Seren Edwards marries the village cobbler, Morgan James and he’s tall, charming and handsome. Seren wants to have children, Morgan accuses her of being barren and despite only being married for a few months. A desperate Seren visits Anewn Llewellyn, a herbalist and some of the locals accuse her of being a witch. Due to Morgan’s excessive drinking, he stops opening his shop, she tells Seren it’s only going to get worse, and she should leave him.

A new minister has taken over the parish, Elwyn Evans is kind and caring man and Seren regrets marrying Morgan. When the situation for Seren escalates, Mr. Watkins the owner of The House of Blazes, a notorious place of ill repute and he finds her a safe place to stay. Living in a boarding house with Jim and Marged, she hears of a terrible Cholera outbreak in Lewis square where her aunt lives and it spreads further throughout Abercanaid, Seren’s worried about her mother Mabel and sister Gwen.

The Cobbler’s Wife by Lynette Rees is set in 1866, it’s a historical saga, and it portrays life at the time, in a small Welsh village and a coal mining town. Many women suffered terrible abuse by their husbands, they had no rights, lived in poverty, with poor sanitation and infectious diseases spread very quickly due to overcrowding. I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, Seren is a resilient character and a strong woman, I look forward to reading The Workhouse Waif and three stars from me.

I really enjoyed this book! A great story line that kept me hooked and excellent main characters. I would highly recommend this book.

It was a good story. Predictable at times. Descriptive and interesting writing. I would recommend it but I would not re read it again.

Not exactly my type of book. Kind of predictable and cookie-cut. Despite that it was well wrote and would be a good fit for someone that like the kind of romance running-for-the-bad-husband-and-falling-in-love-with-the-perfect-new-man-that-just-happens-to-move-to town.

I loved this book from start to finish.
A great book with excellent descriptive writing.
Well worth a read if this is your genre

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Seren was trapped in an abusive marriage and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse Morgan her husband decided to sell her to a local butcher in a nearby town. Seren is also pregnant and has to rely on family and strangers that soon become friends to escape her brutish husband. It is quite a rollercoaster of emotions for Seren. Will she ever be safe or happy again. I highly recommend reading this book if it is your kind of genre you won’t be disappointed

A nice story set in 19th century Wales, with some good historical detail. I liked the characters and the story, but was a little confused about the main female character, Seren, being described in ways which did not seem to fit with what I had read. I also thought the book would benefit from editing as there were some grammatical errors. I would read more from this author though!
Thanks to the publisher for a digital review copy.

Another brilliant book from the pen of Lynette Rees,you are drawn in from page one.Seren is a lovely woman and very caring you are wishing her happiness in her life.A great book 5*

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity of reading this book. This is the first time I have read anything by this author and would now try other books. A first class entertaining read - descriptive and very absorbing from page one - the main character Seren was such a lovely caring person and you just hoped that happiness would come her way eventually - a really good book that I would recommend