This book is full of emotion. Friendship and kindness in the community, helped along by the bookshop. This in turn has life changing effects for some of the villagers, not least Naomi and Kate. Of course there are the usual suspects who think they are above everyone, maybe not for long!
The Fletcher family are put under more strain when Fred and Frank enlist for the forces. Then land girls Pearl& Ruby come to join them, possibly reluctantly, do they have their own secrets?
Love the strong characters. Alice who is kindness itself and Naomi.
Do hope there will be another one.

This follow up to The Wartime Bookshop is a lovely read for anyone who enjoys historic sagas. It was great to follow along with the characters that were introduced in the first book but could easily be read as a stand-alone novel. The settings were real, I got a great feel for village life during the 2nd World War and the trials and tribulations that the villagers must have gone through. The introduction of the land girls brought memories of my mother in law who was a land girl and the stories that she used to tell.
Thoroughly recommended and I look forward to the next in the series.

Firstly thank you for this ARC.

Why a brilliant second book in this series so lovely to catch up with the girls again

Roll on the next one

Land Girls at the Wartime Bookshop is a great historical fiction saga and is the second book in the delightful WWII-era series by Lesley Eames.

This is the follow up to the delightful The Wartime Bookshop that I thoroughly enjoyed. I really loved visiting the quaint English village of Churchwood again and to reminisce with the inhabitants. Each of the three main characters: Kate, Naomi, and Alice are intertwined but yet have their own respective professional, social, and romantic challenges.

There are also a few new curveballs and characters thrown in for good measure in this book as well.

I love the Wartime Bookshop and all that it adds to the feel and theme of this series. I am definitely looking forward to further installments.

5/5 stars

Thank you NG and Bantam Press/ Random House UK for this wonderful arc and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion.

I am posting this review to my GR and Bookbub accounts immediately and will post it to my Amazon, Instagram, and B&N accounts upon publication on 5/25/23.

Fantastic second instalment of the wartime bookshop.
Gray to catch up with the girls Naomi, Alice and Kate. New vicar in the village will prove to make the girls pull together like they’ve never done before along with Bert and the rest of the bookshop staff what will become of the community. Also the girls have their own problems to deal with, especially Kate with the arrival of two laned girls.
Can’t wait for the next instalment.