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Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop

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Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop was a cute and fluffy story. I enjoyed the unique setting and side characters. Max and Aria were delightful and really brought out the best in Rosie. I liked reading about the Van Lifers and what life on the road is like. I wasn't too keen on the ending or Rosie's character (she was just not my kind of person), but there were a lot of sweet moments, heartfelt conversations, and parts that made me laugh out loud. Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop was a wonderfully cozy read that would be perfect for a pick me up.

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Really enjoyable read about Rosie and her travelling tea shop.

Rosie has a role in a top London Michalen starred restaurant. She is married to Callum and owns a home with him, Until she gets home late after work and instead of wishing Rosie a Happy Birthday, Callum declares their marriage is over.

A few days later Poppy the pink camper van is purchased and after tying up loose ends Rosie and Poppy venture into the wold of wandering. She sparks up a friendship online with Oliver a person who is helping her with the practical elements of van life and on her first day she meets Aria.

She quickly establishes a travelling tea shop to sell food she loves. On the way she meets Max and other van lifers.

A good story, interesting and likeable characters.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to read in exchange for an honest review.

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I adored this book! The main character of Rosie was so beautifully developed! I found myself falling in love with the notion of taking to the road and becoming a 'van-lifer'!

So much of this book is written in a warm and comforting tone. I loved snuggling up and reading this, not being able to put it down. If you are looking for a pick me up type read, this is one I would highly recommend.

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What a feel-good story! Rosie navigates through a series of disasters and mishaps, learning life lessons and making friends along the way, with faithful Poppy. I loved it so much that I wanted to resume the nomadic lifestyle myself! It's an amazing way to live, and highly recommended to everyone, even if you can only do it for a few weeks....Rosie quickly reaps its benefits. I was a little baffled by one of the characters, whose only real purpose, it seemed, was as a misdirect. The ending was abrupt, but still beautiful, and I wondered where they will venture to next....

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I've always wanted to travel around in a pink van! Rosie, although not by choice, goes on a grand adventure. It's the best thing that could have happened to her. Cute and fun, readers of sweet little romance stories will love this book! Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

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Rosies Travelling Tea Shop was such a delightful read, I absolutely loved Rosie and Max, what a great idea for a story, I enjoyed every minute of it.

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After Rosie's husband leaves her for another woman because Rosie is too dull and predictable, she goes out and buys an RV, deciding to create a mobile tea shop that she can take around to the British fairs and festivals. She meets Aria, a woman with a traveling bookshop, and a perfect friendship and business arrangement is born. Who doesn’t like a good book with a tasty snack and a cup of tea? This was such a fun book, watching Rosie come out of her shell and into her own as she travels the countryside meeting new people and making new friends. A lovely story to counteract the always gloomy daily news.

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The premise of this novel sounds SO cute. I truly wanted to dive into this story and be utterly charmed—but the formatting was incredibly rough and made reading super tedious.

Terrible spacing (as in sometimes the space between words didn’t exist), the formatting in paragraphs was way off so it made tracking who was speaking very difficult. I really wanted to read more because the story conceit sounds right up my alley,

As such I can’t give it a true rating because I’m sure I’d enjoy it if I were able to actually read through it without getting a headache. The three stars is for the formatting.

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Oh this was over far too soon, that’s my main thought, actually no, my first thought was I need a Max ! This Is a really lovely pick me up book, pick me up in the sense you don’t want to put it down and also in that it lifts your mood. I loved the characters so much and this is the first book I’ve read by Rebecca Raisin but I will definitely be reading more now. This is a bright ray of sunshine , my only tiny criticism was it felt a bit slow to start but once it got going it was fun !

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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A great story line with brilliant main characters.. I read this book in one sitting as I couldn't put it down.

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I loved this book and couldn't stop reading it, it's the first book I have read by Rebecca Raisin but I shall certainly be hunting for more.

Rosie, who likes to plan everything, is devastated when she finds out her husband has been having an affair. He says she is set in her ways and will never change. Enter Poppy a bright pink campervan that she buys after demolishing a few bottles of wine and her life is about to,change. She nervously leaves the home she has shared with her husband and sets off in the campervan not knowing what will happen next. When she gets to her first campsite she meets Aria who has a travelling bookshop. The two decide to travel together mixing Arias love of books with Rosie's love of cooking.

I loved reading about their antics at the various festivals they stop at, Aria opening up her bookshops and Rosie feeding the masses. Max also travels the festivals making his vegan food and he becomes a good friend to Rosie but can he compete with her on line friend Olly? This book deals with leaving behind a comfortable home and the break up of Rosie's marriage and takes us to some laugh out loud moments with Rosie and her unplanned adventures.

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I read this novel in just a few days, that's how easy to read and enjoyable it is! It has a cute storyline with relatable characters and a plot line that means you find it hard to put the book down. It has some slow parts but once you get past those it's back to the enjoyable plot.

I've read a couple of novels by Rebecca Raisin before and her novels don't disappoint so was glad when I started reading this one and it completely lived up to my expectations.

Overall, a happy, lovely read which I would recommend.

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Not the most interesting book I’ve ever read. Had high expectations after reading the description. But sadly never lived up to them. I found it quite mundane sorry and lacking in excitement

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For Rosie it is a journey of self discovery as well as a trip around the UK, after she buys a campervan while drunk the evening her husband leave her for another woman.

He accuses her of being predictable and suspects his leaving won't have any effect, whereas it is soon apparent it was the best thing he could have ever done for Rosie.

Rosie is filled with self doubt and it was wonderful to see how she developed over the course of the summer, travelling around various festivals in her brand new travelling tea-shop. The first person she meets at her first campsite is Aria, who runs a travelling bookshop.

They team up and Rosie starts blending teas inspired by classic books which all sounded perfect - after all cream teas and books go together so well. I really enjoyed getting to know Aria and just why she was travelling too.

In fact there are all manner of interesting people on the travelling van circuit, and a whole variety of different festivals where they popped up over the summer months.

As I have come to expect from a book from Rebecca Raisin, it has a wonderful warm feel to it, everything is really well described, there is some humour and the back stories make you think a bit too. There is even a gorgeous guy, who continued to surprise both me and Rosie.

This was such a pleasure to read, I lost myself within the pages and felt as though I was at the various festivals with Rosie. And Poppy her bright pink campervan is fabulous too.

An incredibly enjoyable book and I already know that the wait for the next book by this talented author will be far too long!

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily,.

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I read this whole book in one sitting last night when I couldn’t sleep. Totally cute story and a mostly original plot. The setting was different once Rosie could travel around in her van Poppy.

Loved the supporting characters but more time could have been spent on them such as telling the reader more about Max and Aria. All in all a good cozy read with a dash of sweet romance.

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