Katie Fforde crafts a great novel. I enjoy the writing style. The characters are brilliant. It was a great read!

Another novel set in another era from Katie Fforde
Not my favourite, but still an enjoyable read.
It read a bit like a Famous Five novel, maybe that was because of the era it was set in, I'm not sure.
References to characters in a previous novel, although not a direct sequel and it stands on its own.

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy.

I usually love Katie Ffordes books but this one didn’t quite hit the mark. It jumped about a bit and the story,Ines seemed just to swing back and firth and then end quite abruptly.

Katie Fforde is my to-go-for-comfort writer even if I'm not the greatest fan of the novels set in the 60s
This one was very entertaining and I enjoyed it
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I usually enjoying spending my time reading a book by Fforde but I just could not connect with this one. I thought the plot was obvious and if I am brutally honest, dull. There was nothing that kept my interest and I found this a slog to finish.
The characters are nice enough, I preferred Violet and her story over Felicity's. Frankly Felicity came over spoilt and naive for a lot of the read and not in a nice way.
This was a very disappointing read for me.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for an advance copy.

I would consider this book a ‘holiday read’. It was very ‘nice’ and an easy book to read. But it was the same old story plan as many others (you know the ending before you begin to read), with little excitement or mystery. I wasn’t aware it is part of a series, but that didn’t cause any problem.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. Katie Fforde is always an author who you know will deliver a plot that engages, with characters who you will form an association with, and this book is no exception. Two leading ladies who forge a friendship, despite a slight age difference, but with similar backgrounds. Both embark reluctantly with new relationships, both encounter challenges, and the story is held together with the wonderful Lucinda, who is deceptively engaging, a smattering of David, who I am confident will have his own title at some point, and the captivating Miss Winter.
An easy read that will keep you turning the pages, with a few mysteries and sufficient pace that you will not want to continue to the end.

A lovely book with a real air of the 1960's. I loved the information about mudlarking too, very atmospheric. Great characters and connections, wonderful friendship and romance.

You cannot go wrong with a Katie Fforde novel and this one is another set in the late Sixties featuring a cast of characters we have got to know over the last few years.

This story is about Felicity who comes to stay with her mother in London, from her home in France with her father. Felicity is to start secretarial college and if her mother has her way find a suitable man. Settle down, start a family and live the idyllic life of women of their status and of the time.

Felicity has other ideas. She would like to be an artist.

Violet befriends Felicity whilst she is in London. Violet works in a book shop and has a soft spot for her boss, but there are some hurdles to overcome if she is to find what she is looking for.

These two girls stories thread themselves throughout the book and we are joined by some other interesting characters that we have met before and some that we haven't. You get a real feel for London in a completely different way from the modern day novels which adds to the nostalgia that this novel gives you.

You can read this as a standalone novel without having read any of the others, but you will certainly get much joy if you go back and read the others.

Katie Fforde has done it again.

#FromLondonWithLove #NetGalley A heartwarming book set in London (and France) in the late 1960s. Although a bit predictable in outcomes, I fund myself glued to the pages well into the night! I liked the characters ( even Lucinda and Miss Wynter!) and I followed their relationships eagerly. a nice cozy read! Katie Fforde is an excellent writer

When picking up a Katie Fforde book you always know you are getting a warm hug in book form. This was no exception.

Felicity moves from Provence, France to stay with her mother in London whilst she attend a secretarial course, and meets Violet who lodges upstairs. The pair become fast friends even through they are not very much alike and on different journeys a beautiful friendship emerges. Set in the swinging 60's London. I would have liked to have heard a bit more about this, as I personally would have lived to live through the era. But nether the less, It is a really nice book full of friendship, love and finding our places in the world.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoy reading Katie’s books and was very pleased to get a chance to read this one. An easy read with a good plot and likeable characters. A lovely bit of escapism, I definitely recommend it. Thank you #netgalley

Another wonderful story from Katie Fforde. It was so nice to catch up with characters from her previous novels. It took me right back in time! Thank you so much for this arc.

Katie Fforde never fails to write exceptional stories filled to the brim with realistic and wonderful characters. She’s a firm favourite in our family and I can’t wait to see what she releases next.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a review.

A lovely easy read set in London in the 1960's and lovely to catch up with some familiar friends too.

Recommended.

An enjoyable read set in the late 1960s. Felicity is in London for a year’s secretarial course before returning to France to study art. She meets Violet who is living in her Godmother’s house, where Felicity and her mother rent an apartment. They become good friends and support each other through potential romances. A lovely story with great characters that is fun to read

i have been a reader of this authors books for year and was excited to read this.
in all honestly i struggled at first to connect with the characters but once i got into the story i really enjoyed it so bare with it and im sure you will love itv

You always know what you're getting with a Katie Fforde novel, and this one is no exception. It's a lovely cosy story, set in 60's London and follows Felicite/Felicity who has grown up in France with her father but has now moved to live with her mother in England while she studies to be a secretary, but dreams of being an artist. She's sweet and naive, just as Violet, her upstairs neighbour and new friend also is. They meet Oliver, a mudlark, and before long she is painting him and joining him in the mud.

Although there's plenty of references to it being the sixties, it's all a bit vague for me and could've just done with a bit more depth to the story. Just like the author's last book, it was surface level nice but I kept hoping for more from the characters or setting. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice easy read, and perfect for taking on a holiday, but beyond a few bits of miscommunication, the chemistry was all a bit lacking.

Thanks to Netgalley for a free ARC in return for an honest review.

Quite a light and easy read story set in London in the late 1960s. Felicity has come to London for a year and is undertaking a secretarial course whilst Violet is working in a bookshop. Their troublesome and intertwined love lives and those of their friends and family form the heart of the story. I didn’t realise that it featured characters from previous books of Katie Fforde, however it can still be read as a stand alone.

Katie Fforde's books are always written with a wonderful lightness that carries the leader along, and From London with Love is no exception. However, it's not one of her best books. In trying work out why I have landed on the characters and the resolution. The characters lack depth; I don't feel that I ever really got to know them. Felicite, Violet and Jenny, the three young women finding romance, are pleasant enough but they don't live off the page; nor do they develop greatly. More problematic for me, though, are the resolutions of Felicite's and Violet's romances. Having disengaged themselves from their respective partners part-way through the book, they both find themselves reunited with them by the end without the issues dividing them being discussed or resolved. Having said all this, I enjoyed reading the book.