Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

 

When she is given the opportunity to move to a remote tidal island off the Cornish Coast, Marisa Rossi decides some peace and quiet might be just what she needs.

Since the death of her beloved grandfather back in Italy, she's been struggling to find a way out of her grief. Perhaps this will be the perfect place for her to recuperate.

But Mount Polbearne is a far cry from the sleepy little place she was imagining. Between her noisy piano-teaching Russian neighbour and the hustle and bustle of a busy community, Marisa finds solitude is not so easy to come by. Especially when she finds herself somehow involved with a tiny local bakery desperately in need of some new zest to save it . . .

Do you have certain authors who you have such a love for their books that you don’t even need to look at the synopsis as you just know that you will love whatever they deliver?

That is how I am with any new Jenny Colgan release! I love her uplifting and comforting novels that always have me immersed in her writing and connecting instantly with her characters and her new release Sunrise by the Sea is no exception.

Following the death of her Grandfather, Marisa has crumbled under the grief and no one seems to understand her struggle. Even her flatmate doesn’t want her around but when he throws an opportunity her way to escape to somewhere remote and quiet, with no other options available to her she takes the leap to Mount Polbearne.

Will the tiny Island be able to work its magic and get under her skin and help her to find her way back out and living life again.

Marisa was a well developed character and her struggles that she faced were delivered in a delicate and informative way showing how grief can effect everyone in very different ways and that there is no time scale to mourning. Although the storyline follows a challenging battle it didn’t make this a depressing read as it focused more on healing and new beginnings as well as new friendships and unexpected romance too so it was still an uplifting and enjoyable read.

I loved reconnecting with previous characters from the Little Beach Street Bakery series especially our much loved Polly and Huckle, I actually feel like this book has set them up for another book in the series as things are rather up in the air for them and I would love to read another novel that touches on them and Marisa again even if they are just supporting characters, Mount Polbearne is not an Island that or community that I ever seem to tire of.

This was another one of Jenny’s books that plays havoc with the diet, cooking and baking seems to be a passion that a lot of Jenny’s characters seem to have and everytime my cravings kick in so I think that Jenny Colgan needs to have a treat box that comes with her next book!

Another enjoyable read with a loveable cast of characters and a writing style to lose yourself in this Summer.