Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett 😍❤️🌈📗

Happy Furrowed Middlebrow Friday, Friends!! 🤩🌟📚

So excited to share this review of Under the Rainbow by Susan Scarlett! 

Book Rating: 5🌟

Sheer delight!! Susan Scarlett (aka Noel Streatfeild) does it again with another wonderful light and cozy romance novel. From the very beginning of the book, I was invested in this head-in-the-clouds vicar, Martin Richards, and his new parish in the village of Saltings. Everything about Under the Rainbow is appealing (even horrible Aunt Connie and the very clingy widow Lady Blacke) because of the sunshine-y personality and practical goodness of the lovely Judith Griffiths.

It was a joy reading about Judith's integration into the Richards family as a caretaker for Martin's newly orphaned niece Polly and nephew Andrew. She's the type of person who would bring peace, happiness, good sense and organization to any home. Seeing how she maneuvers her way around the nasty mind of Aunt Connie and the jealous tendencies of the wealthy Lady Blacke is brilliant (although, also sad in some ways, too).

I don't want to say too much because the journey from the beginning to the end of this charming book is such a treat. Though I felt anger at the meanness and frustration for selfishness, I found myself mostly surrounded by the warmth, love and understanding created by the rest of the characters. There is a level of depth to this seemingly light novel that really stays with you long after you finish reading.

I adore books that leave me with a feeling of  hope and inspire me to be a better person—and also to seek out more friends like Judith. Under the Rainbow was <i>absolutely</i> this type of book.

I'm very grateful to Susan of the Girls in White Dresses blog for inspiring me to finally read this book that I'd been saving on my shelf for months!! This is definitely a new favorite Susan Scarlett book!

Many, many thanks to Dean Street Press Ltd. for republishing so many of Susan Scarlett's books. I've been loving them so much! I can't wait to read (and buy!) more of her books on my DSP shelf—yay!

SUSAN SCARLETT BOOK RATINGS: 

(Click on each title to read my full review—more to come!)

Babbacombe's 4.5🌟

Clothes-Pegs 4🌟

Sally-Ann 4.5🌟

I'm off on a trip down south for a family celebration and I'm extra excited because I'll be able to visit one of my very first Bookstagram friends, Marjorie (@marjoriepaper)! Yippppeeee!! 

We've only met in person once, but it was such a fun day of lunch and book shopping that we're going to do it again this time. 🥳💜🍽🛍📚 Even though we chat at least once a month about so many fun things (books, crafts, kids, oracle/tarot, fountain pens, etc.), it'll be amazing to see her beautiful face in person. 😍

Marjorie and I in January 2023

Wishing you the loveliest and most enjoying book-reading week, friends! Thinking of you and thank you for all the comments and love on Instagram. It means so much to me!!! 

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