Caroline James – Boomerville at Ballymegille

‘Boomerville At Ballymegille’ by Caroline James is the sequel to Boomerville, which I haven’t read as yet but this book works very well as a standalone as well. It is an uplifting and very entertaining tale of love, friendship and loss. It even tackles some deep and sensitive subjects that are handled so well.

Jo already has one Boomerville Hotel and a very successful one at that, she caters to mature people who wish to find their creativity within a different subject than they normally would and they love it!

She decides to set her sights on a site in Southern Ireland, we join her in preparing to open the new ‘Boomerville Hotel’. Jo is joined by Hattie, her best friend who has been there since day dot. Hattie is so full of life and energy that she literally bounces around and everyone around her realises when she is in the building there is a possibility that anything can happen! This woman is fantastic! I warmed to her immediately, one of those women who brightens your day as soon as she steps through the door!

We meet The Boomerville Babes, a mature synchronised swimming team and other fantastic characters to aid in the opening of this marvellous home from home. Then the guests begin to appear. We meet Bill, a lonely man attempting to extricate himself from his late mums dominating and destructive influence that still hangs over him to this day, a woman escaping her abusive husband, an abusive man trying to find his wife!

What an eclectic mix of people if this doesn’t set the story up for anything, nothing will! Being in Ireland, this book has what the Irish call ‘craic’ loads of laughs along the way. There are some serious subjects and humour as well. This book is overflowing with everything you need to brighten your week. Jam packed with characters that we get to know quite well as it swops from one to another quite regularly.

I love the richness of the full story, the characters are so vivid and I was immersed in Boomerville until the last page! Then I needed more!

Thank you to Rachel’s Random Resources, Caroline James and Netgalley for the copy of the book to write this review today.