NetGalley Review: Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year by Rochelle Bilow

Ruby Spencer's Whisky Year  by Rochelle Bilow

Rating:   ✩✩✩✩✩

This book is exactly what's on the tin. Do you want a quirky-bordering-on-irritating protagonist? A rugged man who uses stoicism to avoid therapy or personal growth? A zany set of local oddballs? Food? Adventures in romantic yet not even slightly exotic locals? Improbable (but not technically impossible) HEAs?

If your answers are “yes” then this book will be perfect. This is a book about a woman who hits her 30s, takes off to English-speaking Europe and faffs about being a creative type while falling in love, finding a family and tripping into success. Romance readers, well we love that stuff! This is not a perfect book, but it is cozy and comfortable, being just magical enough to feel swoony, but not ridiculous. With room to grow into a series, this low-spice, high atmosphere (the setting and food writing do a lot of the work) classic contemporary will be a big hit as a long-winter read.

Published by: Berkley Publishing Group Release Date: 14 February 2023