There’s nothing like the warm, comforting feeling of coming home to Driftwood Bay! And that’s just what reading the next in this series from Kim Nash feels like: being wrapped in the comforting embrace of one of your favourite blankets! It’s only book number three, but it feels like we’ve known these characters for so much longer and they’ve become familiar friends.
Blurb:
It’s never too late…
After five husbands and five broken hearts, Lydia feels like she’s always been chasing something. But now she’s found her purpose, and having moved to Driftwood Bay to spend more time with her daughter Meredith, she’s happier than ever.
But there’s still life in these old bones yet! With her newfound sense of identity, she’s keen to re-explore the things that made her happy as a younger person. Lydia’s passion was dancing – she used to compete in her younger years, and there’s no place she’s more at home than on the dancefloor.
So when widower and antiques restorer Martin tells her about a big dance competition, she’s ready and raring to bring more joy into her life. But while making memories with Martin, the more she realises that both of their hearts need restoring too…
My Review:
Kim Nash never disappoints! Her creation of the Driftwood Bay community is similar to a painting – something like a vision of where we’d all like to see ourselves. I know that for me, it most definitely sounds like the type of place I’d love to find myself living in, surrounded by people who look out for each other, who are a bit quirky at times, who all have their ‘stuff’, but who find ways to work through it and who support each other during the ups and downs of life.
This book (which can be read as a standalone), focuses on Lydia, who’s come to live in Driftwood Bay to be closer to her daughter Meredith. She wants to make up for the many years she’s lost during which they were estranged. I had to remind myself many times that Lydia is in her early seventies! She is certainly a sprightly, energetic go-getter, with so much positivity about her life and the connections she can make with others, despite having five failed marriages behind her and knowing that many of her earlier choices weren’t exactly the right ones. But she’s determined to put that all behind her and put everything into the here and now, which she does with gusto, determined to do whatever she can to do good wherever and whenever she can.
There’s so much we can learn from every single character in this book, and the way they interact with each other. I thought of their synergy like a well-choreographed dance: they know their steps, they’re familiar with their roles, but sometimes someone might falter and need help to find their footing again and there’s always a guiding hand to help them with that.
I loved how the author gently dealt with the various characters navigating the different life stages they were going through: a new baby; the (often dreaded) change of life; an unexpected later life relationship; the mother-daughter relationship. Even looking back and reminiscing on past memories can be difficult, especially when you know that they led to choices that created sadness and loss, but it’s all handled in a way that makes you feel such empathy and understanding that you want to reach out and hug these people who feel like your friends! And none of it feels overwhelming, even though it might sound like there are a lot of people going through so much, all at the same time! But that’s life, isn’t it?
I can’t wait for the next instalment of the Driftwood Baby series. I’m so invested in the lives of everyone in this community (probably a lot more than I should be!)
Thank you to RaRaResources and Boldwood Books for this fantastic blog tour
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Author Bio:
Kim Nash is an author of uplifting, funny, heartwarming, romantic, feel-good fiction and has wanted to write books since she was a little girl. The Cornish Cove series is set in the fictional seaside village of Driftwood Bay in Cornwall and is published by Boldwood Books. She lives in Staffordshire with her son Ollie and English Setter rescue dog Roni, is Digital Publicity Director for publisher Bookouture (a division of Hachette UK) and is a book blogger.
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