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An Endless Cornish Summer

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I found a perfect book for summer!

I was looking for something like this forever. So funny, heartwarming, and genius! You need to read it!

This book is not only about how beautiful Cornwall is. But of course, it is one of many reasons to read it and feel it all by yourself cause now I have a crush and need to go there when the traveling will be safer than now.
This book is about how to start over. Rose needs a new start. Move with her life and do something that passed away Grandma asked her for. She has to find her donor - a man who saved her life when she needs transplantation. Rose has only clues about who he is - the law does not allow to give her any more detailed information, but she decided to find it anyway. That why she decided to leave Oxford and move to Cornwall.

This place is something more than she could ever expect to be. A small town with breathtaking views is not only a place to visit and have some rest but it is full of inspiring people and untold stories waiting to be discovered.

For me, this book is summer essentials. Have everything that I wonder to have in the summer evening literature. Love, self-love as well, humor, a little bit of mystery, and the main characters worth spending time with. I adore it, from the very beginning and have so much fun when reading. Omg, it's gorgeous. Perfect! The one and only!

I would truly recommend "An Endless Cornish Summer" to everyone. Just to sit, enjoy and forget for a moment of the world and the summer that still will be different than we know. I prefer this one - with yachts, coffee bars than this with Covid test in the airport and wearing masks when out.

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Academic Rose takes up a temporary position in Cornwall. But it is personal and not just professional. The recipient of stem cells that saved her life, she tracks down the donor. Has she tracked down the correct donor, is it love or gratitude? Follow the story and keep your fingers crossed.

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I read this book in one sunny day in the garden. It was a joy from beginning to end.

The storyline had a serious moral thread to it, with a dash of friendship with a full heaping of Cornish romance.

Cornwall is a beautiful setting for a book regardless but the way that the descriptions were written here made you truly imagine you could be there!

I really grew to feel attached to Rose and her story. I loved the ending and how it all came together.

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This is a very typical summer romance. However I felt that the story was not strong enough to hold my attention until the end. I did finish it but I felt it was fairly ordinary. Nice descriptions of the Cornish countryside.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books for the advance copy.

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Following a life - saving transplant Rose takes the opportunity of being involved in an archaeological dig in Cornwall to find the anonymous donor that she had tracked down to being from there.
I'll start off by saying that I loved this book: it includes so many things that I enjoy, including Cornwall, a small community and archeology (Time Team always used to be compulsory viewing). Following Rose as she tried to find out who the donor was, her gradual acceptance into the local community, together with a cast of believable characters kept me totally engrossed. It certainly made me look forward to returning to visit my favourite part of the world and I could almost hear the cries of the seagulls, smell the sea and look at the boats in the harbour. A great way of immersing yourself in a story and forgetting the world around us during these difficult times.
I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley, however this did not influence my review of the book.

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Nice gentle romantic seaside story. Perfect summer reading. The characters are very relatable and the story is interesting ,especially as it’s set in Cornwall. There are the usual miscommunication issues/ secrets / misunderstandings which make the characters’ lives more complicated but isn’t that what we need in a romantic story? An easy read with a good ending.

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Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the free ARC I received in exchange for my honest review.
This is a fun story full of likeable characters and a beautifully envisioned setting on the coast of Cornwall during summer. Rose is an inspiring and relatable character with an invigorated take on life, and the Morvah brothers provide all the intrigue that keeps this story afloat (pun intended). If you want to escape to a quaint seaside village for the day, this is the book for you!

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Ahhh, this was a lovely summer read. Not visited this part of Cornwall and it made me want to be there with the characters and be part of the story. It's a recommend from me

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A fantastic summer read. One of my face authors. Clean abd romantic and just beautiful. Perfect fir romance fans

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I love any book that is set in Cornwall. Hazy summer days, glistening sea and romance. Perfect.
After Rose receives her transplant she is determined to find her donor after some encouragement from her nan who has sadly passed away. So off she sets to Cornwall on an archeology dig. There she meets Joey and Finn who own the boatyard with their mother.
Rose finds a place to stay above a mystical shop run by Oriel.
There are plenty of events to keep the reader hooked and of course there is also a bit of drama.
A perfect summer read.
Thanks to Netgalley and Avon books for the ARC

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Fun summer read. I love Cornwall so love reading fiction set around the area. Definitely recommend to others that love a sweet summer book

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Let me start by saying I love the cover of this book, it is so colourful and summery making it the perfect beach read. As like most people I will have to make do with the garden this year.

I was drawn into the story immediately, Roses life has been anything but easy, brought up by her Gran and living one day at a time, after having life saving stem transplant surgery. On the death of her beloved Gran, Rose is given a note she had written for her, encouraging her to try and find the donor who helped save her life. On writing to the donor centre, Rose received a card back, showing a beautiful picturesque village in Cornwall on it. Having been given a job in a nearby area she decides to combined the two and try to find out who he is.
Rose is an archeologist, I found this part of the book to be really exiting and interesting, the author has obviously done a lot of research in to the local folklore and mythology history. I love anything Arthurian so found the book even more entertaining.

The book is filled with wonderful characters, friendships and family dynamics that we can all relate to in our own lives. Really enjoyed the book and in fact had read it in a couple of hours. It was delightful.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon books for an advance copy of this in exchange for an honest review. Expected publication date is June 24th 2021.

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This was a lovely summer read but with more depth and detail in the story than I expected, which was a very pleasant surprise. It was lovely to read about life in this Cornish village and to see how welcomed the main character was. A few twists and different threads to the story line kept things interesting right until the end. An enjoyable book to read in the sunshine

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This is a great beach read. Sit back and enjoy the various romance stories contained in this book. The main character is lovely but I really enjoyed Oriel more, there was something fun and exciting about her.

This has a unique back story that creates the connection between Rose and Finn. A fun, warm read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books Uk for the opportunity to read this book.

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This is my second book by Phillipa Ashley, and I am a fan! First of all, the cover of the book is just gorgeous! A sweet story with a likeable main character, Rose goes searching for her bone marrow donor in a quiet Cornish village by the sea, where she meets 2 brothers who run a boatyard. Romance develops from there and ending is a nice surprise. Although a little slow to start, the story develops quickly with lovely characters and a beautiful setting. A nice easy summer read. Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Phillipa Ashley is the queen of Cornish settings!  Grab a brew, sink into a chair and set off to Cornwall and follow Rose as she sets off determined to find the man who saved her life with a transplant.

So easy to picture the boatyard, Rose's view from the flat and Oriel's shop. Perfect escapism....get me there!

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I absolutely loved this book and was perfect timing to read about the summer as the weather is so miserable.

Phillipa Ashley is an incredible writer and always makes you feel like you are in the story. The background of the transplant was something I have never heard about and has made me think about what we can all day to help each other.

The background of sailing and boat-building is something I had never thought about, along with Cornish folklore - I need to go on holiday now to find out more.

This is one I will certainly be recommending to people.

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Thank you Netgally for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is a sweet love story with, as expected, a happy ending. If you like Phillipa Ashley’s writing style you will like this book.
Rose, a PHD graduate in archaeology moves to Falford to work on a local dig and teach at the local university following a grant approval, however there is more to her than just that. Rose is a survivor of aplastic anaemia, a very serious illness that almost took her like. She was very fortunate to receive a bone marrow transplant that was very successful. Following an unexpected event in her life, she tracks down her donner to Cornwall, more exactly the lovely village of Falford. Here she meets Oriel, Finn and Joey, who very quickly become her friends, and maybe a bit more.
I love the descriptions of the sea, the estuary, and the village life, as well as the references to legends and myths. Rose adapted very quickly to village like and embraced enthusiastically the community spirit. She is a very sweet girl who wants to live life to the fullest and help those around her.
Finn and Joey are brothers, and they flight and have each other backs as brothers do. I enjoyed reading about their relationship, but sometimes the banter/chat felt off. I did not like the repeated ‘bro’ appellative.
I absolutely adored Oriel and her girlfriend Naomi. Oriel is lovely and supportive, and she wants to make a success of her business, but also support the community.
I found the pace a bit slow to start with, but once I got into the story, it sped up. I did not like the ending and found it a bit rushed. I would have liked to read more about their relationship and how it developed.

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Perfect for a lazy weekend at the beach or, with the current weather, as an escape from the rain. A lovely heartwarming story set in glorious Cornwall.

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This book by the author Phillipa Ashley is as good as I expected it to be.
It centres around Rose, the main character in the book. She has had a hard life, but her likeable character jumps from the pages. The vlsnall village of Fulford in Cornwall welcomes her. As with all Philippa Ashley‘s books, this one is beautifully written with wonderful settings and it's easy to imagine being in the beautiful cornish village.
Thanks to#NetGalley for the advance copy in return for an honest review

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