Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop is #6 in a WWII home front women’s historical fiction series.
Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop by Lesley Eames
Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction (WWII Home Front), Community, Friendship, Women Supporting Women, Series, UpLit, Rural England
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My Summary:
Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop is #6 in this uplit, women’s fiction/historical fiction series. We continue to follow Alice, Kate, and Naomi as well as supporting characters. “Poison Pen” letters, a life-threatening injury, despicable parents, an ill-mannered guest, and a broken heart provide the drama.
Series and Author Completist
I discovered Lesley Eames when I started the Wartime Bookshop series, and I read her backlist in between waiting for installments. I love her books because of the thoughtful themes, sweet romances (closed door), no profanity, focus on women supporting women, no graphic violence or disturbing content, and satisfying/uplifting endings. If you’re looking for women’s fiction/historical fiction mash-up, consider this author!
I suspect that Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop might be concluding this series, and I hope she adds one more installment or begins another series soon. This series is best read in order. I wish I could read it again for the first time.
Three Main Characters
Throughout the series, we follow three main characters: Alice, Kate, and Naomi. Although they each appear in each installment, one is often the main focus. A cast of colorful and lovely village characters makes regular appearances. Naomi’s character arc is the most compelling and transformational. Kate is the most unique character, and Alice is the steady encourager who holds everything together.
Bookshop at the Heart of the Story
The Churchwood village bookshop, which is also a lending library at times, is the heart of the rural community and a central part of every story. It’s where the community gathers for buying/exchanging books, participating in special events, socializing, sharing information, and making strategic plans. In our modern era, we often forget how important books and reading were in the past.
Recommending Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop:
I’m highly recommending the Wartime Bookshop series for fans of “home front” women’s historical fiction. You will be rewarded for reading this uplit series in order! I’m teasing you with #6!
Related: Christmas at the Wartime Bookshop, Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop
My Rating: 4 Stars
Meet the Author of Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop, Lesley Eames
Winner of awards such as the Festival of Romance New Talent Award and the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Elizabeth Goudge Cup, Lesley Eames writes 1920’s sagas as well as short stories for the women’s magazine market. She is also a creative writing tutor, mentor and editor. Based in Hertfordshire, UK, Lesley loves working from home because she can share the adventures of her characters while wearing slippers and drinking copious cups of tea.
Follow her on Twitter: @LesleyEames or visit her website: http://www.lesleyeames.com
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Nice post
I love the idea of a book shop being central to a community.
A lovely concept!
I accidentally requested this one thinking it was the Library Girls, so I guess I’ll see how it reads as a standalone. It sounds like a good series, Carol.
I’m curious about reading as a stand alone??? The series is great and a quick read….can you hold off reading this one?
I can, but when I looked for the previous books, none of my libraries carry them. I bought the first one on Amazon, but the rest are 12.00 in kindle. I will have to see what else I can find.
The first will at least introduce you to 3 main characters and the setting, that might be enough to help you enjoy the last installment!