Summer Days at Sunrise Farm (Hope Meadows, #5) by Lucy Daniels

Summer Days at Sunrise Farm (Hope Meadows, #5) Reviews

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  Clare

  
  With thanks to Netgalley and Hodder and Staughton for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.
  
  In this book the story is focussed on Helen Steer who is the veterinary nurse at Animal Ark Veterinary surgery.
  
  When Helen's best friend went to Spain for three months, Helen was envious and longed to go on her own adventure with her dogs. Helen became further suffocated when her boyfriend Seb wanted them to save up for a mortgage deposit,
  
  Out of the blue Seb explained he had been offered a job in Aberdeen and wanted Helen to go with him. Helen loved her little cottage on Sunrise Farm and her job at Animal Ark and they broke up.
  
  Confused Helen started a relationship with Animal Ark vet and notorious womanizer Toby Gordon. Things were going smoothly until Helen found out that the owners of Sunrise Farm were going to sell the farm after plunging profits and a bad harvest. Helen loved her cottage and decided to rally up the villagers of Welford to save Sunrise Farm.
  
  Although the series was about Helen I was glad that vet Mandy Hope and her partner Jimmy Marsh appeared in the story.
  
  I always enjoy the veterinary procedures in the books. This time Helen had to deal with Croissant the diabetic cat and Toby had to treat Tango the Hope`s family's cat after he was run over. The best part for me was little Isla the blind dog that Helen adopted and too home to live with her.
  
  I liked Helen who was a brilliant nurse and loyal to her friends. I can understand why she didn't want to leave Welford where she had a great house and job with kind understanding friends.
  
  Although Summer Days is the fifth book in the Hope Meadow series it can be easily read as a standalone. I was glad to catch up with lives of characters in the previous books such as James and his partner Raj, Susan and Douglas.
  
  Aah, I love this series so much and leaves me glowing with happiness. For any of fans of the series there are some troubling times ahead for Mandy, I can't wait for book 6.
  
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  thewoollygeek (tea, cake, crochet & books)

  Enjoyable read, bit predictable at times, but a nice summer read. It was a bit slow to start and I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the others in the series, but was a nice entertaining story
  
  Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion
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  Rachel Gilbey

  Always great to be back in Welford amongst my friends at Animal Ark.
  
  This time the story focuses on Helen, and her relationship with Seb which has become a bit on the rocky side.
  
  We also get to fall in love with Isla, a new rescue dog that Helen can't resist helping.
  
  For fans of the series don't worry we see plenty of Mandy Hope and the rest of the hope clan, just from a different angle, and it is great catching up with them too.
  
  I loved all the animals as always, and also the real sense of community when something happens and everyone bands together to help.
  
  I adore this series and am already eager to start the next one, well once its out!
  
  Full of charm, plenty of enjoyable moments, cute animals and the course of true love not running smoothly, this is another fantastic addition to the series, and one I whole heartedly recommend.
  
  Thanks to Hodder and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
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  Justkeepreading

  Book number 5 in the Hope meadows series. Which yes can be read as a stand alone. But will be much more appreciated if you read the whole series from the beginning.
  
  This book focuses on Helen Steer who is a veterinary nurse at Animal Ark surgery.
  
  Helen loves her job and loves Hope Meadows, and cannot wait for summer to begin. But then Helens best friend tells Helen that she is going to go travelling and to see the world. Helen is beyond jealous and starts questioning her own quite life and her stable relationship with her boyfriend Seb.
  
  Helens head is turned by the new vet Toby. With his flirtatious ways and mysterious family background.
  
  Then suddenly the fruit farm at sunrise farm is hit by disaster. Leaving the future of the farm hanging in the balance. Helen along with Mandy and James they put aside their own problems and throw everything that they having into saving the farm. But with helping to save the farm. Will there be enough time for Helen to decide what her future should be.
  
  A fabulous, feel good read.
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  Abi

  When her best friend leaves Welford for a 3 month trip around Europe Helen begins to question her simple life. Whilst she loves working at Animal Ark, things with boyfriend Seb are plodding along and Helen fancies some adventure. Floating the idea of a trip to India, Helen is shocked to discover Seb has more permanent, less exciting plans for their future. With talks of moving and mortgages it seems their ideals are poles apart, and they soon decide to go their separate ways. 
  
  Local heartthrob vet, Toby, is only too happy to step into Helen's life and offer the thrill she seems to desperately seek. But when her home at Sunrise Fruit Farm is in jeopardy will Helen realise what she had all along?
  
  The fifth instalment in the Hope Meadows series focuses on veterinary nurse Helen Steer. As a secondary character in the previous books, I've always liked Helen and it was nice to learn a little more about her this time around. It was obvious from the start that she was beginning to doubt her relationship with Seb and the first few chapters were ultimately their undoing.
  
  What surprised me in this story was that Daniels seemed to show an uglier side to the other characters. This is hard to explain without giving too much away, but I often found myself thinking "why is he/she being that way?". This for me was quite disappointing, and wholly unexpected, as I've always enjoyed each character and the general community spirit of Welford.
  
  It was, however, an enjoyable part to the series and I completed it in a little over a day thanks to the Bank Holiday weekend. I look forward to the next story at Christmas time.
  
  
  ** Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton, via NetGalley, for this ARC **
  
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  Sarah

  I read the first three books in the Hope Meadows series and generally enjoyed them but did feel the third one was getting a bit tired and there wasn’t much further Mandy’s story could go however focusing on other characters has brought the series back to life for me. I enjoyed Helen’s tale and her questions about her relationship with Seb combined with her attraction to vet Toby, she’s a lovely character facing very realistic questions about what she wants in life. It’s an easy going story, very character led with lots of animals thrown in making for a relaxing read. This could read very easily as a stand-alone so even if you’re not familiar with the previous books you’ll have no trouble getting into this.
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  Vikkie

  A huge thank you to Netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review. I had no idea that this book was part of a series. However, it can be read as a stand-alone book. After reading this book, I definitely need to read the series. This was such a good read, I really enjoyed it. I would recommend this fun and easy read to others.
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  Nicola Clough

  I have so enjoyed this series and and now can't wait to get the new one out soon but it's lovely to go back to the lovely village and hear more about the people who live there. It's full of romance finding out who you are and who is right for you along with friends and pulling together with the village. It's worth far more than five stars and so heartwarming and such a brilliant read with great characters.
  Helen is the vetenary nurse at the local vets and loves her job and has a steady boyfriend but when her best friend goes off traveling it makes her question her life and especially with Seb her boyfriend. She's happy living at sunrise farm and loves her job and is starting to worry that he's going to ask her to marry him as he's being saying about saving up to buy somewhere together. She sees Toby as a friend who she works with as he's the new vet and she's getting rather friendly with him. Seb can see Helen isn't happy and he gets offered a new job in Scotland and he says he will go on his own and leave her behind and she feels quite happy. She's sees more and more of Toby and gets close with him but is it right for her then she learns where she lives is going to have to be sold as the fruit they harvest and sell has lost its buyer so she throws herself into saving the farm and Toby helps her and she learns about his background and where he has come from he tried to help with saving the farm and seb turns up to help and she now wonders if she has the right man. Can she save the farm and does she choose the right man or not.
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  Carol Beasley

  This is the 5th book in this series and I had read a couple of the others but not all of them. I will however now seek them out to read as I think it might add to the enjoyment even more. This one focuses on Helen, a vet nurse who loves her job and home and will fight to keep them. While the story may not be new it was engaging and I especially liked the veterinary procedure scenes. It doesn't gloss over the life of the vets and that this is a focus is a big pull. I highly recommend.
  
  I was sent this book by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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  Rachael L Smith

  Loved this follow up the village, found I couldn't put it down and wanted to know if they'd save the farm.
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  Roberta

  An enjoyable and relaxing book to read. I like the way each book focuses on one particular relationship, whilst continuing everyone’s stories. I enjoy all the bits about the animals, and the community feel.
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  Kim

  I love this series more with every book I read. This one follows the vet nurse Helen and the plans she has for saving Sunrise Farm. It has a real sense of a community pulling together to help out those in need. It's like meeting up with friends when you lose yourself in a new book. Everything feels so familiar you really feel as though you have turned up to help with everyone else. The animal characters are also wonderful.
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  Mathilde Lbh

  Ce tome est le cinquième de la saga, cependant il peut être lu séparément, j'ai lu le premier il y a quelques mois et cela ne m'a pas du tout handicapée dans ma lecture, vous pouvez même commencer par celui-ci si vous n'en avez lu aucun. Ce tome est centré sur le personnage d'Helen, l'infirmière vétérinaire de cabinet de Vert-Cottage.
  
  
  On retrouve évidemment en personnage secondaire Mandy et l'ensemble de la famille Hope, j'ai beaucoup aimé retourner dans la campagne anglaise, j'ai retrouvé cette ambiance bienveillante que j'apprécie tant.
  
  
  Helen est une jeune femme très investie dans son travail et auprès de ses animaux de compagnie, elle est beaucoup moins à l'aise dans les relations humaines et dans ce tome on va découvrir que cette jeune femme manque cruellement de confiance en elle et que les non-dits peuvent rapidement amener des relations dans des impasses. Elle a cruellement peur de l'engagement et on comprend rapidement pourquoi.
  
  
  Les habitants de Welford sont tellement solidaires les uns des autres que par les temps qui courent on aimerait tous, je pense, trouver un endroit comme celui-ci pour poser ses valises.
  
  
  Cette lecture est parfaite pour cet été, une vraie parenthèse de douceur qui nous fait voyager dans la campagne anglaise, un scone et une tasse de thé c'est le combo gagnant pour passer un agréable moment.
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  Ileana Renfroe

  A beautifully written romance, Summer Days at Sunrise Farm was exactly what I needed when I picked up this book.
  
  As the story unfolds we find veterinary nurse Helen Steer working at Animal Ark. It's the beginning of summer and everything is looking up roses until jealousy creeps into her life. Her best friend has gone traveling and left her behind. But soon a new vet comes to town and the unexpected happens.
  
  This is a charming feel-good story and I can't wait to read more by this author in the future.
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  Emi-lit

  Toujours un grand plaisir de retrouver Vert-Cottage. Tout ces animaux et ces vétérinaires.
  
  Dans celui ci nous suivons Helen l'infirmière vétérinaire. Qui a du mal à gérer ses animaux et sa vie personnelle quelque peu compliquée.
  
  Pas besoin d'en dire plus... ces romans sont une ode au bien être animal , à la nature et à l'amitié.
  
  Et je pense pouvoir m'avancer et dire qu'il y aura encore un tome à venir, on ne peut pas nous laisser dans le floue concernant Mandy et Jimmy.
  
  Bref encore un coup de coeur !
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  ChristmasBookLover

  If im honest i wanted to put 2.5 stars just because it was kind of boring and nothing really happened from the bike ride you knew where it was going with Toby from the cricket match you knew were it was going with Seb and if im honest Helen just got on my nerves. Best character of all has to be Lucy the Retriever
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  Victoria

  2.5* and I’m so disappointed that I can’t round it up to 3*. I’ve been enjoying this series but this book just felt very disjointed to me. I didn’t really believe the feelings and the main character felt very flat.
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  Anne Cotton

  I normally love books like this but this one was just lacking something. It was fine but it just didn’t grab me or enthral me at all. I didn’t feel a connection to the characters. Normally I’m sad to finish a book and miss it and the characters for a few days. But I felt nothing for this one.
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  Emily Watts

  Such a heartwarming but slightly stressful book!!
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  Loz

  wasn't the best for me but still enjoyable.
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  Lydia

  Quasi aussi agaçant que le tome 2.
  Entre les tergiversations d'Hélène et les jugements de chacun/chacune.