A review by graygiantess
Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements

2.0

After having finished it, I still don't know how I feel about this book. I really like the idea of two sisters suddenly inheriting an ice cream shop and having a go at it, but the whole book was just a little too chick lit-y for me (which I guess is fine if you're into chick lit). A lot of the imagery felt a little cliched to me, and I did NOT like the way both women seemed to jump from one relationship into the next like it's all no big deal. Especially the whole Matteo-storyline seemed very contrived to me - why does Anna have to have a boyfriend by the end of the book? Can't she just be a happy single for a few months? She did just break up with her boyfriend of two years that she was living with. I don't know. The book was OK to me, but I found those things to be really jarring.