The Cake Maker's Wish
Josephine Moon
Reviewed by Helen
WOW I loved this story and it is the first book from Josephine Moon that I have read but it won’t be the last, she writes beautifully with characters that are easy to be friends with and in this one we meet Olivia a cake maker from Tasmania she is a single mum with a six year old son Darcy, I hope that you pick this book up and find out what happens to Olivia and Darcy and their very interesting journey.
Times have changed for Olivia now that she has lost her Ma, she is wondering why Ma didn’t talk a lot about her life in a village in The Cotswolds before coming to Australia in the 1960’s, so Olivia does a bit of searching on the internet and comes across an item about a renaissance project to increase the population of the small town of Stoneden and they are looking for people from all over the world and hopefully people with relatives that had come from there, Olivia thinks this is a great idea and it will bring them closer to Darcy’s father who lives in Norway, decision made Olivia and Darcy are accepted and they move to the Cotswolds to start a new cake shop The Rambling Rose.
Olivia and Darcy are welcomed with open arms by most people in the village, although not everyone is happy about the newcomers, they are loving their new home and Olivia is busy getting her shop ready for opening and meeting and making friends with the people of Stoneden. Olivia is starting to find out about her Ma and there is a lot to uncover. They have also had a visit from Darcy’s father and Grayson the dairy farmer in the village is being very helpful and getting closer to Olivia.
This is a magical story of friendship and the strength that Olivia showed by moving half-way around the world to start a new life, oh and the cakes my goodness Olivia is the best cake maker I wanted to try everything she made mouth-watering they are. I loved all of the characters in this story, the friendships that were made with people from around the world the closeness they shared and the help for each other when needed, and the love that is growing nicely along the way.
This is a book that I highly recommend, it was a fabulous story that had me turning the pages, thank you MS Moon and Penguin Random House for such a great story.
Times have changed for Olivia now that she has lost her Ma, she is wondering why Ma didn’t talk a lot about her life in a village in The Cotswolds before coming to Australia in the 1960’s, so Olivia does a bit of searching on the internet and comes across an item about a renaissance project to increase the population of the small town of Stoneden and they are looking for people from all over the world and hopefully people with relatives that had come from there, Olivia thinks this is a great idea and it will bring them closer to Darcy’s father who lives in Norway, decision made Olivia and Darcy are accepted and they move to the Cotswolds to start a new cake shop The Rambling Rose.
Olivia and Darcy are welcomed with open arms by most people in the village, although not everyone is happy about the newcomers, they are loving their new home and Olivia is busy getting her shop ready for opening and meeting and making friends with the people of Stoneden. Olivia is starting to find out about her Ma and there is a lot to uncover. They have also had a visit from Darcy’s father and Grayson the dairy farmer in the village is being very helpful and getting closer to Olivia.
This is a magical story of friendship and the strength that Olivia showed by moving half-way around the world to start a new life, oh and the cakes my goodness Olivia is the best cake maker I wanted to try everything she made mouth-watering they are. I loved all of the characters in this story, the friendships that were made with people from around the world the closeness they shared and the help for each other when needed, and the love that is growing nicely along the way.
This is a book that I highly recommend, it was a fabulous story that had me turning the pages, thank you MS Moon and Penguin Random House for such a great story.
5 stars
Penguin Random House 2nd June 2020
