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The Lamplighters Bookshop by Sophie Austin

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Anonymous 4 months ago

This months book will be making its way to you as I write this if you are part of our Book Club.

Happy reading in whichever format you receive your book. Here is a brief description of what the story is about ...

Evelyn Seaton has lost her life and home due to her father's gambling addiction. When she secretly answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with something to hide. There she meets the enigmatic and prickly William Morton, an aspiring writer keeping secrets of his own. But when the walls that Evelyn has built around herself start to crumble, there is only one person she can turn to. Can Evelyn and William find the courage to write the next chapter of their story?

Please do write your comments on here ... 

Look forward to catching up with everyone next month to discuss on 16 February 2026 from 1930 till 2100.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous 3 months ago

    Unfortunately this book definitely wasn’t for me, it wasn’t my usual genre and I didn’t really feel invested in the characters as the story progressed. I didn’t feel like they had enough depth for me and the relationships between the characters didn’t feel all too realistic either. I often found myself exasperated at points with the lack of communication between the characters.

    I also had expected to go into this seeing a bit more of a magical/fantasy element to the bookshop itself, and bar the leaflets which appeared to Evelyn and William I don’t feel like we saw anything else really following that, it seemed like an idea that was started but then was left completely unfleshed throughout the rest of the story.

     2/5️ from me unfortunately for this one, it was a quick easy read though.

    4/10 Sink!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous 3 months ago

    Unfortunately this book definitely wasn’t for me, it wasn’t my usual genre and I didn’t really feel invested in the characters as the story progressed. I didn’t feel like they had enough depth for me and the relationships between the characters didn’t feel all too realistic either. I often found myself exasperated at points with the lack of communication between the characters.

    I also had expected to go into this seeing a bit more of a magical/fantasy element to the bookshop itself, and bar the leaflets which appeared to Evelyn and William I don’t feel like we saw anything else really following that, it seemed like an idea that was started but then was left completely unfleshed throughout the rest of the story.

     2/5️ from me unfortunately for this one, it was a quick easy read though.

    4/10 Sink!

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