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The Village Shop for Lonely Hearts
- The Riverside Lane Series
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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- Dawn
- 31-05-21
Waste of a credit
If you like novels containing two-dimensional characters, uneventful predictable plots with no mystery or depth, and sing-song narration too, then buy this book. However if you enjoy characters you care about driving a compelling plot that captures your interest and imagination, then look elsewhere.
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- JC
- 20-10-20
BRILLIANT ☺
Really enjoyed very much listening to this clean and wholesome love story. Thank u for it.🌹
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- Steve
- 26-07-21
Lovely and heartwarming 💕
I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely heartwarming story of two people in a quiet country village. Lots of lovely characters to get to know and I hope there is more.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-03-22
I've heard of slow burn but...
I've heard of slow burn but I stopes rooting for them in the end. Otherwise a nice story
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- Anasarah
- 01-10-21
Eh…
I think I am getting to old for those kind of books… it was really uneventful and really boring story… all characters are so together and the dialogues between them as well as the internal dialogue is fake or unoriginal. ‘…and he wondered how she could know him so well after such a short time’… eh…
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-09-21
A slow starter!
Very slow to get into any sort of story/established characters etc. Nothing really happens until chapter 20.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-07-21
My first audio book
I loved it, it's a nice easy listen with good flow to the story. Well narrated.
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- Tasha Fierce
- 30-05-23
Nice enough story, badly written
Nicely read, predictable and with too much dialogue and too much repetition, it got on my nerves.
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- CarolineJohnston
- 20-05-23
Lovely story
Nice easy listen .
Feel good factor story.
I would listen to another book by this author
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- Mrs Cole
- 16-05-23
A nice listen
This book reminds me of a Hallmark Film.
It is a lovely listen about the community coming together and helping the village shop have a makeover with family dynamics at play and a romance thrown in!
This is the first Alison Sherlock book I have listened to and I will be listening to the rest of the 'Riverside Lane' series of books👍
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- Kamalei
- 22-01-23
Loved this one
Village Shop for Lonely Hearts. Sweet, clean romance. Great characters, great story line. Loved Narrator.
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- Joan Chrispin
- 07-12-22
Nice cozy romance
Loved this book it does start out a little sad but it does pick up. I like that fact it doesn't focus on the characters insecurities at nauseum.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-10-21
loved this story
I wanted to move into the book and stay there. It was a wonderful escape from this awful year.
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- Yara N.
- 23-05-21
A Sweet Story about Love and Friendship
I didn’t give this book five stars because I thought the pacing was a little too slow but overall I enjoyed the story very much. The characters were charming and relatable and the romance between Josh and Amber was sweet, though probably a little too slow of a burn - wish there had been a chance to develop it further. Overall, I spent an enjoyable afternoon reading about village life in England.
The narrator was excellent.
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- Gary Rosenfield
- 27-04-23
I loved this
Entertaining and heart warming , characters were great and relatable . I really enjoyed this book thanks
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- Kindle Customer
- 26-04-23
great story
love, small village's, happiness, strong, stand up to bully, place you call home and courage.
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- KT
- 24-04-23
Cute
Very sweet, VERY chaste story. A slow bloom to romance. The FMC weak but does find her footing at the very end.
Narration was good.
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- Karen S
- 02-03-23
Sweet clean romance but oh so slow
This was a nice story but it was totally predictable and not very interesting or believeabie.
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- Christopher's
- 26-02-23
So THANKFUL to have found another author…
…who can write creatively, with integrity and class. Well done! I stumbled upon this find in the Plus Catalog, so it was a ‘free’ read and what a gem. Sometimes one requires a story that’s simply uplifting, and Ms. Sherlock hits that nail on the head. The narrator, Ms. Keeley, is new to me but very soothing to the ears and calming. Looking forward to continuing The Riverside Lane series.
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- Sumayah
- 09-01-23
Such a good feel story that you feel you are part of the village community.
Loved the story, characters & community spirit of togetherness! Made a quiet village come to life! Filled with friendships & love.