Since November 2009Chick Lit Classics: Paradise Fields by Katie Fforde
June 3rd, 2010 by Leah
Chick Lit Classics is a new feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!
This week I’ve picked one of Katie Fforde’s book for our Classic choice this week. I’m a huge fan of Katie’s work and have read - and enjoyed - the majority of her books and I’m eagerly awaiting her new one. One of my absolute favourite’s of Katie’s though is Paradise Fields. It’s one of the first I read of Katie’s and since reading it the first time, I’ve since re-read it and I enjoyed it just as much. It has humour and has life and most importantly it has romance!
It’s not as if Nel hadn’t enough on her plate already: organising a farmers’ market in the picturesque Paradise Fields and keeping track of her unnervingly beautiful teenage daughter - plus sorting out a houseful of animals - are quite enough to keep her busy. The last thing she needs is another complication in her life, but when her old friend Sir Gerald dies and his son, Pierce - accompanied by his glamorous American wife - takes possession of The Big House, it seems that preserving the Fields is not on his list of priorities.
Nel takes up arms, determined to fight for the meadow and the market she loves. But whom can she trust? She’s pretty sure her friends Sacha and Vivian are on her side, but her sensible boyfriend Simon, an estate agent, is less encouraging. And then there’s Jake, the exasperating yet attractive stranger who kissed her under the mistletoe. Maybe she’s been a not-so-merry widow for far too long…
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Ive never liked any of Kate fforde books so won’t be picking this one up, even if i did though i don’t like the cover its boring.
My favourite Katie Fforde (although I’ve liked them all) is Highland Fling. I also really loved Living Dangerously, Wild Designs and The Wedding Season. She’s one of the best chick lit writers around, in my opinion.