The Bookshop by the Loch book review

The Bookshop by the Loch follows Lexie who has recently gone back to her home town for a break from work to discover that the local bookshop is being sold and knows that she has to do something about it. Lexie decides to take on the bookshop as a trial for a year and see if she can turn it around, only to discover that an artist is determined to turn the building the bookshop is in into a gallery.

Throughout the story, we follow and get Lexie’s POV, but we also see a lot of Tobias, Lexie’s family and some locals from the town. I really liked the characters that we followed how their stories came together and how much of a focus on families that comes too. There are many reveals around these families but also many discussions about how important family is and what this means to the characters.

The stories were all engaging and I really enjoyed learning more about all of these different characters, especially Celeste’s past.

I really liked the Scottish setting of this book which is not a surprise. Julie Shackman’s Scottish settings are really well written and I always find that they transport me to places that are peaceful and I just love. I also really liked to see how Tobias and Lexie’s relationship built up throughout the book, how much they came to trust each other and how much it positively impacted everything else going on in the book.

An easy 4 star fun read that I will be recommending and I cannot wait to pick up more books in this series and meet more characters while discovering more of these great Scottish settings.

Thank you to Netgalley and One More Chapter for a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

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