After fleeing her
hometown three years earlier, Alyssa Harrison never planned to return.
Then the Silicon Valley start-up she worked for collapsed and turned her
world upside down. She is broke, under FBI investigation, and without a
place to go. Having exhausted every option, she comes home to Winsome,
Illinois, to regroup then move on as quickly as possible. Yet, as
friends and family welcome her back, Alyssa begins to see a place for
herself in this small Midwestern community.
Jeremy Mitchell moved from Seattle to Winsome to be near his daughter and to open the coffee shop he’s been dreaming of for years. Problem is, the business is bleeding money—and he’s not quite sure why. When he meets Alyssa, he senses an immediate connection, but what he needs most is someone to help him save his floundering business. After asking for her help, he wonders if something might grow between them—but forces beyond their control soon complicate their already complex lives, and the future they both hoped for is not at all what they anticipated.
Jeremy Mitchell moved from Seattle to Winsome to be near his daughter and to open the coffee shop he’s been dreaming of for years. Problem is, the business is bleeding money—and he’s not quite sure why. When he meets Alyssa, he senses an immediate connection, but what he needs most is someone to help him save his floundering business. After asking for her help, he wonders if something might grow between them—but forces beyond their control soon complicate their already complex lives, and the future they both hoped for is not at all what they anticipated.
This is the second book I read by Katherine Reay. When I saw her first book I couldn’t help to feel drawn to it, as I am with everything book-related (and I love books about books) and on this occasion when Of Literature and Lattes I thought it was just perfect because I love coffee too.
Nevertheless, I found more in this story than I thought I would, just like I found more on The Printed Letter Bookshop when I read it. Of Literature and Lattes is a tale of family and love but also about broken hearts and broken bonds. It was not easy to read about the relationship between Alysa and Janet because it felt so troubled and it made my heart ache, but I know it was necessary and it was well developed and presented. I liked the characters, although I did not like Alysa that much at the begin
ning. I even hated Jeremy a little bit sometimes but it the end it was all well. I liked the introduction of the new characters and the other characters playing a different role in this story. I know you can easily read this book without reading TPLB first but I think it would mean missing on a lot of background that was good for this story. I also liked the part about the community and the side stories like George’s.
In the end, it was a heartfelt story, full of difficult things but also filled with beautiful things too, like life itself.
The only part I did not entirely like was the ending, just because I needed, still need, more. I just need to know what happens now!
Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for the digital book.
Nevertheless, I found more in this story than I thought I would, just like I found more on The Printed Letter Bookshop when I read it. Of Literature and Lattes is a tale of family and love but also about broken hearts and broken bonds. It was not easy to read about the relationship between Alysa and Janet because it felt so troubled and it made my heart ache, but I know it was necessary and it was well developed and presented. I liked the characters, although I did not like Alysa that much at the begin
ning. I even hated Jeremy a little bit sometimes but it the end it was all well. I liked the introduction of the new characters and the other characters playing a different role in this story. I know you can easily read this book without reading TPLB first but I think it would mean missing on a lot of background that was good for this story. I also liked the part about the community and the side stories like George’s.In the end, it was a heartfelt story, full of difficult things but also filled with beautiful things too, like life itself.
The only part I did not entirely like was the ending, just because I needed, still need, more. I just need to know what happens now!
Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for the digital book.
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