I have been in a slight reading slump over the past week or so after a marathon in January where I read 11 books. I couldn't read fast enough but something has been holding me back for the past week. I did, however, finally finish this book that I had been reading for a bit.
"With Love, From London" wasn't my favorite book at the beginning but by the end, I was filled with such joy and warmth. It's important to note that I will pretty much read anything set in London and this story, along with the writing, reminded me of a mix of Fiona Davis and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
It was slow to begin but quickly picked up and I fell head over heels in love with the entire story. It was beautiful, heartfelt, and really interesting.
I received an ARC on Netgalley but the book was actually just released yesterday so you can get your hands on it!
If you're looking for a beautiful story about a mother and daughter, separated by decades, with a bit of love and a lot of books thrown in, you will truly love "With Love, From London".
Publisher's Summary
When Valentina Baker was only eleven years old, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own in California. Now a librarian in her thirties, fresh out of a failed marriage and still at odds with her mother’s abandonment, Val feels disenchanted with her life.
In a bittersweet twist of fate, she receives word that Eloise has died, leaving Val the deed to her mother’s Primrose Hill apartment and the Book Garden, the storied bookshop she opened almost two decades prior. Though the news is devastating, Val jumps at the chance for a new beginning and jets across the Atlantic, hoping to learn who her mother truly was while mourning the relationship they never had.
As Val begins to piece together Eloise’s life in the U.K., she finds herself falling in love with the pastel-colored third-floor flat and the cozy, treasure-filled bookshop, soon realizing that her mother’s life was much more complicated than she ever imagined. When Val stumbles across a series of intriguing notes left in a beloved old novel, she sets out to locate the book’s mysterious former owner, though her efforts are challenged from the start, as is the Book Garden’s future. In order to save the store from financial ruin and preserve her mother’s legacy, she must rally its eccentric staff and journey deep into her mother’s secrets. With Love from London is a story about healing and loss, revealing the emotional, relatable truths about love, family, and forgiveness.
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