Review: a wonderful world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2013
Lynn Florkiewicz has created a wonderful world with colourful and engaging characters. The setting of these books is the small village of Cavendish, in West Sussex England, during the 1950's. The author jumps in introduces the reader to her cast quickly but naturally. It doesn't take long to feel like you are sitting around the table with them, enjoying one of their mouth-watering meals. This book is truly a cozy, written in the classic British style. But it's not stuffy and constrained at all.I'm a bit tired of reading of young 20-something, angst and/or debt-ridden heroines so finding this author was a godsend. The plot moved along, never dragging, even with frequent stops for descriptions of some wonderful meals providing the backdrop. It won't take long for you to fall in love with inner cadre of Cavendish and picturing yourself in their midst. The plot dances and weaves its way through the people and the town.Yes, I've mentioned the food quite a bit, but it's not gratuitous. Food plays an important part in giving one the feel of an England emerging from the post-war darkness and on the edge of the cultural revolution of the 60's. Lord James is laid back and quite the cook in his own right.  And yes, there are recipes at the end. Yet there's a quiet small village feel, and you step into a world the reader would want to visit, perhaps even move to, if it only existed today.