Title : Bookshop on The Corner
Author : Jenny Colgan
Narrators : Lucy Price-Lewis
Genre : Romance
Publisher : HarperAudio
Listening Length : 9 hours 47 minutes
Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2
Narrator Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Librarian Nina Redmond is being let go from her job. That is extremely disappointing for her given that Nina is passionate about her work and has the ability to find the perfect book for every reader. So, when a suggestion of a mobile book shop comes up, Nina takes it as a sign. She find a van and fixes it up as a bookshop and travels around in it .

She has to find a place to live because she’s had a bit of a disagreement with her roommate Surinder. She finds  a very nice cottage at a sheep farmer’s. The farmer himself is a gruff man and doesn’t pay Neena any heed, but the rooms are comfortable. Nina also meets Marek a train conductor who helps her smuggle books in and out, and she shares more than a friendship with him. Is Marek her one true love?

This book was a predictable romance, and yet quite lovely and pleasant. Nina Redmond is your average slightly ditzy librarian, who loves to read more than she loves to interact with other human beings. Books are her comfort, and having a mobile bookshop is her dream job. She pours herself into her work.

“Books had been her solace when she was sad, her friends when she was lonely. They had mended her heart when it was broken, and encouraged her to hope when she was down.”

Jenny Colgan’s book followed the tried and true romance trope because we have a heroine who  has no clue that she will be falling in love and we have a hero who’s gruff and moody and really doesn’t care two hoots for the female in his backyard . Then there also side stories like another likely lover for the female, and a spiteful ex-wife for the guy. But of course, the twain shall meet. And that’s the fun part.

Quite enjoyed the book. High marks to the narrator too!