Ferry Market Lane is becoming a favourite series as it’s riveting and excellent.
The first book was excellent but this one is even better: life affirming, heart-warming and heart wrenching at times.
It’s a multi-layered story and you can read it as a sweet romantic story or as the story of a woman and her fight to overcome difficulties and find happiness. As there’re multiple layer it will up to you to read and follow the part that talks to your emotions.
There’s a strong sense of community but the author let us see glimpse of the darker side of these community: drugs, toxic relationships, broken families.
Star, the MC, is a complex and interesting character: she’s resilient, strong, generous but there’s also a softer side. She’s faulted but there’s also a strong sense of integrity and resilience, she’s a fighter who tries to do her best for her daughter and to achieve her goals.
The author did an excellent job in developing this character. The entire cast of characters is fleshed out and realistic.
The romantic part is sweet and I liked how it plays a part in the plot but it’s not the focal point.
I love how the author delivers a heart-warming story without sugar coating reality and doing an excellent job in describing the emotions and writing realistic dialogues.
I read it in one sitting as I couldn’t put it, I wanted to know what was going to happen and enjoy the atmosphere of Ferry Lane Market. The author is an excellent storyteller and I loved how she kept my attention till the end.
This series is strongly recommended, and it improves with each story.
Many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton, Rachel's Random Resources, and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine