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A seasonal treat for the follow up to the first pantry book with Rachel and Tom. An enjoyable read. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

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This is a beautiful, heartwarming story about Rachel and her mum’s struggle to make a success of The Pudding Pantry since the tragic death of her beloved dad, whilst contending with the demands of running a farm and bringing up her daughter Maisie as a single parent.
Lovely easy reading together with some great recipes and romance.
Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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A sweet Christmas romance of Rachel and Tom. Enjoyable characters, especially like the children and the animals. Skimmed over the recipes, which are a lot. Appreciate the thought, but struggle to follow metric measurements. My fault of course, but if that doesn't bother you the titles at least sound delicious. Would recommend this story, even with a cranky ex-wife, it was fun to read.

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Second book in the Pudding Pantry series by Caroline Roberts and I loved it as much as the first book! It's such a cozy read with very nice and caring people in it living in a very picturesque place but with lots of hard work. It's also full of puddings and other yumminess . This book also is full of nostalgia that feels the main character and it made my heart squeaze at multiple times during my read. I found this book very beautiful and I really command it! 4 stars out of 5 for me!

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I enjoyed this cosy Christmas read. It had just the right touches to bring on the festive mood.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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A magical Christmas read from the talented Caroline Roberts. Perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley, Jenny Colgan and Carole Matthews.

As soon as I started this book I knew I was going to love it as it contained recipes, that all made my mouth water. I especially like the sound of the Baileys Cheesecake one and am contemplating making it for Christmas Day.

It was great to be back at Primrose Farm, Caroline uses so much imagery and sensory text that I really felt like I was there. Also to be reacquainted with some characters from Caroline’s previous books was a real treat. The storyline was fantastic too, it had some highs and lows.

I can’t wait for the next instalment of Rachel’s Pudding Pantry.

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I loved returning to Primrose Farm to catch up with all the characters from the first book, Christmas at Rachels Pudding Pantry was no exception I loved it and struggled to put it down. Another great book by Caroline Roberts.

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The second in the series, this creates a cosy Christmas mood - and the recipes/focus on food is definitely a wonderful seasonal mood-enhancer.
This time around, we have Rachel finding the initial glut of customers drying up and trying to work out how to survive Christmas. Things are progressing nicely with farming neighbour Tom, although there is a somewhat inevitable potential spanner in the works.
From the opening recipe for mince pies, the real delight here is the puddings. I am determined to try and make some of these - they sound delicious. While the story is entertaining enough, it's the food that is the winner!

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A delightful read from the Pudding Pantry series, perfect for the Christmas season. Lots of lovely recipes too!

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Many thanks to Netgalley and Harper Impulse for my copy of this book. I thought it was a lovely follow up novel to Rachel's pudding pantry. It's in fact not the kind of book I usually read - I'm a fan of psychological thrillers and medical memoirs - but I thought it was delightful. A perfect cosy Christmas read! I'll be looking up Caroline Roberts other books too.

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Loved it. Really Christmassy. Lovely characters, great setting, a real feel good read. Definitely recommended for a Christmas book.

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This book covers all the essentials for a cosy Christmas themed read: family, friendship, food, fortitude. It did take me a while to settle into the story, but once absorbed, I didn't want to put it down. I found the golden tread of kind, animal friendly farming and the family baking adventures particularly engaging. I am very much looking forward to the next instalment in this family's journey.

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This was a heartwarming festive read for me. All of the characters were engaging and I cared about them and wanted to read what happened to them. Once again there were recipes throughout which I found to be a lovely added touch.

I recommend this to anybody who wants a christmassy read.

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This is the first book that I’ve read by Caroline Roberts but it won’t be the last. A lovely romantic read that is well written with believable characters.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book in exchange for a review. I will leave this review on Amazon too.

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I didn’t realise this was the second book in a series but I don’t think you’d need to read the first to enjoy this. Sadly I didn’t really enjoy it. Set in the beautiful north east of England but I didn’t feel that beauty came across. Instead there were very descriptive sentences about autumn leaves, describing what the characters were wearing and so on and so forth. There’s recipes throughout the book which are nice if you bake. It’s what I call a nice fluffy read that a lot of readers would love but unfortunately a little too fluffy for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for an honest and unbiased opinion.

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Really enjoyed this next book in the Pudding Pantry series; great choice for my first Christmas read of the year. A little authors note at the end made reference to the next book & I'm looking forward to it already!

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If you enjoy Hallmark Christmas movies, Christmas at Rachel's Pudding Pantry is the read for you.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

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This is a well written book, nice characters and a storyline some will find charming, but I found the recipes at the start of the chapters unnecessary and distracting. This of course is only my personal opinion, it just didn’t set my imagination alight and I’m afraid I only managed about a third of the book. Maybe at another time I’d have felt differently but as I said it simply wasn’t for me.

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A lovely book, very Christmassy and a nice story around Primrose Farm and the lovely Swinton ladies. They are determined to turn things around and move forward following a difficult time in their lives. I have to be honest though, I found the story quite slow - not a lot seemed to happen very quickly and I found the end quite confusing. The book seemed to finish halfway through a section and didn't really come to a natural conclusion.

However, I had been kindly approved to review this book by the publishers and Net Galley and it is possible that some changes had been made to the book before it was fully published. Perhaps the copy I received was not quite right - I hope so as this could be a lovely book. Thank you for the opportunity to review it anyway.

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I looked forward to reading this book and I was not disappointed. The story keeps you hooked from start to finish and I look forward to the next chapter in the series. Definitely recommended to those readers who enjoy reading this type of book.

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