Emma (SCR)
Written on Jun 23, 2017
Ella has lived in Manchester for the majority of her life but she still remembers those summers in Appledore. Every year she would spend 2 weeks in Appledore with her aunt and cousin. Ella loved those two weeks she was young and carefree but when she was 12 years old she had her last summer in Appledore. Her mum and Aunt Sophia had fallen out many years before but that summer something triggered the end of those visits.
Fast forward and Ella is about to face a summer alone. Divorced with 2 teenage children about to embark on their own summer adventures Ella is hitting rock bottom. When Ella is informed she has a portion of the family business in her aunt's will she assumes it's a share in the family Ice Cream Café. She's a little disappointed when she finds out its actually the van and not the café.
This story follows Ella as she embarks on a summer of self discovery. I really enjoyed seeing Ella dig deep and find the strength and courage to try new things. The ice creams sounded dreamy and Ben wasn't half bad either.
Ella's mum Roberta is actually hilarious. With her sexting and inappropriate tweeting there's never a dull moment when Roberta's around. There were many times when I was literally laughing out loud at Roberta and her antics.
I did guess the big family secret quite early on but this didn't ruin the story at all. This is a perfect summer read that will make you long for ice cream on the seafront.