Read more Read less. Countdown to Christmas Sale. Sale ends on 24 December at Customers who bought this item also bought. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Catrin Collier is Wales' most prolific and well-known author of historical, romantic fictions. The daughter of a Prussian refugee mother and Welsh father, she grew up in Pontypridd. She has written 19 novels for Orion.
Warp Films had worked with Screen Yorkshire many times and knew they would be able to respond quickly and work collaboratively with the other financial investors. Warp Films considered several filming locations for the movie, including Wales and some international locations where the team would have benefited from further tax break incentives.
Even before funding was secured, the team invited Warp Films to come up to scout locations.
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It was this positive reaction to the project that tipped the balance. Screen Yorkshire were also supportive during financial closing, when Warp Films found there was a shortfall in the pre-sales which left a further gap. Screen Yorkshire were proactive in working with Catalyst, both stepping up to plug the gap with additional funding. The best romance that I have read this year, bar none. If you want effortless and witty romance Aaargh, I love this book so much!!!
If you want effortless and witty romance then buy this book now! Please Clare, please say that you have another book in the works. Fangirl forever restraining order permitting ;D Mags View all 3 comments. Jun 29, Lexxi Kitty rated it liked it Shelves: For those who have read my reviews some may or may not recall something that I find myself mentioning once or thrice when writing reviews for Melissa Brayden books — the simple fact that I came to the party late.
So, I entered somewhat nervously — only to find that I loved them as well. So, why am I saying all this in a little box set aside for a book by Clare Ashton? I think it was actually at 4. And my friends, 17 of them actually, only six have rated the book , had combined to give a rating of 4.
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Did I think of that at all? I really felt like I a came to know the characters; b came to know the area Wales. I admit that, it is. There was a mixture of me giggling, sometimes sounds louder than giggling, then other times of me whimpering with a mix of either boredom or. He got on my last nerve, he did. Poppy, the main character and point of view, is quite lovely. Even just being in the same room near her would almost guarantee happiness for all, even me.
Yet, her somewhat dreamy state, her somewhat inability to move past her kind of passive state frustrated me. She, Poppy, had several things that she was annoyed about in regards to her friend, former, who poofed on her unexpectedly. That horrible little scene that occurred in school when both were 16 whereupon Rosalyn said some very nasty things to Poppy. The part wherein she, again Poppy, was pissed because view spoiler [Rosalyn never told anyone that she was a lesbian; and fancied Poppy.
Except she, here Rosie, had.
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She had told Poppy. The part where Poppy is pissed at Rosie for not telling her this deep dark secret when. Poppy never said anything like that to Rosie. I mean, I get it. That circling for that much time was even natural for a book like this. Not an exact quote. I need to tell you what happp… Poppy: I liked most of the people injected into this story.
I do not know why I had trouble with this book. View all 21 comments. Jun 28, Tiff rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book is a true gem. For the very first pages you are taken by the beauty of the Welsh village as much as the main character Poppy. You become invested in the characters, rooting for their triumphs, and sharing their sadness.
Poppy Jenkins is not the book to pass on. This one will steal your heart. Good luck on getting that back!
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Poppy Jenkins is one of those rare people that are almost too good to be true. This beautiful woman has a heart of gold, always seeing for the best in everyone and f This book is a true gem. This beautiful woman has a heart of gold, always seeing for the best in everyone and finding treasures among the mundane.
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Rosalyn Thorn has come back to village of Wells to care for her ailing father, riding in on her black sports car, looking too good for words. Rosalyn, Poppy childhood best friend left her in the dust never looking back. There is so much happiness and fused with sadness and despair hovering over the past between the two former friends. This is a classic tale of opposites attract, and Clare Ashton does it with heart wrenching emotion that will quickly turn into a smile. Rosalyn and Poppy were made for each other and their journey through hell and high water to get back to each other is quite well done.
This book is fantastic and you will not be disappointed. My reviews can always be found at theromanticreaderblog. Oct 03, Jem rated it it was amazing Shelves: There's a reason Clare Ashton is a must read for me. Every time I pick up one of her books, I get this feeling of delicious anticipation, of never knowing what to expect. She doesn't write to a formula or stick to a single genre.
Not even the all-important HEA is a certainty. There's a claustrophobic psychological thriller , a comedy of errors , a romantic comedy , and an impossibly complicated romance. I seldom see such versatility in lesbian genre romance. Having said that, I did eye ' There's a reason Clare Ashton is a must read for me. Having said that, I did eye 'Poppy Jenkins' with a bit of skepticism, because the cover and the blurb seemed to imply a rehash or some variation of her earlier rom-com, the cute and fluffy 'That Certain Something'.
I'm happy to report that while Poppy Jenkins reads like a rom-com, it is so much more. There is an undercurrent of big city vs small-town class war. A culture clash between rude but efficient modern and polite tradition. Between cynicism and innocence. Between head and heart. And it's all perfectly embodied by the two main characters, Poppy and Rosalyn.
These two characters feel like subtle metaphors for the places and values they represent: Juxtaposing their troubled relationship against the larger community conflict works well as a clever social commentary or more accurately, observation on small-town community life. Poppy is an impossibly sunny and cheerful woman living in a small and sleepy Welsh village. Family and a fondness for the simple country life had pulled Poppy back from university after graduation, and she has stayed here since.
Unfortunately neither were appealing enough to entice any city girlfriends to stay behind with her. At 32 and with nary a lesbian in sight in Wells, she has pretty much resigned herself to spinsterhood and devoted her life to raising kid sister Pip, taking care of her folks, and running her own cafe. Trouble waltzes in one day in the form of Rosalyn, childhood BFF and author of Poppy's biggest heartbreak.
The adult version of Rosalyn is even more enticing than before, and Poppy finds herself completely smitten Against her very own and everyone else's better judgment. For Rosalyn isn't just the prodigal daughter coming home and settling back into small-town life. She's brought her big city smarts and attitude, and stirring up trouble in a parochial Welsh town where everyone knows and respects everyone else, and no one likes an outsider, especially a very English outsider, to butt into their small town business.
Poppy has to reconcile her physical attraction to and admiration for Rosalyn with her fierce love and loyalty to her town mates, some of whom Rosalyn may have labeled as stupid. I love the utterly charming depiction of the village of Wells and its inhabitants. Snippets of Welsh, vivid descriptions of the countryside and local customs evoke images of an idyllic, blissful and laid-back world.
No one embodies it more than Poppy Jenkins. Eternally cheerful, neighborly and always thinking the best of people, she doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
She's 'Miss Wells' in the flesh. Rosalyn, on the other hand, is all business and smarts. Sharp and discerning even as a child, she doesn't suffer fools gladly. The exact opposite of Poppy's trusting and open nature. Despite or because of their differences, these two had been thick as thieves as teens.
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The mystery of what drove them apart, and whether these opposite values and outlook in life will keep them apart for good is the main premise of the book. And proceeds to trot out device after plot device e. I guess we can chuck it all up to the author's ability to put a spell on the said reader, though judging by the number of 5 star reviews, it seemed to have worked on others as well.
Even so, I did wonder at some point why no one seemed to use cellphones in Wells, especially Poppy. Modern technology can be such a pesky inconvenience to plots sometimes. She's also really good in setting up atmosphere. And then there is all of that unresolved angst between the two main characters as well as all that pent-up sexual tension and frustration whenever their paths cross. I also loved the humor. This is a rom-com first and foremost, and the author doesn't forget that.
But that doesn't stop her from giving us a good cry or two, which by itself would be worth several stars in my book, because I've noticed, its gotten harder and harder to move this reader and those tissue box-emptying books seem to be a thing of the past. For me, the best takeaway from this book is Poppy's entire life plan: Everything I want is here. I have an observation. Is it just me or do the first and last half of this book feel like they were written some time apart? Also, what's with the mom's frequent blank-outs? She's supposed to be afflicted with them and yet they almost completely disappeared in the latter half of the book, where she mostly played therapist to Poppy.
Also the Dad and Nain. Even the irrepressible Pip had such a subdued role in the latter half. This book reminded of a video I saw once, about four old ladies chatting around a nursing home meal. The topic was about their respective children and how well they were doing. Guess who was the happiest?
View all 5 comments. Jun 28, Jenna rated it it was amazing Shelves: I have words for this book, and they're words I've seen in other reviews: It's all of those things and more. This novel felt decidedly British to me, in the best possible way. Clare Ashton is a master of bringing settings to life and, just as she made London spring off the page in That Certain Something , she does so again here with the small Welsh village of Wells.
It's a place full of quirky characters and memorable locations that form the color palette I have words for this book, and they're words I've seen in other reviews: It's a place full of quirky characters and memorable locations that form the color palette with which Ashton paints a sea of rolling green hills and sparkling personalities, the brightest of which is Poppy Jenkins herself. I've often described my partner as the brightest spot of light in every room she enters because she is , and that's certainly true of Poppy, as well. Her heart is as big as the world is small, and her guile is But you don't make it to your 30s without picking up some baggage, and Poppy's baggage drives a black Jaguar.
Enter Rosalyn Thorn who, despite the fact that we never see the story from her perspective, is still a well-drawn and richly detailed character. She is the little black dress to Poppy's worn overalls actually, a blue sundress, but whatever , but the fire-and-ice dynamic is far more complex than that. I never felt as though I were reading two archetypes here. As sunny as Poppy may have been, as sleek and sophisticated as Rosalyn may have appeared, these were two deeply-textured best friends who, through a series of unfortunate decisions, fell away from one another.
This is the story of how they build a path back, and it's a lovely, quaint tale that moves at a pace which suits its setting: If I have any complaint, it would be that the pace, slow as it is to begin with, seemed to drop off even further around the middle. The delayed gratification from such devices seemed a much smaller payoff than the direction the story might've taken if those declarations had been made earlier and the remaining time spent building the present relationship.
But I love this book. The only books I keep on my Kindle are the ones I'm reading and the ones I plan to read again. Few books make that second category, but this is one of them. This book is dappled sunlight on a babbling brook. That's right, I just said that, and it's totally true.
A delightful, charming, pastoral, idyllic novel in a living, breathing, and decidedly Welsh village. Also, sunny, babbling brooks and stuff. Jan 27, lov2laf rated it it was amazing Shelves: