Wow what a beautiful,wholesome,feel good read,summer at sandcastle cottage is! Perfect to read at anytime but great during lockdown to remind you of better days sunshine sea and sand and spending time with great friends!
Set in the most idyllic setting of firefly common on the south coast, we meet kitty, Apollo and jemimi along with teddy and the two dogs! All three have been down on their luck but all that changed after moving into sandcastle cottage, the camaraderie,relationships and lifestyle of the three friends as they establish themselves in firefly common is second to none, old ghosts are laid bare, new love and opportunities abound aplenty!
Loved this read and would highly recommend
Thank you netgalley for this early read.

A wholesome read you can give to your grandmother or your mature teenager.
Kitty, Apollo, and Jemini are in their 30’s. They have not had easy lives emotionally or financially. They club together and share a house on a short term lease. They find jobs and eventually romance. Cautiously they feel that finally they have found their paradise, but with the ever hanging threat that soon the lease will come to an end, and happiness will disappear. With their meager wages, how can they find another home and stay together in this magical place?
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

This is the follow up to Christmas at Sandcastle Cottage and it continues to follow the lives of the group of friends living together. Christina Jones always writes beautiful stories which have a little sprinkle of magic included and this is no exception. The perfect summer read for these difficult times.

I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy if this from the author.
This book follows on from the ebook Christmas At Sandcastle Cottage but it can easily be read as a stand alone as the author gives enough background information for the reader to know how the characters ended up where they are.
The book returns to the delightful setting if Firefly Common (which I would love to visit!!).
The main character Kitty along with her friends Apollo, Jemina and her daughter Teddy are renting Sandcastle cottage and loving living there along with their eccentric neighbours. However they know their time there us soon to end. The book follows them in their lives through the hot summer.
As is usual with the authors books there is a magical feel to the book. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book for anyone who wants a magical summer read.

Another feel good read from Christina Jones. I’d love to live in Firefly Common with all the lovely characters going about their daily lives in the village and on the beach.

Summer at Sandcastle Cottage is described as ‘The PERFECT joyful read for summer 2021!’ and it truly is. I thoroughly enjoyed the prequel/introduction to this story, a novella called Christmas at Sandcastle Cottage, but you don’t need to have read it to thoroughly enjoy this wonderful book. (It is an added bonus that I’m sure the reader will no doubt want to read though when they come to the end of this book though).

Sandcastle Cottage is in the pretty seaside village of Firefly Common and when Kitty Appleby, arrived shortly before Christmas, heartbroken and having lost her home and even her car, she was desperately in need of a new life. She’s now firmly settled and loving each day living in the ramshackle cottage with good friends Apollo, Jemini, and Jemini’s little girl, Teddy, and two adorable staffie rescue dogs. The lovable unit look out for each other as they make the most of every moment in their seaside home in this village with its wonderful, eclectic mix of characters. The only dark part to their days is knowing that they are only tenants for a short period of time, because the landlord and owner of the cottage, Mavis Mullholland’s around-the-world cruise is about to end and she’ll soon be returning to take back her home.

Apart from finding somewhere new to live, Kitty secretly has another problem. She’s got a massive crush on a handsome but mysterious man who she’s seen walking along the beach in the mornings. Vinnie is a bit of an enigma, the locals don’t know who he is, where he lives, or anything much about him at all and before her enforced departure Kitty is desperate to get to know him.

It turns out too that Apollo has a good reason for never being in a relationship and Jemini is too busy enjoying her romance with her toy boy to want to move on. This all makes for a captivating read and one that I literally couldn't put down.

I have to admit I’m a huge fan of Christina Jones and this book is another joy to read. In these strange and often anxiety-inducing days, I was delighted to discover this book knowing that stepping into the pages of one of this author’s books is the perfect escape. Summer at Sandcastle Cottage was exactly that. I will miss Kitty, her friends and the wonderful array of locals from Firefly Common.

Thanks to NetGalley and Headline Accent for an ARC copy in return for an honest review.