A Thousand Moments by Kelly Moran is a romance novella set in a quaint town in the USA. The town’s Bookish Belles, a trio of teen girls, matchmake their favorite teacher Rosemary Fillmore and the owner/librarian of the private library of the town, Sheldon Cooper. The story majorly revolves around their romance, but also on the library and the Bookish Belles.

Sheldon and Rosemary are great characters who are loveable and realistic with well thought out personalities and backgrounds. One thing I specifically liked about them was the way they understood each other with patience right from the beginning stages of their relationship, how they gave each other space. They validated each other’s feelings and stood by them as they sorted it out. The chemistry between them is inconsistent, while at some points one can feel it is there, while in the others it seems non-existent. The depth of the characters could’ve played a more prominent role in the story, which would’ve helped with the readers resonating with the romance between the two leads.

Passing on the library to the Bookish Belles could’ve been done towards the end and that would’ve garnered more emotion from the readers. I do not know why the supernatural element was included in the book and if it has any significance to the plot.

The writing style was good and the flow of the story felt a little slow at the start, and was quite smooth sailing in the middle and the ending was a bit rushed in my opinion. The premise of the story did seem interesting, but the book didn’t achieve great heights. Nonetheless it was a good lighthearted book.

A Thousand Moments is a short novella that started in a fabolous way a new romantic series written by Kelly Moran.

Few chapters are all we need to pique the curiosity about the Bookish Belles, three friends who love reading and books, who gain an historical library thanks to a successful match making plan.

Dorothy, Scarlett and Rebecca were only teens when they decided to help their teacher, Miss Rosemary, and the town librariam, Mr Sheldon, to fall in love and to find their happily ever after.

Rosmary and Sheldon story is really sweet and lovely. They are both introverts and shy. They are perfect for each other but they definitely needed some pushing to spark a conversation and the results are even better than they expected.

I can't wait to go back to the small town of Vallantine and enjoy some new easy and delightful novels.

This novella is a great introduction to a new series. Set in Vallantine, a small charming southern town, the story centers on 3 women who were friends pretty much the day they were born, but now grown, are gifted a library. The Bookish Belles, as they are known had a hand in fixing up the library’s current owners, Sheldon Vallantine and Rosemary Fillmore.

I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series!

Thanks to the, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

This a cute novella is setting up a new series by the author but I must be in a critical mood because parts didn’t work for me. The premise is three young teens do a make-up, hair, nails, and clothing make over on their favorite teacher, Rosemary Fillmore, who some consider dowdy. I find this irritatingly superficial but for the sake of the story I’ll go with it because the romantic interest already thought she was beautiful. The girls match her up with the librarian Sheldon Brown. For some reason the town’s library is private, originally owned by the town founders and passed to their descendant. The library is run down because it is private is not eligible to get grants or tax revenue. Once Rosemary gets past Sheldon’s social grumpiness she finds way to help the library and instant attraction sparks.

I assume the series will follow the three teens, now adults as Rosemary and Sheldon give the library to them. I think the library gift could have been more effective at the end of the story instead of in the first chapter. The paranormal moment didn’t have meaning to me because we didn’t get to learn what is in the journal or why it is relevant. There is no mention of how Sheldon supports himself or the library other than minimal donations. He pays for upkeep out of pocket, but from what? He doesn’t charge to use the library, not even fines. Another thing that took me out of the story. The author gives a fairly precise location for her fictional town in Georgia saying it is along the river between Statesboro and Savannah. I’ve lived in Georgia and have often traveled on interstate 16 between Statesboro and Savannah. Later on a character says it's an hour to Savannah or almost two to Statesboro. The two towns are only an hour apart. There was no reason in the story to be more specific than a southern Georgia town. But if you do give a location, be consistent and accurate. Lastly I was disappointed not to know what happens to the couple. Other than their gift to their matchmakers and their leaving town years later you don’t know if they marry or have a family of their own.

The author can write. I liked the conversations between the MCs and their first kiss is sweet. But so many things in the story didn’t make sense or caused me to come out of the story because it created more questions than answers. I found it frustrating. I hope the new series is better than the prequel that is setting it up. Thank you to NetGalley and Kelly Moran for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book has me so excited for the rest of the series! It was sweet, and sexy, and funny, with some characters I absolutely cannot wait to deep dive into.

Most of this novella is backstory of a centurion library in a small Southern town. Three teenage girls play matchmaker for a teacher and the librarian, and sparks fly. The chemistry between Rosemary and Sheldon was immediately strong, and I loved them together. Both a bit awkward, but Rosemary was straightforward and sweetly supportive, making Sheldon able to relax.

Each of the girls, Savannah, Dorothy and Rebecca had distinct personalities of their own, and I look forward to, I assume, read about them finding their own matches while working on the Vallantine library.

4.5 Stars