The local village hall is the Bluebell hall. 50% of the village residents need to use it to keep it open otherwise it could become a coffee bar or razed. Connie has taken over where her Gran left off and looks after the hall and its activities. She is doing all she can to raise its awareness but needs more hands. Can she pull it off? This is one of those comfortable easy reads where you pretty much know what is going to happen but it makes you feel that there is good in the world and that if we all pull together we can make a difference. You can’t help but like Connie (and even Polly) as they rally in the face of the committee to get the numbers up in time.What will Connie do if the hall fails? She hasn’t thought ahead and is blundering on as many of us do until faced with a dilemma. A heartwarming, comfortable fun read to give you a smile.
I voluntarily chose to read this ARC and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

Such a sweet and inspiring book. The brightness of the cover pervaded throughout. I loved every page and was sorry to see it end!

When Connie’s nan dies she takes over the running of Bluebell Hall, where she is the leader of the Bluebell guides, the senior choir and Funday Sunday. A crisis threatens Bluebell Hall, the number of visitors are falling and if she cannot get more people into the hall it will be sold to make way for a coffee shop,

Connie needs to get the number of people visiting the hall up so she decides to create a sewing club which to start will make knickers. They then decide that they should make bunting to help out the Women’s Institute and the village fete. With the help of a number of Connie’s friends they create the Bluebell Bunting Society,

This was a nice story to read with a good cast of characters who all fought together to help Connie try to keep the hall open. It was a quick, enjoyable read.

If you love bunting then you are definitely in the right place. If on the other hand like me and you really can't work out what all the fuss about lots of triangles strung together is, then not to worry, as in amongst all of the bunting, there is a charming story, that I really enjoyed reading.

The whole purpose of the newly created Bluebell Bunting Society is to help to try and save Bluebell Hall from closure, and they have only been given 30 days to get the hall's visitor numbers up. Personally I would have possibly preferred the original idea for the sewing club, as it would have been a lot funnier, reading about a knicker sewing group!

Connie has inherited the caretaker role of the hall from her grandmother and has been at it for four years. She still isn't sure whether this is really what she wants to do with her life, nor does she have any other ideas, but Bluebell Hall is in her blood and she is determined to do a good job.

What I enjoy in books like this, including this one is the small village feel, and Hazelhurst definitely that had. I'm not exactly sure where Hazelhurst is, but its a charming village and I really enjoyed meeting the various people, including the ones most instrumental in helping Connie try to save the hall.

I love small town communities and also reading about crafting, so this has a lovely cozy feel to the whole book. It felt rather calm reading it, and really enjoyed the story. I could really picture the bunting, and I loved the Bluebells and the Scouts when they meet, and all the activities that Connie ran with the Bluebells (Hazelhurst answers to brownies).

Thanks to a mix of old and new friends, the campaigns and promotions that are thought up to save the hall are incredibly creative, and one in particular really caught my imagination.

Thank you to Canelo and Netgalley for this copy of the book which I have reviewed voluntarily and honestly.

Lovely book to read. feel good read. nice characters you can relate to and a lovely plot

I really enjoyed this book. This was my first Poppy Dolan book and I was drawn to this one by the beautiful bright cover. The story was just as fabulous, one I could not put down.

I loved the characters and how friendly everyone in the village was and how they all looked out for each other and got behind Connie on her mission to keep the hall open.

A fun, enjoyable and exciting read.

I struggled with this book, i think there was to many characters and there stories didn't make any sense.

This book was very gently paced. The tale of a local community and their efforts to save their community hall. The outcome of their efforts was not what I expected. The element of surprise is always a good thing. Along with this is a story of friendship and developing love. A book which was easy to put down, then pick up again for the next few chapters. I would happily read another book by the same author.

Connie had no real desire to return home to Hazelhurst, but when her grandmother died, she didn’t have a choice. Almost before she knows it, Connie has taken on her gran’s role as the caretaker at the village hall. It’s certainly not the job she thought she’d enjoy, but Connie finds herself falling in love with Bluebell Hall and the community members there. When she gets wind that the Hall may be closed and turned over to money-grubbing property developers, she refuses to let that happen. But how can she stop them? A little fabric, a lot of ingenuity and one crazy idea may just save the day. A lovely, kind and gentle read