Book Review - Welcome to Ferry Lane Market by Nicola May

Title: Welcome to Ferry Lane Market
Series: Ferry Lane Market (Book # 1)
Author: Nicola May
 
Description: Although thirty-three year old Kara Moon loves her hometown of Hartmouth in Cornwall, she has always wondered if she should have followed her dream of leaving to study floristry. But she couldn’t brin herself to leave her emotionally delicate father, and has worked on Ferry Lane Marker’s flower stall ever since leaving school.
When her good-for-nothing boyfriend cheats on her and steals her life savings, she finally dumps him and rents out her spare bedroom as an Airbnb. Gossip flies around the town as Kara welcomes a series of foreign guests to her flat overlooking the estuary.
 
Review: “Welcome to Ferry Lane Market” is the first book in the Ferry Lane-series by Nicola May. The story is about the 33-year-old Kara, who likes her routine and quiet life, yet she longs for more. After high school she decided to stay in Hartmouth with her father, because her mother left them. Her passion is flowers, so she works at the local flower stall. Kara is a bit stuck, but after she breaks up with her boyfriend Kara decides to take more risks and rents out her spare bedroom as an Airbnb. 
Kara is the main character and one you like immediately. She is a loving woman, who sacrificed a lot for her father. She is constantly being treated bad by her boyfriend and her boss, who don’t seem to realize what a great person she is. There are tons of other characters that we meet, that are in Kara’s life or enter it at some point in the story. 
“Welcome to Ferry Lane Market” is the perfect feel-good read, it’s fast paced and easy and quick to read as well. It’s easy to relate to Kara. 
The book is a bit predictable though. And I found many things a bit too implausible. How everyone just opens up to each other that easy, how all the men Kara meets are handsome and kind at the same time and how quickly she befriends all the people she just met. With one character I can understand this, but not with every character she meets. 
Although I did go through this book fairly quickly and I loved the setting of the story especially, I caught myself several times getting annoyed with various events and characters. Because I didn’t feel credible. And this was a constant throughout the book. And that’s the reason I ended up not liking this book as much as I hoped.
 
Rating: 2,5/ 5