The Summer of Serendipity by Ali McNamara

The Summer of Serendipity

Ali McNamara

Rating: 5 stars

Amazon UK (£3.99)

Synopsis:

One Summer, property seeker, Serendipity Parker finds herself on the beautiful west coast of Ireland, hunting for a home for a wealthy Irish client. But when she finds the perfect house in the small town of Ballykiltara, there's a problem; nobody seems to know who owns it.

'The Welcome House' is a local legend. Its front door is always open for those in need of shelter, and there's always a plentiful supply of food in the cupboards for the hungry or poor.

While Ren desperately tries to find the owner to see if she can negotiate a sale, she begins to delve deeper into the history and legends that surround the old house and the town. But for a woman who has always been focused on her work, she's remarkably distracted by Finn, the attractive manager of the local hotel.

But will she ever discover the real truth behind the mysterious 'Welcome House'? Or will the house cast its magical spell over Ren and help her find true happiness?

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The Summer of Serendipity is most probably the most magical book I have read in such a long time (and that's saying something as I'm a huge Harry Potter fan). This book has spent shivers down my spine throughout and I was constantly gripped on the story - trying to find out who is behind the mysterious Welcome House.

One of the many reasons I wanted to read this book in the first place is because of the location. This story is set in Ireland, and having a boyfriend who comes from there (and being half Irish myself), I felt a connection to it. I've also been to County Kerry and it is honestly the most beautiful place ever. So those two things came into play massively with my wanting to read this book.

I thought that maybe after reading about the Irish History in this book for a while would start to bore me a little but honestly it just made the whole story that bit more interesting - I simply couldn't put it down!

I found Ren's character really intriguing, I wanted to find out why she was so hesitant with everyone - and of course I wanted her and Finn to get together! Finn was your typical cheeky Irish chappy and he, I found, bought a little something extra to the story. I found every characters side story interesting and really enjoyed getting to know them better.

The book had everything - humour, drama, suspense, mystery and of course romance.

This is the first book I've read by Ali McNamara but it certainly won't be the last - I'm already looking into what else she's wrote!

Thank you to Netgalley and to the publisher for a chance to read this novel, which I have reviewed honestly.