happily ever after and everything in between

It’s a story with a moral: don’t always hide from reality, put down the book and live out your dreams, and yet it’s also a love letter to the powers of fiction and the saving grace that is the words, dreams, and thoughts of generations written down and shared across the boundaries of time and space.

Nina is a protagonist to root for a young woman who is lonely and yet intensely fulfilled by the imagination and perfection of fiction. Can she uproot everything and start her entire life over again? Can she even drive that terrifying behemoth of a van?Ĭozy, heart-warming, book obsessed, and thrillingly romantic, Little Shop of Happy Ever After is an unforgettable ramble through the fiercely gorgeous highlands of Scotland, the joys of life, the terror and intense possibilities of starting over, the tragedy and magic of love, and the encouragement of a good book.

the only available van is in the wilds of Scotland. But a portable book van that travels the country and brings books to small towns that don’t even have a library? That’s a true dream. Only, leasing is expensive and although she more than has the stock (she can’t let all those books from the library be destroyed, can she) she can’t afford or sustain the logistics. With an increasingly irate friend and a dwindling bank account, Nina is thrust into the cruelty of the real world and discovers that the only escape is another dream: a bookshop of her own. But business and modernization changes (read, ruins) everything and Nina soon finds herself out of a job when her beloved Birmingham library decides to twist itself into a media centric center for the young, not-so-bookish crowd. She knows what they should read next and where their next, bright adventure lies. Nina can match anyone with the book they need to open their hearts and cure their souls. Her flat-mate and best-friend rues the day that Nina and her avalanche of fictional friends moved in, dotting the staircase with binders and dangerously sagging already warped floors yet for her day job this guilty little pleasure is perfect. She lives a life surrounded by the romance and adventure suspended and brightened between beloved dog-eared binders. Rating: Cozy Read for Romance and Book Lovers

Happily ever after and everything in between