Published by Penguin Group - Dutton Genres: Contempory, Fiction, Romance
Format: ARC, eBook
Ahh, A summer job at a highland Scottish Hotel sounds lovely! It is a promising opportunity to get away from it all, work, and enjoy life. You are expecting a run-down hotel, with low expectations of your Sommelier skills. But when you arrive it is not as you were expecting. You are not what or WHO they were expecting!
That does happen when you show up, pretending to be your best friend, Heather, a Sommelier, who was hired to do the job. But, Heather, is on holiday in Italy and you have no place to go sooooo…. you seize the opportunity and off to Scotland to you.
Thankfully, Birdy (the imposter), is a quirky personable and likeable character who thinks fast on her feet and can talk her way through some mishaps involving pairing food with wine. She quickly realizes that she needs to learn all that she can in a short amount of time.
When not trying to learn about wine, Birdy finds herself growing closer to James, the handsome and oh-so-likeable Chef!
The Summer Job is a fun light read which played out like a movie in my mind while I was reading it. There are some laughs, some eye rolling and fun. Birdy will have you rooting for her as she stumbles along, gaining confidence and forming a community of sorts with her co-workers. Along the way some secrets will come out which only add to the heartwarming feel of the book.
Sometimes a new beginning is all that you need. Even if that new beginning starts with deception.
I enjoyed the themes of friendship, belonging, community, starting over, and hard work.
Escapism reading, which is charming, cute, and captivating.
Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.