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Aria’s Travelling Book Shop

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Oh wow brilliant book. If rosies traveling tea shop made me want to go and do what they do this book makes it harder to not just disappear in a camper van.
I love the fact that the story is not just a lovely dovey story but also glad it has a happy ending I didn't want it to end.
I want to go into arias book an just to see what books I can find and then go over to rosies for hummus so glad this story had both girls in I want to know what happens next, what sex is the baby, do aria and her man make a go of it living in her van.
This book makes this sort of life sound fantastic.
Well done Rebecca raisin fantastic book. Please keep up the brilliant work

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This was such a lovely book. Aria and Rosie are great friends and enjoy a nomadic life travelling with their vans to markets and festivals. Rosie has a book shop on wheels and is drawn to other book shops and book lovers. They are traveling through France and you can feel the magic of their travelling life and romance sparkles in the air.
It deals with past heartbreak, close friendships, romance and travel. You really feel as though you are going along on the journey.
It would be lovely to read a follow on book!

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Where do I even start with this book?! It’s one of those books that sucks you in super quickly and Aria is the most wonderful leading lady and is a HUGE bookworm. I related to her so much with her love for books, and I’d love a camper van to travel round in and sell books 💕 it sounds perfect! ⠀

I LOVE that’s she’s a book sniffer.....it made me smile the biggest smile 😀 ⠀

The story of friendship and companionship amongst the people she meets on her travels is just wonderful, and as for Jonathan..... I think he’s my dream man.⠀

A wonderful book that provided me with exactly what I needed......pure escapism. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 from me 💕⠀

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I wanted to like this more, was SO ready to - I loved the premise, but found Aria’s Travelling Bookshop to be just ‘OK’. No more, no less - it didn’t rock my world but neither did I struggle to finish it.

To be fair, I don’t pick up a lot of romantic fiction, so when I do I set the bar really high and expect quite a lot. Unfortunately, this time round I was left wanting, it felt a bit superficial, lacking in character development and all the amazing areas of France visited were just glossed over. I wanted to feel like I was there and I just didn’t- not my cup of tea I’m afraid.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Aria is taking her travelling book shop around France after losing her husband TJ to cancer 3 years ago. She meets Jonathon is a writer after having too many glasses of wine and falling straight into his arms. She feels something for Jonathon but can she put TJ to rest and make a life with Jonathon.

A great story of love and loss.

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If you’re looking for a lighthearted,pure escapism read then why not follow Aria with her travelling bookshop and fellow nomads as they wend their way through France? Relax in this gentle, romantic,happy ever after read and immerse yourself in the historic streets of Rouen, visit a chateau or two or simply soak up the sun in the Mediterranean hotspots of Nice and St.Tropez.
Imagine yourself sitting with Aria and best friend Rosie, sipping exotically blended tea, or browsing Aria’s bookshop in search of a hidden gem. Indulge your senses in the sights whilst you inhale the smells of gloriously baked fresh bread or patisseries or perhaps sample one of Max’s healthy smoothies. Then simply take a deep breath and relax into this cozy tale of Aria’s latest adventures which see her questioning her ability and her right to fall in love again three years after the death of her beloved TJ.
You can’t help but like Aria, especially if you too are a bibliophile and although the storyline is as predictable as night following day, it is lovely comfort reading that’s perfect for die hard romantics who expect a happy ending. Sometimes it’s easier to escape into a world of fiction rather than face reality and Aria is certainly guilty of this. With the prospect of finding love again with writer Johnathan, Aria is forced to confront her grief, her broken relationship with TJ’s family and explore the possibility that love can bloom when you least expect it. Wrapped up in all the fluffiness is important advice about moving on and laying aside guilt at being the one left behind which does bring a tear to the eye. Reading TJ’s long lost diary is finally enough to convince Aria that it’s perfectly acceptable to live, laugh, smile and perhaps fall in love again.
I’ll confess this is my first Rebecca Raisin read and despite some eye rolling during parts of the narrative, it’s well written, funny, touching and heartwarming. The other characters are rather one dimensional but maybe to be expected as they are only in the background of what really is Aria’s and Rosie’s story. This sweet novel did make me yearn (only for a minute!) for their nomadic lifestyle which for them is idyllic but then it is only fictional. What more could any reader want in these troubling times? I will seek out previous titles in this series, happy to have discovered a delightful, relatable character who can cheer me up when I feel the need to reach for another ‘comfort’ read. Enjoyable but slightly cheesy hence my overall review of 3.5 stars.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read in exchange for an honest review.

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I love the idea of "vanlife" although I am not so sure I would cope with the realities!
Life in a van full of books sounds idyllic, although it is actually Aria's escape from her reality, drifting aorund the countryside (both English and French) with a gaggle of like minded people selling their wares and experiencing life at a slower pace.
Aria travels with Rosie and Dan for the most part although a couple of other vanlifers appear here and there and a certain handsome stranger seems to be around every corner.
This is a lovely love story with some great countryside and a bunch of characters I would love to meet at a festival somewhere in France and although the plot is formulaic to an extent the journey the characters take (both literally and metaphorically) is a beautiful one with sadness and tension as well as romance and is well worth an afternoon of feet up in the sunshine with a glass of something chilled by your side!

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I loved this book. It was just the right amount of heartbreak and hope, beautifully written and what better heroin than a fellow bookworm. I have already bought the prequel by the author and will be recommending this book to friends and family. My favourite book from netgalley to date.

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With thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to review this book.

Aria's Traveling book shop is a over all good read, that I enjoyed,

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A delightful read! Thoroughly enjoyed the journey through France! Loved the camaraderie amongst the travellers! Example of how grief can be all consuming! And that there is always light at the end of the tunnel! Lots of complex personalities who all rub off on each other! I raced through this wonderful diversion of a read!

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It is 3 years since Aria's beloved husband, TJ ,died . Since then, she has escaped by joining a group of travelling sales people with her book stall. She has vowed never to fall in love again, but then she meets Jonathan. A wonderful,feel good story, hard to put down.

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I really struggled with this book. I do not usually read romantic novels but was drawn to this book by the title and the cover. I enjoyed the descriptions of the French places they visited but little else. Not a book for me I am afraid.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

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Loved the second book in this series. The first book was mainly about Rosie and her travelling tea shop. This book is about her best friend Aria and her travelling bookshop. Loved the characters and their journey across France. Has to be a bookworm love interest too. Wonder if there will be another book - hope so.

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This was a light and enjoyable read. I loved the idea of a bookshop in a camper van but the story didn't dwell all that much on the actual books or customers but about the characters Aria, Rosie and Max who belonged to a Van Life group who travel the country and overseas. I expected, (and would have liked), to read a little bit more about the actual book shop, customers and that side of things but nevertheless I enjoyed reading about the places the group visited in France and found all the characters engaging. Overall a pleasant and easy read. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a pre-release copy of the book in exchange for my unbiased review.

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A lovely romance just right for these stay inside days.
I have a motor home and tour France and loved the descriptions of the places, the friendships made, the hellos and goodbyes. I can even believe I recognised one campsite from the description.
Perfect tonic for this gloomy situation

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R E V I E W - ⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Aria owns and runs a pop up bookstore out of a van and follows the festival circuit with her friends Rosie and Max who also own pop up vans. Still grieving the death of her husband, Aria uses her van to live a life on the road, travelling to live out the dream she shared with him.

Whilst on the road, she meets Jonathan. But she made a promise to her dying husband that she will always be his and so she does everything she can to avoid the attraction felt by both of them.

I thought this book to be a very light-hearted and easy read. The characters were realistic, likeable. They could easily be people you know! Their dialogue was very natural and I loved reading their conversations because it felt like I was with friends. Although it was a little too light for me, my favourite part was seeing how the author scattered so many 'reader' words around:
Voracious reader
Bibliophile
Bookish
Bookstores

Someone get Aria a Bookstagram account already.

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I enjoy reading romance occasionally, so I jumped at the chance to review this book for netgalley, as I have often seen recommendations for this author.
The story follows Aria and her fellow travellers in France as she deals with her grief over the death of the love if her life and the inevitability of falling in live again.
It is a bit predictable in places, but it is a cosy comfortable read and I will certainly read more by this author.

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Well, sometimes sitting in isolation has its good points and one of them is that when a book grabs your attention it means you can just sit and read and that is what I’ve done today. I felt emotionally involved with this book from the start and became totally engrossed in the story and also with the beautifully described characters. Had me laughing in some places and in tears in others. A brilliant read. I’m now going to have to find the previous book, based on Rosie and her story. This was my first read by Rebecca Raisin but certainly won’t be the last.

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This is a great continuation of Rosie’s story however told this time with a focus on her friend Aria, a bookworm who loves to absorb herself in a great romance as long as it’s not her own as she closed her heart since the death of her husband three years ago. Aria is a lovely character and I really enjoyed reading about her travels in France with Rosie and Max and her personal turmoil between her feelings for her husband and letting herself have a real future. This is a really cosy read and I thought even better than Rosie’s story.

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Aria’s Travelling Book Shop is a lovely, light read, which is much needed in these worrying strange times.
From the very beginning, we learn why Aria on the surface has a blessed easy-going life, but is closed off to love and allowing herself to be happy. Campervan life sounds idyllic, surrounded by friends, travelling through beautiful countryside, living life almost in slow motion.
Subjects of love and friendship, death and grief, and how differently we all cope with grief and it’s guilt are covered.
Aria is a true bookworm, which all fellow book lovers will recognise and appreciate. “Mundane things like life are forgotten when she creaks that’s spine, she loses whole days to other worlds.”
#BookwormProblems

In Aria’s own words. “As long as you can read, you can escape anywhere though. You can travel around the world; all from the comfort of your own home.” I’m sure anyone who reads this book, will be happy to travel in the Little Bookshop of Happy Ever After.

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