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Maddy's Christmas Wedding by Rosie Green #LittleDuckPondCafeBook37#review

  Here we are at Book 37 in the Little Duck Pond Cafe series! Maddie's Christmas Wedding is the latest novella by Rosie Green.   With the wedding of the year approaching, excitement is running high at the café! But there's just one problem. Maddy is grappling with a secret. Could it derail all of hers and Jack's glorious plans for their big day? Will there actually be a wedding?   My Thoughts In this latest festive story, we are taken out of Sunnybrook, in fact, out of the country and taken for a wintry stay in Lapland. It is Maddy's hen party gathering so some of the Little Duck Pond characters are along too. The story continues on from the earlier Cosy Nights and Snowball Fights . The setting is idyllic and so different to life at home. Everything shimmers and shines in the snow and the temperatures are extreme. Maddy should be having the time of her life but she finds that she has a lot on her mind and a heartbreaking decision to make.     With the men le...
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Happy Ever After for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett #Review

 

It is time for a visit back to Cornwall for the last in Jo Bartlett's great Cornish Midwives series, with Happy Ever After for the Cornish Midwife. It was published by Boldwood Books on 5th July 2023.  

 

The emotional finale to the bestselling Cornish Midwife series! Get your tissues ready!

Midwife Jess is so used to helping other mums achieve their dreams that she’s put her own hopes of motherhood firmly on hold. After having her heart broken once before, Jess is determined to focus all she has on her small family and stepson Riley and make sure he feels safe, happy and loved.

But when Jess is asked to care for a tiny baby and new mum in need of support, she’s torn. Jess wants to help, but she isn’t sure her battered heart could cope with saying goodbye to another baby she’s fallen in love with.

Jess knows this could be the happy ever after she’s always dreamed of, but what if it costs her more heartache along the way? Is she brave enough to take one last chance at motherhood?


 My Thoughts

It is quite an achievement to tie up all the loose ends and bring a series like The Cornish Midwife to a satisfying conclusion, but Jo Bartlett does it! There are so many characters who have featured. Hopefully, the door has been left open for some future stories. This story centres on Jess who has decisions to make about IVF. If that fails again, she knows that she will have to look at other options. Family and friendship, as ever, are at the heart of the story. There are patients to deal with and big changes for some of the midwives.

    Jess never loses sight of the needs of Riley, the little boy she has adopted and knows that he is desperate for a sibling.  There are emotional moments in the story and the infertility support group offers reassurance to several, all of whom has a different reason for attending. There are also some funny moments to lighten the stresses. You certainly feel that motherhood is a job for life, as you see the dynamic between family members. Not everyone acts in a way which makes them likeable but you come to appreciate their points of view. This has been such an engrossing series, full of warmth and humanity.

In short: family, friends, support

 

 


About the Author

 

Jo Bartlett is the bestselling author of over nineteen women’s fiction titles. She fits her writing in between her two day jobs as an educational consultant and university lecturer and lives with her family and three dogs on the Kent coast.

 

You can read my reviews of earlier books in the series here: The Cornish Midwife  |  A Summer wedding for the Cornish Midwife   |  A Winter's Wish for the Corrnish Midwife  |  A Spring Surprise for the Cornish Midwife  |  Mistletoe and Magic for the Cornish Midwife  |  A Change of Heart for the Cornish Midwife 

 You can follow Jo here: Facebook  |  Twitter   |  Instagram   |  Newsletter sign up  |  Bookbub profile 

 Purchase links

Thanks to Jo Bartlett, Boldwood Books and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 

 

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