Hello Book Lovers!!!
Today I'm finally sharing with you my thoughts and opinions on Always with Love by Giovanna Fletcher. I've been so busy this month that I've fallen behind with posts so apologies for that. However I'm playing catch up now so look forward to a couple more posts after this one (hopefully all today). But for now let me tell you about Always with Love!
This is the sequel to Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher (so if you've not read that and you don't want to be spoilt, stop reading now!). We revisit Sophie, Billy, the coffee shop, and Billy's crazy life of fame. However this time we see how they deal with being apart for longer periods of time due to work commitments.
While visiting his family in America with Sophie, Billy gets approached by a film director who wants him to be in his latest blockbuster. Billy is currently on a break so tells the director that he isn't interested at this moment but if any other acting roles come up then to let him know. However Billy's mother isn't to happy about his decision and Sophie overhears her saying that he shouldn't be letting a girl get in the way of his acting career.
So Sophie tells Billy to read the script before making a final decision which then leads Billy into wanting to take the role. Even though it was Sophie who told him to read the script, she can't help but feel a little bit upset when he takes the role as it means the couple will have to be separated for longer periods of time.
So while Billy is filming in America, Sophie goes back home to the coffee shop in Rosefont Hill and does what she enjoys the most...serving customers and finding out about all their juicy gossip which they can't help but tell her about.
But will Sophie and Billy cope with this separation, and what happens when the late owner of the coffee shop (Molly's) son turns up?
This is such a sweet story and I knew I'd enjoy it because I loved Billy and Me so much as well as the Christmas novella, Christmas with Billy and Me. So it was no surprise that I loved revisiting these characters and their crazy lives.
I still love Sophie and Billy and I think their characters have developed really well in this story, especially Sophie as she now has a lot more independence as she is getting used to not having Billy around all the time. I also loved that even though Molly isn't around anymore, her presence was still their through the coffee shop.
The locations as always were so beautifully described however I enjoyed reading more about Rosefont Hill than when they were in America. It's just a whole different world out there whereas I love the cosiness of the coffee shop here in the UK.
The storyline was really enjoyable to read about however I would have liked to see more of Billy's side of things as well as although we got a little bit of insight into his life as an actor, I only felt we got snippets. However I love Sophie's life and how different it is to Billy's and it was really interesting to see how they dealt with the distance as I'm also in a long distance relationship (however not quite that long distant!)
Overall I think this is a perfect read if you're looking for something super cosy with lovable characters and beautiful settings.
Rating /5
4
Happy Reading!!!
xHannahx
