality of the narrative. An admirable attempt.

I received an early preview copy of this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
This is the first book that I have read by Rebecca Raisin, and I really enjoyed it. I am definitely looking forward to reading more books by her.
Rosie is a perfectionist, who has made a plan and mapped out the rest of her life. Her husband has other ideas however, and on her birthday, he announces that he is leaving her for another woman. 
Rosie drowns her sorrow in a few glasses of wine, and discovers that she has accidentally bought Poppy, a pink campervan, which is fitted out as a teashop. Finding herself soon to be homeless, and now with no savings after her purchase, she decides that she has no choice but to try and make it work.
She seeks advice from a forum about campervan life, and then sets off, but encounters a few setbacks along the way.
I like reading books about cafes, bakerys, tea shops etc, so I expected to enjoy this book. I have read a few books about cafes on boats or mobile trailers but this is the first one that I have read about  that travels around the country. It was refreshing to read a book that features a different type of teashop, and also one that is about a Nomadic lifestyle.
This book is quirky and fun. It is a good light-hearted read. It is lovely to read about Rosie's journey, both around the country, as well as how she has to learn how to be more spontaneous, and not plan everything.   I liked the characters, and their back stories, which were good to find out as the story develops.

Very enjoyable story about Rosie, a hard working Michelin starred sous-chef who is cheated on and dumped by her husband.  He is also a chef and the gossip is rife in their community so Rosie decides to have a complete change after the split, as she needs to find a new home anyway.  She decides that she also needs a break from her hectic life so she ends up buying a bright pink camper van called Poppy, hands in her notice at her job, and heads off into the sunset to sell comfort food at festivals around the country.

This decision may have been drink fuelled(!), as she didn't initially remember even buying Poppy until it's previous owner turned up to deliver it, but it was the best decision she ever made.  It was a steep learning curve, driving a van around the country, living and cooking in a small space, and trying to make ends meet.  But she made some lovely friends (Aria and Max) and found romance and a new life along the way, albeit with a slightly mysterious email 'friend' helping her along the way.

There was a lovely feeling to the whole book and I really enjoyed Rosie's journey, and absolutely loved Max!

I'd not come across this author before but having binge-read this book, I'm sure it won't be the last. This book is an easy read full of characters you find yourself rooting for. As well as the obvious romance of will they won't they running through the book, I loved the way we see a real friendship develop between the two women which is just as, if not more, important to the story. I felt the book ended a little suddenly; preparing for a sequel, maybe, with a lot left to discuss, particularly developing the friendship between the two women and exploring their individual quirks and problems. My only real problem I had with this book was the feeling I was being preached to about the wonders of vegan food

This book was SO charming! I absolutely loved it. The story follows Rosie, who, after her marriage ends, leaves her job to buy a campervan and set up a traveling pop up tea shop. It also follows her relationship with Max (a Jason Momoa-lookalike. PHWOAR indeed!), her traveling buddy Aria, whom she teams up with (tea and books - a great combo!) and others along the way. This is the first Rebecca Raisin book I've read, but it certainly won't be the last.

Rosie thought she had the perfect life - a perfect husband, her dream house, and a wonderful life as a Michelin started sous chef in a restaurant. Her future seemed assured until she finds out that her husband has been cheating on her and is leaving her for the other woman. A lot of wine later, and Rosie wakes up to find she has purchased a fuchsia camper van who she calls Poppy. Rosie takes her cooking prowess on the road, living in Poppy and making gorgeous comfort food to pay her way at various gatherings and gigs. She makes a new best friend who has a travelling bookshop, but what she’s really looking for is love. Sometimes love comes in the strangest of guises, and things are not always what they seem. Can Rosie separate truth from fiction and find the happiness she seeks. A real ‘feel good’ novel which I binge read in 2 days.

I think there's a little part of most of us who would love to do what Rosie does in this book. I certainly would. Buy a campervan and tour the country? Not sure about the cooking bit as I'm hardly Prue Leith but I'd taste someone else's efforts no problem!

This was fun and uplifting and just the tonic I needed when reading it. It's fun and light but there are serious overtones of starting over, finding yourself and changing your life when things aren't going well. There's a lot to like there and plenty to link it to your own life.

The tour was great - they go to Bristol, Hay on Wye (oooh the books!) and even up to Alnwick to the food festival there. I lingered on the Hay on Wye pages to be honest. IF I'd been in that campervan, the food would have gone at this point and the title of the story would have to have been changed to Rosie's Travelling Bookshop.

It's a fun story but an uplifting one too and a nice easy read with fun, warm characters. Put a smile on my face!

This was a lovely story from start to finish. Rosie is a great main character - she's not perfect and makes mistakes along the way, and that's what makes her someone readers can relate too. I loved that she didn't sit and wallow when her husband left her and instead took steps to create the life she truly wanted. Her drunken purchase of Poppy was probably the greatest thing she had done up to that point in her life. I also liked her backstory of having to deal with her father's mental health difficulties when she was a child. 

I wish Rosie's tea shop and Aria's bookshop were real because I would visit them in a second (and probably over and over again). The twist with Oliver could have gone several ways, but I like what the author came up with - real to life without being too over-the-top. I also loved Aria. The relationship between Rosie and Aria was exactly what you want to see between female characters. I am hoping there will be a follow-up novel in which we get to see Aria find the happiness that she deserves (that and I really want to see more of her, Rosie, and the van lifers). Max is a great romantic interest for Rosie - he complements her well and helps her to get out of her comfort zone and grow as a person.  It was especially refreshing to have a book filled with characters helping one another out rather than plotting against each other. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves romance novels!

First time I have read a book by Rebecca Raisin and I absolutely loved it! I can’t wait to read more of her books. 

Rosie has the perfect life (well she thinks so anyway) a loving husband and a fantastic job in a top restaurant - I mean what does it matter that they rarely spend time together and when they do Rosie falls asleep. When the comfortable rug is pulled from beneath her and her husband unceremoniously dumps her, Rosie could have wallowed in self pity but instead she decides to push out of her comfort zone and travel the length and breadth of the country in a camper van selling her wares. Along the way, Rosie meets a wealth of characters and makes amazing friends in Aria and Max. She joins a forum and befriends Oliver who becomes a confidante of sorts. 

I loved the way Rosie grew in character along the way.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced read copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

More than “just” a book- a really motivating, uplifting, feel good read. Rosie gets back from work thinking her husband has a surprise for her. A weekend away maybe? Something to liven up their marriage which to be honest has rather ground to a halt. when he announces he is leaving her she is gobsmacked and looks at her whole life. She works as a sous chef in a Michelin starred restaurant and is super organised in every aspect of her life. Splitting up means she would have to move out and start somewhere new. Is this such a bad thing? A bottle of wine leads her to Poppy and the rest as they say, is history. A few helpful tips from a website and Rosie and Poppy are soon on their way to.. well to what? A new life perhaps? Will she love it or would she rather be snuggled up in her kitchen doing what she does best. I took to Rosie early on and recognised the issues of breaking boundaries and that radical word- change- that lots of us struggle with. We all suffer life’s ups and downs and sometimes the downs are not easy to ride out. sometimes we want or need to get away from it all- either in reality or in our own heads. This really made me stop and think. A really good feel-good, cheer you up, uplifting read. Anyone who thinks homemade cake is the eighth wonder of the world definitely gets my vote! Brilliantly written, easily read and one I didn’t want to end. I very much look forward to the next instalment (I hope there is one!).
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Really enjoyed this book, funny and fun, charming and cute, sweet and saucy, it was a lovely light read. 

Would read more from this author.

We all know the joy of eating ‘comfort food’, Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop is my equivalent of ‘comfort reading’. This latest novel by Rebecca Raisn has every element you could possibly want in a novel: laugh out loud moments, weep into your hanky moments , romance, intrigue, and characters you believe in and want to read. This novel begins with Rosie , a sous chef in a Michelin starred restaurant in London, being unceremoniously dumped by her husband on her birthday. Whist heavily under the influence of a large bottle of red wine Rosie purchases a fuschia Camper Van called Poppy and decides to join the Van Lifers and take her life onto the open road. Having made joined an online forum of camper van enthusiasts Rosie heads off to her first overnight stop and just happens to meet Aria who has a mobile bookshop and a wonderful open and gregarious personality. They join together and set off moving from fayre to market to festival  driving the length and breath of England. Along the way Aria and Rosie hit upon the idea of linking Rosie’s hand blended teas with classic novels sold by Aria and her ‘Little bookshop of Happy Ever After’. Romance is afoot and Rosie becomes torn between her new on,ine friend Ollie and the geogous Jason Mamoa lookalike Max , the son of Van  Lifer royalty.

I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this novel and read it through in one day, so reluctant as I was to put it down. This is my first Rebecca Raisin novel and I highly recommend it, it brightened up my day so much that I couldn’t take the soppy grin off my face as I finished reading the final page. Cannot wait to read more by this author.

Rosie is going on a journey after her life is turned upside down , loved the traveling Tea idea and loved the characters in this book , hope there's more stories from this Author to come!

Rosie had everything she ever had wished for: the perfect husband, she was the sous chef at a Michelin rated restaurant, two perfect children – well, they were perfectly planned out in her future where they would be perfect to be sure – and she lived in a perfect apartment. Until she walked in on her birthday to find her not-so-perfect husband with a pre-packed bag walking out on her for another woman! Rosie’s very perfect life was shattered. So she did what any sane woman would do – she drank a lot of cheap wine and unknowingly used all of her savings to purchase a hot pink RV named Poppy! Rosie gives it all up – the perfect apartment, the perfect job, the Michelin stars and hits the road with Poppy to open a pop-up tea shop.

I’ve recently read quite a few books about women who have hit a crisis point in their lives and, throwing caution to the wind, leave everything behind to open a bakery, bookstore, coffee shop, etc. Rosie’s story, however, hit notes of reality that I found myself relating to on multiple layers. She was alone, in fact she was a loner in general. She had used her savings to purchase Poppy so money was not a luxury for her. When Poppy breaks down, she has to rely on the kindness of others and scrabble together new ways to make money to pay for the repairs. She got herself mixed up in a “catfishing” scheme that was extremely realistic and, sadly, happens far too often to women online. I found myself nodding throughout the book, saying yes, yep, been there, done that. I suspect we all have – or will – find ourselves in similar situations. That’s not to say that Rosie did nothing except make mistakes. Along her journey, she made true friends, learned real lessons, renewed her self-esteem and discovered that she could fall down, take chances, and get back up again to carry on. She found love and laughter in the most unusual places but learned that she also could stand on her own two feet when she needed to do so.

Rosie’s Traveling Tea Shop is a wonderfully written story of friendship, love, self-discovery and person growth – a true delight to read for all.

Many thanks to #Netgalley, @Jaxandwillsmum and @HQDigital

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 


I love this book. 
Rosie is an OCD girl. Planner. Huge Introvert.Sous-Chef at Michelin restaurant.
Then her husband asks for a divorce. She’s completely blind-sighted. 

After a series of events, she decides she’s going to live in a RV type of van and basically escape from her life.

Its so out of character for her and she’s absolutely terrified but she tries it anyway. 
She makes friendships and and starts doing things out of character. 

It has its tender moments but some funny parts too. I’m a sucker for light hearted books. But this is also self discovery which I love. 

It was well written, I love how her story unfolded. I will definitely look forward to reading more books by this author!!

Fun read!

I LOVED this book. The journey was both highly relatable and highly aspirational. Her emotional journey was powerful and the love story was so perfectly done in that slow burn way. I just wish I could actually buy the tea :)