Thank you Netgalley and publishing house a copy of this book to review. I really enjoyed getting to know Rosie. I’m a tea lover. So the idea of a traveling tea shop is just so good.
The Van Lifers were such a fun group. Aria, an amazing friend, can’t wait for her story. The love story between Rosie and Max was a bit rushed at the end to me but overall this was a lovely story.

Rosie finds out on her birthday that her husband is leaving her. In a drunken haze, she boys an RV and then decides to travel the countryside selling her custom tea blends and comfort food favorites. She meets some interesting characters along the way and makes some very valuable friendships. A fun, gentle romance. Perfect for curling up with a cuppa!

Thank you NetGalley, Rebecca Raisin and Harper 360 for the ARC of Rosie’s Traveling Tea Shop.
This is my personal review.
Rosie is a sous chef at a Michelin starred restaurant and she has her life all planned out. She was on the path of life until she comes homes from work one day to see her husband has packed suitcases by the door and tells her it is over between them and he is leaving.
This news sent Rosie’s life on a completely different track. She buys a van she names Poppy and hits the road to sell her hand blended tea and goodies she bakes.
On her journey she meets many and the adventure send her places and she let herself experience things she never would have done before.
The book was an easy read, and the characters were likable. I wanted to feel more into the story of her adventure, but it just didn’t grab me and take me in to the world of Rosie as much as I wanted it to do.

Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop by Rebecca Raisin begins as Rosie, a Michelin-rated sous chef, is dumped by her husband - on her birthday no less. Waking up from a night of drowning her sorrows with wine, Rosie discovers that she has purchased a bright pink and turquoise camper-van perfectly outfitted for her new traveling tea shop adventure. I was concerned that the story would be formulaic, however it was anything but formulaic. The characters were charming each in their own flawed ways, so realistic in this Insta-perfect day and age. I loved reading about the nomadic life of those who followed the road to the next festival or adventure. I laughed, cried, and cared deeply about the characters by the end of the book. This romcom, totally outside of my usual genre, was a breath of fresh air. I may just have found a new favorite author and hope that a camper series is in the works. (I voluntarily reviewed an complimentary reader copy and all opinions are my own.)

Rosie's identity is her job: as a sous chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant, she doesn't have time for anything else. But when her husband leaves her for another woman, she decides enough is enough. Her impulse purchase of Poppy, a bright pink van, leads to her to try van life, and she creates a traveling tea shop with delicious pastries and ice cream. Along the way, she meets new friends like bookseller Aria and the mysterious vegan Max.

This was a great book to get lost in for a few hours! Rosie is a really sweet and kind protagonist, and her BFF Aria brings lots of sass and humor to the story. In this time of quarantine/stay at home orders, it was so much fun to travel with them across the UK to various festivals. I really enjoyed seeing Rosie learn more about herself and discover her inner strength. I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed and didn't necessarily fit with the rest of the story, but it was still a good read. 3.5 stars.

Thank you to Harper 360/HQ Digital for providing an ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper 360 for access to this arc.

Wow, I loved the bitingly humorous way this started. That plus the blurb had me all set for a book that by the 40% mark I realized I wasn't going to get. By then the humor was pretty much gone and the saccharine cliched aspects had taken over. Potentially emotional plot points were introduced, built up a little bit and then with seemingly no effort were taken care of and swept away - Rosie's marriage is over, she cries and gets drunk, then discovers the next morning she's bought a camper and then heads off (with no driving training); Aria is seen crying over a photo, Rosie presses for information about the situation and Aria immediately caves in and tells all; Rosie worries about life on the road and making a living but golly, is almost immediately a success.

Then there's Max the wonder man who is so perfect in every way yet keeps urging Rosie to change. I didn't like Max from the moment he showed up and he got less appealing as the book continued. The schmaltzy "life lesson" moments were painful to read about.

The blurb seemed to promise me a book about a woman pulling her life together and finding her bliss but what I got was a paint-by-numbers blah book with flat characters. I'm also not a fan of lazily describing a character by comparing him/her to a well known celebrity. DNF

Rosie Lewis, sous-chef at a swanky restaurant, has her life all planned out, from her career to her marriage to the eventual kids she’s already scheduled into her five-year plan. But when life throws a curveball at her in the form of her husband’s infidelity and wish for a divorce, she has to find an entirely new path...one she’ll travel in a bright pink van.

I love stories about love, food, and the sugary-sweet warmth of a happy ending, and Rebecca Raisin’s novel promised to be just that. Unfortunately, the writing is just painfully mediocre. The story careens into existence, an affair and a divorce slamming into both Rosie and the reader way too fast, as the book clearly just wants to get to the main plot. I sympathize with wanting to get to the good stuff, as it were, but it left me with literary whiplash that was never really redeemed by a bland, by-the-numbers, ultimately forgettable story. This kind of novel is usually all about engaging, quirky characters for me, and unfortunately Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop was entirely lacking in this department, as it is in the department of “appealing prose.” I love stories that read like a freshly baked, sweet & decadent cupcake - but this one was a total miss for me, I’m afraid.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper 360 for the advance review copy!

I received this book as an ARC from NetGalley.

Rosie is a sous chef at a Michelin starred restaurant. She has her life planned out - meticulously and things were going along swimmingly. Until her birthday came and her long-time, live-in boyfriend decides that they are over and dumps her ON HER BIRTHDAY! After burying her sorrow in a lot of wine that night, she wakes up the next morning to a knock on the door and learns what she did in her wine-haze. She bought a fuscia campervan! What in the world?????

This book takes you on the journey of what comes next - the highs, the lows, and everything in between. This book was a great adventure and I was excited when I got to the end to see there will be a continuation of the story of one of the other characters.

3.5 stars. This is a cute story of finding yourself, and maybe love, along the road.

Rosie's husband decides to tell her it's over on the night of her birthday and leaves to go live with his apparently long-term girlfriend. She feels super lost and, after drinking a lot, buys a van to go traveling around the country selling her hand-blended teas. She ends up going through with it and leaves London to join other van lifers on the festival circuit. She makes new friends and learns about herself along the way.

This is a wonderful story and I really came to love Rosie. However, I read the second book in this series, Aria's story, first. That story was so heartbreaking and heartwarming, so, by comparison, this one just doesn't pack the same emotional punch. However, if you read this book first I think you will definitely enjoy it and will love Rosie even more in Aria's book.

A sweet, fun, entertaining story..
Rosie husband left her on her birthday what is she to do.
She brought a pink van, which she know nothing about , and turns it into a traveling tea room.
On her travels she meets some interesting characters, had some ups and downs, and grew into a different person and even found love.
Really enjoyed reading.
Voluntarily reviewed. ,

In these crazy troubled days, a Rebecca Raisin romance is the anecdote; light and fluffy, without angst. Rosie is a sous chef in London when her husband leaves her. After telling her she is boring, Rosie is determined to remake herself. Purchasing a big pink van to join other “van lifers”, Rosie bakes and sells tea from the van. After meeting Aria, Rosie partners with her bookshop van. Max is the handsome love interest. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

So what do you do when your husband decides to dump you on your birthday and you find out he’s been cheating on you? You get drunk and buy a travel van, of course! That’s what happens to Rosie in Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop by Rebecca Raisin. Despite her odd quirks, Rosie departs on an adventure to find herself and what makes her happy. Along the way she encounters wonderful experiences that show her what life is all about. I’m glad I received this as an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley as it was a marvelous read that inspires a person. Now I don’t know if want to just travel or give up my cluttered belongings....

Once I started this book I quite literally could not put it down. I really enjoyed the premise, and how Rosie was having a sort of clean slate start to her life. I enjoyed the van-life story, and was at time quite jealous of Rosie's new fun adventure! I did find Rosie to be a bit naive, and at times I was frustrated that she was quite literally fighting her own feelings. This was a quite, pleasant read and I really enjoyed it!

This book was a delight. Rosie is dealing with a bad breakup from a husband who was cheating on her. She decides to quit her soul-stealing job as a sous chef for a renown chef, buy a food truck, and go out on the road.
She is such a unique character for a book like this; someone who is organized to a T, doesn't like trusting other people, and someone who doesn't tend to take huge risks. I really enjoyed her character growth, over time learning to appreciate what is around her for both the good and the bad. I would have liked a little more from the romance (there's a bit of a love triangle, which isn't my favorite trope, but I think was done pretty well here). But overall the connection didn't feel as strong in this book as I've felt with other books I've read. That doesn't mean I didn't happily flail when they ended up together.

As an American, I adore these fun British stories for women. Rosie gets the news that her husband has packed his bags and is leaving. What is a woman to do? Well, buy a pink van, refurbish it as a tea shop, paint it bright pink and travel to find herself. Loved this treasure of a novel.

This is a dangerous book! Not because it's filled with scenes that make your hide under your pillow in terror, or keep your bedroom light on overnight because you're suddenly afraid of the dark.

No, not dangerous in that way, because it is a romance!

It's dangerous because it's one of those books that depict a lifestyle so enchanting that you want to imitate it. In this book, author Rebecca Raisin made me want to become a nomad and travel around the world in a van, selling tea and cakes at summer festivals and fairs!

Because that's what the main character --_Rosie -- has decided to do after her husband Callum suddenly asks for a divorce. He callously tells her she's too boring, too structured, too organized, and lacks spontaneity. She finds out he is having an affair with a younger co-worker. Much to her embarrassment, all of their friends and co-workers already knew about the affair, but everyone was afraid to tell her. Because they both work in the high-end restaurant business (she as a Michelin-star chef at Epoque, a famous London restaurant, and her husband was the chef at another restaurant), she knows she can't stay at her job and face the overly-sympathetic looks she gets from her co-workers and others in the industry. And she also wants to show Callum that she can be spontaneous. So she quits her job at Epoque.

After her last day, she drinks away the pain of her husband's betrayal with several bottles of Shiraz. She wakes the next morning and discovers that she is now the proud owner of a pink food truck/caravan nicknamed Polly. After an initial panic, she decides to take to the road and become a "van lifer" (VL). She will turn her van into a traveling tea shop, making British comfort food and desserts from the van's kitchen, and offering tea made with her own special tea blends. (She also has a talent at making uniquely flavored teas.) On a recommendation she gets from Oliver, a man she meets in an online Van Life forum, she decides to head to Bristol, where she can meet other VLs and perhaps find someone to travel with throughout the summer festival route.

Arriving in Bristol, she loses control of her food truck and nearly plows down Aria, the owner of the traveling "Little Bookshop of Happily Ever After." Aria is more experienced in this nomadic life, and offers to become traveling partners with Rosie. Their friendship develops as Aria helps her learn about the life of a traveling business.

Rosie also meets Max, a man who Aria describes as "Jason Momoa's twin brother." Rosie has never watched Game of Thrones and doesn't immediately understand the reference, but she does agree that Max looks like he should be on the cover of one of the bodice-ripper romances on the bookshelves of Aria's traveling bookstore.
Rosie describes him by saying "there's fire in his feline eyes, and he's quite disarming if you're into the fierce, primal, rugged type. He looks like the type of guy who spends his life running up hills with his pride of lions."

But Max is a man of contrasts, and there's more to him than meets the eye. The brawny ex-military man (who fought in Afghanistan) is actually a pacifist. And although his physique and demeanor lead Rosie to believe that he's a man's-n't man who maintains his physique through strenuous workouts and a diet high in animal protein, she's surprised to discover that he's a vegan and the proprietor of a natural foods restaurant run out of his food truck!

Although they are completely different (Rosie can't imagine not eating meat or sweets, and Max won't touch them), an attraction grows between them. Rosie knows there could never be a future with a man like Max, who would never settle down. She believes that Oliver, a man she knows from the VL forum, would be a better match for her personality, even though she's only texted Oliver and has never met him in person.

The book takes the reader through the adventures of living life on the road as a traveling caravan business owner. As Rosie overcomes obstacles and problems, she becomes the person she was meant to be And in the process, she also learns new things about herself and what really makes her happy. She begins to draw another picture of her future life. A future that would include a husband unlike her ex-husband. A future with someone like Oliver, or maybe Max?

So, why is this a dangerous book? Because if there's a part of you that would just like to chuck your current 9-to-5 job and your typical life, you might just be tempted to quit the job, end the lease on your apartment (or sell your home), buy a food truck and begin living as a Van Lifer! If that's not a practical reality for you, then I suggest you pick up "Rosie's Traveling Tea Shop" and live vicariously through Rosie!

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this wonderful book in exchange for a fair review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper 360 for the ARC. Very enjoyable read. Liked that the main character was able to continue on with her life and her dream after her husband left her. Made for a fast fun read. I have to confess Tea is my thing so very much loved that it was about a traveling tea shop. A very spontaneous move for the main character.

Rosie quickly finds out that her husband is leaving her for another woman. She is even already pregnant! She leaves her chef job and buys a small van to travel. This is very unlike Rosie. She wants to bake scones and sweet treats while brewing different kinds tea. She finds herself going to festivals. She meets a friend names Aria that sells romance novels out of her small van. They begin to help each other out. She sometimes hears about her ex husband's new life and hangs out with Max, a vegan who also sells his food at festivals.
I loved this book. It took me a day to read. You were excited for Rosie getting out and enjoying new things. It was nice and not rushed on how her love life progresses. Everyone should read this when it comes out!!

This was a sweet story and an easy read, perfect for quarantine reading. The characters were also well written and the story was engaging, so it wasn’t pure fluff- there was solid substance here as well.

What a lovely story! I don't recall reading a book by Rebecca Raisin but that will certainly change once she releases more books. I really enjoyed this one. The author incorporated delicious desserts and teas while showing us that sometimes change isn't a bad thing. I think any reader who is in need of a pick me up should check out Rosie's Traveling Tea Shop.