Sara Linqvist loves books. She works in a book shop in Sweden and has made friends with Amy Harris, who lives in America and also loves books so as well as books, the two ladies begin to swap letters too. Then Sara loses her job when the bookshop closes and Amy invites her to stay, so Sara makes the journey to Broken Wheel to meet her friend for the first time. When she arrives however, nothing goes as smoothly as she had imagined and, as for happy endings, they're surely just for books. 
 I usually like to read something a bit more Thrilling than this novel, but I chose this one because it was the holidays and I wanted a nice and gentle, easy read; this story fitted that brief perfectly. Sara and the residents of Broken Wheel are absolutely great characters; we really get to know them through Sara's eyes in the story and they are very well written and very engaging. Sara's story and what happens to her makes you want to read more, not because you are on the edge of your seat but because you are very much invested in her and the other characters in the novel. 
 This is a light read, but not one to be taken lightly. I really enjoyed reading it and will look for another by the same author if I want something gentle and kind to enjoy. Definitely one I would recommend.