Summer at the Garden Cafe: A Novel (Finfarran Peninsula Book 2)

The author gives you a peak into modern Irish life through a small community. The players come together building their lives and intertwining with each other. There is also a look back into their history and how their ancestors shaped their lives. A sweet read, a good story and a fun visit to Ireland.

This is a sequel to The Library at the Edge of the World, with the same characters. The title is kind of a misnomer, as the Café just figures as a meeting place for the people. This one is more about personal relationships than about the library. I honestly liked the first book better, but this one was good and a quick read, with everything turning out fine in the end.

The Finfarrin Peninsula series continues in this second book, which could be read alone. Engaging characters with intertwined lives are set in picturesque Ireland. I enjoyed this story very much.

Another excellent read from Felicity Hayes-McCoy. This book follows Library at the Edge of the World in which we meet Hanna who has returned to Ireland to heal and get on with her life after her marriage breaks up. Hanna HAS got on with her life and has made positive changes not only for herself but for many others she has encountered. Not a cozy mystery or romance although a little of both are present, with the lovely descriptions of Ireland throughout.

There are so many secrets in life. Secrets to protect others, to protect self. In time, all will be revealed. There can be healing as is the case with Jazz and Hannah. There can be understanding. This story unfolds so beautifully.

I love each book in this series-- can't recall how I came to find this author, but I want to live in the gentle Irish world she describes so eloquently. Highly recommend any of the books she's written!

This is the second of the series. A pleasant read-good follow up for the characters in book one. I did enjoy it. The descriptive passages make you want a trip,to Ireland.

Summer at the Garden Café is a light fun to read novel with enough "meat" on its bones to maintain interest and keep a reader coming back for the next chapter! There are 4 generations, one we know in a journal left for her niece. The Finfarran Peninsula Book 1 set the stage well for this novel.

My first Felicity Hayes-McCoy and I have to say I loved it. This is not the first one in the series (that was out of stock) but each book stands alone as a story in its own right. This one was comfortably like a Maeve Binchy but a bit more up to date, edgy, "real". The characters were all convincing, none too 'Oirish' or clichéed and the writer wove the people in and out of the story line beautifully. It is beautifully paced and ends really well, with a good, satisfying number of threads neatly tied off, but a few left unresolved (some links to 1920s Civil War 'ancestors', for example, where they can never know quite who did what).

Enjoyable read with good characters.Makes you want to up sticks and find a place to live just like it.Would be a good holiday read.Would recommend it to anyone who still appreciates a visit to their local library and realises the importance of hanging onto a sense of community in this online world we live in.

I bought this book as a easy holiday read but I soon discovered that I had to keep turning back to remind myself who was whom! Nevertheless it was a good story with a little of the Irish Troubles thrown in for good measure.

I loved the' Library at the End of the World,' and having polished that off in a few days, I eagerly ordered this one, expecting to read more about the community in Ireland. Sadly the first 5 or 6 chapters are really just re-capping what is in the original book, which is not necessary. I have read other authors who have attempted a similar thing, and they manage to make it work.

This is the second in the series but could be read as a stand alone. Often follow on books aren't as good as the first but this one definitely is. Another very enjoyable read with a new story but also following on from book 1, again set in the Irish countryside. Looking forward to the rest of the series as the stories make me want to live in Ireland.