Brilliant plot, excellent main characters that you invest in. I read this book in one sitting and I would highly recommend it.

Thanks you everyone for letting me preview this really enjoyable and feel good book. It was just what the doctor ordered during the cold winter nights.

I was sucked in by the beautiful cover on this book! So colourful and some luscious looking cakes...

The synopsis states that 26 year old Callie opens a new cafe "The Cosy Kettle" but what it didn't say is that the cafe is based in a bookstore. That is 2 of my favourite things right there! It was lovely reading about the bookshop which was under new ownership (Flora) with Flora listening to Callie's excellent ideas and giving her newfound confidence in opening the cafe with Flora's backing. I so enjoyed learning more about some of the customers, who end up as friends, and could see how welcoming the bookshop and The Cosy Kettle would be.

Flora lives with her awesome 80 year old Gramp who seemingly has a new sense of life and is determined to live it to the full as well as say what he means which leads to many comical moments, I'm sure I snorted on one occasion! He was an excellent addition to the story, with a solemn aspect too in terms of his beloved wife (deceased) that added real heart.

Noah is an ex-boyfriend of Callie's with who she had a fleeting relationship years ago that ended in 2 broken hearts - he is back in town working on a new project and I was relishing finding out if the 2 of them could forget the past and forge forward together.

Overall this was a thoroughly enjoyable read that had me laughing, smiling and touched me at times too. The author's note at the end states there will be another visit to Honeyford and I can't wait to dive in to that already!

My many thanks to Bookouture via NetGalley for providing me with this advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review.

The blurb was better than the book. It was really slow moving and things took so long to develop in the storyline, I started to skim some of the paragraphs. The premise of this book is good but just wished it moved along faster and had a little less quirk to the grandpa. The whole new mom who let a stranger walk around with her infant while she fell asleep in the book store, so unbelievable and at that point, I started getting board and skimming.

Lovely and cosy with a dollop of good humour and well brewed storylines! I really liked this book and happy to hear there wil be a follow up! Love the cover too!

New Starts and Cherry Tarts is a lovely romance story set in Cotswolds, I instantly fell in love with Callie and Noah, so excited to hear there will be a next installment.

Callie hasa new boss and is late for her first day of work. the previous owner of the bookstore was used to her comings and goings, but Flo had bought the failing bookstore, saving Callie's job. Callie's previous boss took no suggestions from Callie in ways they could improve or change the bookstore. Flo was different as she had never worked in a bookstore, so she really didn't know how to succeed. , She listened to Callie's ideas and with a lot of work, and community support the store began to thrive. Callie's old boyfriend also arrived in town to help his brother remodel a mansion. into a boutique hotel. Set in the Cotswolds, this book has everything to make it a most satisfactory read. You'll like the town, and love the people. You can't go wrong with this book.

A cute, funny and heartwarming novel that I really enjoyed.
I liked the setting, the cast of characters and the style of writing.
It was the first book I read by this author and it won't be the last.
Recommended!
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC

A big thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. First time reading this author. This was a cute romance. Small town, 2nd chance love she to a misunderstanding. Communicate! I didn't love it but did enjoy it. I give it 3.5 stars. I didn't really relate to the characters. Felt like a cozy mystery.

Thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
A nice easy read first time reading this author
A good feel good book

This book was okay, nothing spectacular. Very predictable. But a light hearted easy read. Worth reading if you want something light.

New Starts and Cherry Tarts at the Cosy Kettle is an uplifting and super sweet read. I was engrossed in this book from beginning to end and was rooting for Callie the whole way through. I also found myself wishing I were at the Cosy Kettle with Callie and the gang as the author did a wonderful job at bringing it to life. I am so excited to have found a new author to fall in love with and plan to read many more of her books in the near future!

This is a delightful story, set in the Cotswolds, about 28 year old Callie as she tries to set up a new coffee shop. Her problems increase when her first love, Noah, returns to the village with his brother, to build a new hotel. The interaction between the two characters was well written and I was keen to find out whether their futures would be together. My favourite character, however, has to be Callie’s Grandad, Stanley, who, on reaching his 80th birthday, decides to follow a magazine’s advice and sets out to become his ‘true self’. His madcap schemes and adventures were a joy to read and I found myself sharing Callie’s hopes and fears as each new idea unfolded.

An enjoyable read from start to finish.

Words cannot describe how much I adored this novel. This was a delightful and easy, fun read and I loved every minute. As soon as I knew that Liz Eeles would be bringing out another novel and then I saw it on Netgalley I was so excited! Her past novels have been absolutely amazing to read and I love her style of writing. I jumped at the chance to download it and began it immediately after I finished the one I was currently reading.

I absolutely adore the cover and the title of Liz's new novel. The cover is one of my favourites from this year actually. Cherry tarts at the Cosy Kettle sounds very inviting indeed! I also love the cakes along the bottom of the cover, the cute cottage at the back of the cover and the bright, inviting colours. Even the name is mouthwatering!

Straight from the start with this novel I knew I was going to love it. I just feel that Liz's style of writing hooks you from the start and I just loved all the characters from the off. I really related and felt for Callie, she was shy but just so lovely and I instantly warmed to her. I also found her granddad Stanley really funny and really enjoyed reading about his crazy antics! As well as this, I loved all of the other secondary characters such as Flora, Becca and Mary! They were all really lovely and I dreamed throughout of living somewhere like Honeyford. The setting sounded absolutely idyllic and I longed to book a trip to the Cotswolds!

This was just an overall really delightful and enjoyable novel. It's lighthearted and the perfect easy read for Spring. It will leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy and I just loved every page. I'm really hoping that we go back to this little story and read more about the other characters - as I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to Honeyford just yet! Liz Eeles has a gift of making you want to be exactly where she's writing - and as with her other novels, this one was no different. It was well-written, engaging and simply brilliant.

Thank you to the publisher for a chance to read this novel via Netgalley, which I have reviewed honestly.

I cannot resist a cover with food on it - and that's even more the case when it's not just food but baked goods. Can you blame me for wanting to check out New Starts and Cherry Tarts in the Cosy Kettle?
And that's not even mentioning the bookstore present in the story - which isn't even mentioned in the synopsis and totally should be! Especially since so many of us love reading books where a bookstore's in play - no matter in what way.

Apart from that, I honestly loved the setting Liz Eeles created. A small village with everyone knowing everyone, beautifully described views and buildings and a whole cast of intriguing characters.. That's pretty much the perfect combination for a light, contemporary read.

Especially the characters though! Apart from Callie, our main character, and Noah, the love interest, a huge place goes to her eighty year old grandfather who's.. maybe going through a bit of a life crisis with all the things he's up to. But that's exactly what makes him such an interesting and fun character.
He wasn't my favorite though. That one goes, without a doubt, to Becca - a younger girl with social anxiety. She stole my heart right from the get-go and.. I truly hope she maybe gets er own story one day because I'd love to find out way more about her.

Another thing that made me enjoy this novel even more so, is that the focus isn't really on romance. It's more about Callie trying to figure out what she wants, taking on some challenges and.. finding a more fixed place in the small community she lives in. Not to mention trying to handle her grandfather's antics.
Sure, the romance was there but it felt to me like it was way in the background compared to other things going on. Which is probably for the best, since I didn't feel the chemistry between Callie and Noah? They're supposed to have a past together - however briefly - but I didn't feel it. It was simply there - their feelings and love and whatnot - without any building up to it. It could be me though, but I'd say that after eight years of no contact, there should be more small moments and such before going all "I'm still in love with you"?
In any case, this isn't that big of a "bad thing", simply because the focus was more on other events and since that's one of the things about this novel I enjoyed most...

If you feel like reading a contemporary romance where the focus isn't really on the romance, but more on the events in a small, wonderful community - this is definitely a good option for you!

4 / 5

Callie has her life, quiet as it is, planned out and stable, or at least she thought. Her grandfather Stanley, who turned eighty and then stated “living his best life” with plans to skydive, participate in “wild” swimming and speaking the unvarnished truth to friends and those around him means she’s never entirely sure what will appear with the deliveryman next. Add to that, she’s got a new boss at the bookshop she’s spent the past 3 years working at, and she’s already dancing about with being late on the boss’ first morning. Never the boldest person at the best of times, Callie spent her childhood trying to avoid her constantly bickering parents – while they loved each other it seems as if their relationship hinged on the frequent and constant arguments that sent her off to her grandparents’ house for quiet – where she was welcomed by Stanley and Moira, fed Battenberg cake and could hear herself think.

Callie’s new boss, Fiona, is pulled together, successful and appears to be in control – something Callie aspires to, and while Callie’s nature is calming and comforting for those around her, her own ability to access her emotions, particularly the unpleasant ones, or those that will cause conflict, preferring to smooth over tough patches and tell herself that it’s not a big deal, or that she didn’t really want to say something in that moment. Here is where Liz Eeles excels – she creates characters that feel plausible and possible, those that encourage empathy and always have that one friend (or more) who pushes for them to be more confident – cheering them on because, at heart, they are lovely people who deserve all the best things possible.

And, Callie’s got those friends, both from her school days and as a result of her nurturing and kindly nature, not to mention her grandfather Stanley, who, while he seems to be off with the fairies in his own ‘discovery’ of his new and more adventurous self, mostly a result of his missing his wife and son, Callie’s father – their deaths hit him hard, and with some encouragement from a Sunday Magazine article that comes with the paper, he’s full of new ideas, pity ‘new-age’ sayings, and wearing skinny jeans with t-shirts meant for tween girls. But this, as much as it’s a story of a small town and the goings on, it’s also a story of Callie growing and changing, learning to speak her mind and allow those emotions she’s stuffed down to escape, and discover that, despite her own lack of self-confidence, there’s far more to her than one might think. All the ‘ones’ that is, with the exception of her friends and her schoolboy crush/boyfriend Noah – and once they work out just why they split, and where they could go – the pieces of the puzzle that is life (at least in that moment with not one, but two, successful tea shops under her belt) Callie’s got more on her plate when she truly FEELS happiness and excitement.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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My goodness. Liz Eeles' writing is like chicken soup when you're unwell. Lovely, warm, comforting and just what I needed.

I love a great British countryside romance novel and Callie's story has everything I could have asked for and more. I was laughing, sighing contentedly and hoping for Callie's happily ever after.

Also, her grandad is my spirit animal.

I received a free copy of NEW STARTS AND CHERRY TARTS AT THE COSY KETTLE by Liz Eeles in exchange for an honest review. Twenty-six-year-old Callie Fulbright is feeling left behind by her classmates. Though Callie completed university, she returned to her beloved tiny home village of Honeyford to care for her grandfather and work at the local bookshop. However, changes to the village will have a significant impact on Callie. First, the bookshop has a new owner. Will it be more of the same curmudgeonly management or will the new owner be open to new ideas? Second, Callie’s first love is back in town. Will they reconnect or will new paths and old wounds determine their relationship status? Third, a new career opportunity opens up. Will Callie be able to excel, will Callie let her lack of confidence keep her from success, or will an unknown person acting from spite succeed in sabotaging all of Callie’s hard work?

I liked this book. I liked that Callie matured, grew as a person, and began to overcome emotional handicaps created by her upbringing. I also liked the other characters and look forward to returning to Honeyford by reading the sequel.

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A warm and cosy book that brings together a bookshop, a cafe, a country house hotel and a series of rounded characters. I always look forward to reading books set in a bookshop and this didn’t let me down.
I really enjoyed getting to know the aimiable, people-pleasing, waifs-and-strays collecting Callie who works in a local bookshop and is dreading the arrival of her new boss Flora. Flora seems very together - but has a point to prove. Callie’s grandpa Stanley brings colour and mayhem to the tale with his zest for life and his madcap ideas!

The Manor House is being converted into a country house hotel and here enters the big brother of Callie’s ex-boyfriend/childhood sweetheart. This adds a frisson of tension with Callie, particularly when her ex-boyfriend Noah emerges into the story.

Cue lots of madcap mayhem (Stanley), misunderstandings (Noah) and having the confidence to branch out and do something different (Callie, Becca and even Flora). When it comes down to it, the cafe that Callie sets up sounds wonderful and Liz Eeles is able to transport you there.

An engaging tale with rounded characters and realistic episodes. A really enjoyable read - with a cup of tea and a piece of cake, this will be a fab weekend read! 5*

Callie is kind and generous but often neglected due to her sweet nature. She has a gift for bringing in those who need a helping hand. The book store where she has toiled for years is bought by a new owner, who allows Callie to open a café. Callie learns she has abilities and skills that are marketable and builds her self-confidence. An old boyfriend returns to town and ghosts from the past are revisited. Hopefully, with better outcomes! I love Callie and her group of quirky friends and family! Readers will find this book easy to read and such fun to imagine a cup of coffee with this group. This ARC was given by Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.