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A review by portybelle
Coming Home to Penvennan Cove by Linn B. Halton
4.0
Kerra has had a successful career in London but after her mother's death, she has made the decision to see her business and return home to Penvennan Cove. She expects to take this time to re-evaluate what she wants from life and primarily to support her dad who is struggling a bit after losing his wife. Kerra has a cottage in Penvennan Cove which had belonged to her grandmother and so after serving due notice on the tenant, she moves in there.
There is quite a gentle start to the book as the author sets the scene and introduces us to her characters, giving us time to get to know them. Kerra is immediately shown to be a hard worker but also someone who values her family and friends. Despite having made a huge amount of money on the sale of her business, it's not beneath her to get stuck in and help her friend Tegan with her business, cleaning holiday cottages when she's short staffed. I did wonder whether Kerra, being used to a busy lifestyle in London, a modern spacious apartment and the finer things in life would settle into the quieter life in Cornwall and in particular to the small cottage she had moved to. This was one of the main themes of the book.
There is a strong focus on Kerra's family and friends running throughout the book and how Kerra fits back into the community. Not everyone is welcoming and of course being a small community there's a fair bit curtain twitching and gossip. There's a hint of danger and mystery surrounding Kerra's former tenant too. Then there's the love interest with Ross, the man who made her knees go weak when she was a teenager and seems to have the same effect now! I would say that there isn't a huge emphasis on the romance aspect in the book, but rather it brings a pleasing additional element to the story. Kerra's romance isn't, in fact, the only love story nor perhaps the most touching from my point of view.
Coming Home to Penvennan Cove is a book about going back, second chances and moving on, and not just for Kerra. Having got to know many of the residents of Penvennan Cove quite well in this book, I look forward to seeing what happens next for them in what is to be a trilogy of books.
There is quite a gentle start to the book as the author sets the scene and introduces us to her characters, giving us time to get to know them. Kerra is immediately shown to be a hard worker but also someone who values her family and friends. Despite having made a huge amount of money on the sale of her business, it's not beneath her to get stuck in and help her friend Tegan with her business, cleaning holiday cottages when she's short staffed. I did wonder whether Kerra, being used to a busy lifestyle in London, a modern spacious apartment and the finer things in life would settle into the quieter life in Cornwall and in particular to the small cottage she had moved to. This was one of the main themes of the book.
There is a strong focus on Kerra's family and friends running throughout the book and how Kerra fits back into the community. Not everyone is welcoming and of course being a small community there's a fair bit curtain twitching and gossip. There's a hint of danger and mystery surrounding Kerra's former tenant too. Then there's the love interest with Ross, the man who made her knees go weak when she was a teenager and seems to have the same effect now! I would say that there isn't a huge emphasis on the romance aspect in the book, but rather it brings a pleasing additional element to the story. Kerra's romance isn't, in fact, the only love story nor perhaps the most touching from my point of view.
Coming Home to Penvennan Cove is a book about going back, second chances and moving on, and not just for Kerra. Having got to know many of the residents of Penvennan Cove quite well in this book, I look forward to seeing what happens next for them in what is to be a trilogy of books.