The Book Lover's Bucket List by Hannah Claire #Review
A bucket list to change her life.
Gabriella Brookes has spent years quietly loving Zach Osborne, knowing he only sees her as his best friend’s bookish little sister. He’s charming, successful, and only back in their Derbyshire village for the summer before his next big move.
When Gabby stumbles across her long-forgotten teenage bucket list, Zach proposes a deal: together, they’ll tick off her book-inspired challenges, if she helps him complete a few fun tasks of his own.
What starts as a perfectly sensible plan quickly turns into something far more complicated, when real life refuses to stay neatly tucked between the pages.
But as Zach’s past resurfaces and his future pulls him away, Gabby is forced to face a harder truth: dreams don’t come true if you only ever read about them.
Ticking off the challenges was meant to be easy.
Admitting what your heart wants is the real risk.
A cosy, small-town romantic comedy about courage, love, and rewriting your own ending.
My Thoughts
Gabriella is such a likeable character who lacks confidence and who does not appreciate how highly she is regarded by her work colleagues and the public at the library where she works. She is a true book lover and has stayed close to her roots. When she finds a bucket list which she wrote when she was a teenager, she is persuaded to see how much of it she can achieve.
Zach is Gabriella's secret crush and she cannot help but agree to do the list as joint enterprise, This gives the story a great structure as their friendship develops. The challenges of the list, as well as Zach's own one make for some quirky tasks. As Gabriella gets to know Zach again, she learns more about his early life and the challenges he faced. His friend, Mr Cooper, turns out to have Gabriella's dream library and the friendship she grows with him leads to some changes in his life too. This is a delightful read for a sunny weekend with romance and humour and a lot of kindness.
In short: love and friendship
About the Author
Hannah has always been a bookworm, loving nothing more than escaping into fictional worlds, and can't walk past a bookshop without adding to her already-overflowing To Be Read shelves. She writes contemporary romantic novels set against the beautiful landscape of the Peak District in Derbyshire, close to where she lives.
A firm believer in the power of love stories to offer comfort and escape, Hannah writes books that celebrate connection, hope, and the magic of second chances — stories designed to bring a little joy into busy lives.
She lives with her husband, their three children, two cats, and one very bouncy dog who still hasn't worked out that squirrels generally don't want to be her friends.
Hannah loves long sunny days spent outdoors and rainy afternoons spent indoors — ideally under a cosy blanket with a good book. Her favourite things include sparkly nail varnish, candles, bubble baths, and chocolate, and she remains convinced that there is no such thing as too many notebooks.
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