Book Review #89: The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent
This was another Carrie Hope Fletcher recommendation. I bought it back in March but only finished it recently, for reasons that I'll get into in the review. Birdy Finch is jobless, on the verge of homelessness, and doesn't have much going on. So when her best friend, and wine expert, Heather turns down a job as a sommelier at a luxury Scottish hotel, Birdy decides to go in Heather's place. Can Birdy keep this new job, and stop herself from falling for chef James, while pretending to be someone else? This book was fine, but I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Which was a shame because I really liked the premise. I actually ended up taking a really long break from this book. I read the first half, didn't love it, and wasn't that interested in where it would go. I put it down and didn't plan to finish it, but after re-reading some of my childhood favourites, and not being quite ready to jump back into my reading list, I decided to finish it, and I...