The Summer of Serendipity: The magical feel good perfect holiday read

I just love Ali McNamara's books. I really love how she rights and how you really feel what the protagonist feels. Thanks Ali - look forward to the next one. All the way from me here in my lovely city of Wellington in NZ :)

Anything by Ali McNamara is always a winner and a fun read.

Serendipity, or Ren as she likes to be called, is a property seeker. Her job is to find homes for her clients, when they can’t find them for themselves.When one of her clients wants a holiday/retirement home on the Emerald Isle, she sets off to find him that home with a list of requirements, oh and her assistant Kiki.After days of searching and finding nothing remotely close to what she is looking for, she soon becomes aware of a property up on a hillside. On closer inspection the, ‘The Welcome House’, as it is called, is perfect. There is just one problem, no one knows who owns it.The Summer of Serendipity is an enticing novel, bringing together a wonderful story, filled with friendly, realistic characters, gorgeous scenery, and a little bit of magic.Ren is a woman on a mission, she doesn’t like to fail, and has never given up on getting that one property that her clients want, no matter what, or who stands in her way. So when she is faced with trying to discover the owner of ‘The Welcome House’ she isn’t about to give up without a fight. But this is one fight she just may not win!Kiki, Rens assistant is hilarious. Her misconstrued knowledge had me often giggling to myself. Who would of thought that the ‘Emerald Isle’ wasn’t called that because of all the Emeralds on the island!!There are plenty of secondary characters too, with Finn, the hotel manager, and Eddie, one of the hotel staff, taking centre stage.The book is shrouded with mystery, from ghostly goings on, to a house that seems to be alive, and then there are the secrets that both Ren and Finn seem to be hiding.Weaving the main plot, with many subplots, the book is a real page turner. I was hooked from the beginning. The uplifting spirit that surrounds this book had me eager to keep reading. It gave me a glow of happiness, and I was fully invested in not only wanting to discover what secrets ‘The Welcome House’ was keeping, but I also enjoyed the romance that carefully invited itself into the book too.Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed

I generally do not get pulled into reading light reads, but occasionally such a book draws me in. This is my first book by the author, Ali McNamara, so I jumped right into the book with great gusto. The book did not disappoint me; there were plots and subplots and the entire setting was eerie and magical.Serendipity or Ren as she is lovingly known as, is a property hunter for her clients and one such search leads her to the beautiful west coast of Ireland and to the perfect "Welcome House" which is open for everyone and belongs to no one.The book then follows Ren as she goes about hunting for the owner and the history of the house. She does keep meeting the manager of local hotel, Finn and romance blossoms. Ren's assistant, Kiki plays her part beautifully providing humor to an already delightful story.The author, Ali has done a fabulous job to bring a light summery read which is absolutely magical. I wonder if there really is a "Welcome House" somewhere in this world...

I thoroughly enjoyed this read as it combines romance, intrigue and more than a little bit of magic. The idea of someone being paid to locate houses for their clients appealed to me immediately. I could honestly see myself doing just that job.The setting is a lovely small Irish town. From the descriptions I could almost see the setting in my head as I read. The characters we meet along the way are extremely well written. The magical element running throughout the story made this an even better read for me as I do enjoy stories with a touch of magic.Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing a copy.

What a charming and mystical read this was. Set in Ireland the story that starts by following Serendipity Parker on her hunt for a house for one of her customers ends up with her on a magical and mysterious journey.The scenes and places within the book are described perfectly and my vivid imagination created photo perfect imagery of what I was reading.The story had many twists and turns, often leaving Serendipity, and me, with more questions than answers and I loved following her journey as she worked hard to find the answers she was looking for.The characters of the local town both helped and hindered her journey to find out the answers about the local legend that is ‘The Welcome House’.With a gorgeous young man, and a will they wont they love story entwined in the pages of this book I was hooked and couldn’t stop turning the pages to find out where this story would end.A perfect cosy read, a real page turner and the ultimate escape from ‘the real world’. I loved it and cannot wait to read more of Ali McNamara’s books.

I loved the story it was just what I needed, at first it was a bit hard to get into but that more my mindset than the author's skill. By the time I finished it I felt good proving that this is the perfect feel good book it is proclaimed to be

This has to be one of my favourite books to date. I loved how it linked to 'Breakfast at Darcys' another of my favourites by Ali. This book is truly magical and once I started I couldn't put it down. The only disappointing thing about this book was that it came to an end.... I hope that Ali will revisit these characters again in the future.

I bought Summer of Serendipity first and reading the info realised I had breakfast with Darcy and decided I should read that first. That I did and today I have finished have finished reading both of them, they were excellent and I give them full stars for interesting and all the Celtic work reading as well

Would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys romance and a little bit of magical mystery. Nothing to dislike, enjoyable