This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

This is the next book in the series a follow on from Mothering Sunday. It can be read as part of the series or standalone.

I'm already a huge fan of Rosie Goodwin, so it didn't come as a surprise that I loved this book.
Really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend!

The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin is the second book in Days of the Week series. The story begins in December of 1896 in the village of Nuneaton. Sunday Branning and her husband, Tom run Treetops Children’s Home. One day there is a knock on the door and when they open the door they find a baby girl on the doorstep. There is a note with the child who is named Kitty along with money for her care. Sunday, who is unable to have children of her own, is instantly taken with Kitty and grows to love her more each day. When Kitty turns seventeen, Miss Phyllis Fox arrives. Miss Fox is there on behalf of Kitty’s mother, Ruby Darling who wishes Kitty to join her in London. Kitty desires to know her birth mother and departs for London the next day. Ruby Darling is a singer who works the theater, but, as she gets older, there are fewer opportunities for her. Kitty has an angelic singing voice and Ruby starts grooming her for a stage career. Kitty is not wise to the ways of the world and she needs to be careful whom she trusts. Not everyone in Kitty’s life has her best interests at heart. Discover what happens to Kitty in The Little Angel.

I did not read the first book in Days of the Week series, and I did not feel like I was missing anything. I was able to enjoy The Little Angel without any difficulties. The Little Angel is nicely written and has a gentle pace. The cover is just lovely. I found The Little Angel to be an interesting story. I kept reading to find out what would happen to Kitty. I did find myself yelling at my Kindle on occasion telling Kitty to wise up. One of the themes in the book is to learn from our mistakes. We all make errors in judgement, but we need to learn from them and do better in the future. The Little Angel is an emotional story with some heartbreaking scenes. The Little Angel takes the reader full circle with the ending. It was lovely stepping back in time with The Little Angel.

Review: Having read Mothering Sunday by Rosie Goodwin I was pleasantly surprised to know that the story continues. 

Rosie has a unique way of story telling. It engages you right from the start. The plot flows and just keeps on giving. I adore Rosie's story telling. She takes you back in time and really captures the very essences of all the characters and settings. 

A great read.

Wow what a great book I was right into the story from page one. I loved following the lives of all the characters over the years with the ups and downs that life brought them. I would love to follow on with their lives I do hope Rosie writes another book about these lovely characters.

Sunday & Tom Branning have opened their hearts and their home, Treetops, to vulnerable babies and children They love and nurture them as their own. When baby Kitty is left on their doorstep everyone is completely enamoured with her. Kitty emanates happiness and charms those around her without even trying. Sunday find herself being very protective of Kitty. When the young girl is invited to live with her birth mother, Ruby, Sunday is devastated
While the narrative of Kitty’s life is the trunk of The Little Angel, there are many other branches of this tale. Maggie, another child in Sunday & Tom’s care is adopted by a respectable, seemingly well-to-do couple. But, for Sunday, something doesn’t feel quite right about it. Then there’s Ben; when his true parentage is uncovered, a branch starts to crack.
Life in the countryside versus life in London in the early 1900’s. The divide between rich & poor, the relationships between household staff and their employers, the War. Hardly a stone is left unturned between these pages. The Little Angel is a beautifully written novel that may well reduce you to tears at times.

Unfortunately I just didn't enjoy this book.

The narrative skims through the plot. Kitty is very self centered, and I couldn't get over how quickly she left the orphanage the minute her family came looking for her. I mean she was 19 she could have stayed if she wanted to.

Was just not for me. Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishers for an advance copy in return for an honest review.

To be honest, its only half read and I don't think I will be finishing it.

First off you'll have to admit this is such an eye catching beautiful cover! Wow, wow and wow again! My emotions have run the gamut here from relieved and happy to shocked and tears flowing.
A young couple run the Treetops Children's Home an orphanage that takes in foundling children. The main characters of the children are Maggie and Kitty, they are 6 month apart in age. Kitty is the darling of the family small,petite,dainty and gets prettier every year. Maggie is the plain Jane but sturdy and sensible one. The girls each go to a family but neither have the life they envisioned . Maggie has an abusive and manipulative father and Kitty's mother is that way. Kitty goes on to become a singing star like her mother but she gets taken advantage of her mother and in her naivety by men as well. Many secrets are revealed by the end of the book, some I saw coming and some I didn't. The girls make their way back home at the end of the book to Treetops Children's Home, of course by this time they are both grown. This book was absolutely amazing and you know an author has the right stuff when she can make the reader feel the emotions they feel when reading her book.
Pub Date 02 Nov 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Zaffre for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I have read a few books by this author and this was great. I fell in love with Kitty and wanted to bring her home

An interesting story of two foundling girls Kitty and Maggie.the family who takes them in and the families they go to live with. Maggie to an abusive father and Kitty to an abusive mother. In London they meet again for the first time since early childhood and the story finishes with how they find their way home. Great Read!!

Fantastic book. I would highly recommend it to others.
Rosie Goodwin never fails to grip you from the start.

I have read all rosie s books and every one I have enjoyed so beautifully written and always delivers a brilliant storyline

A fantastic saga one of the best I have read in a very long time.
Rosie Goodwin never disappoints one of her best.
It draws you in from the very first page and you just can't put it down.
Set at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century it tells the story of Kitty who as a baby was left by persons unknown at Tree Tops a home for children run by Summer and Tom Branning both of who had origins in the workhouse.
Treated almost as their own child they are devastated when as a young woman her mother reclaims her and Kitty goes off to London where her mother exploits her with devastating consequences.
What I loved about the book was that it not only dealt with Kitty,s story but all the people around her.
A very satisfying read, five stars all the way.