Nina George's The Little Village of Book Lovers is about people loving books, sure. But it's also a story about finding love and all the little ways people show love to one another.
A sequel/companion to The Little Paris Bookshop, which I have not read, this novel's narrator is Love. And through Love, we first meet Marie-Jeanne and her adoptive parents, Elsa and Francis. Francis makes deliveries throughout their small French town, and in doing so, he's struck with an idea - why not deliver books that people can pay to rent?
Because of the books, Marie-Jeanne and another local woman decide to host a literary salon for lonely hearts - and play matchmakers! Marie-Jeanne has a gift that allows her to see other people's love glow and know who they are meant to be in love with.
This wasn't my most favorite book. It took me awhile to get into the story and get used to the narrator. Sometimes a chapter might be interrupted by a separate section, which I found odd at first, but then I got used to it. There was something about the flow of the story that reminded me of Amelie.
If you're a fan of The Little Paris Bookshop and want to know more about the fictional novel that was talked about in that book, well, THIS is that book.
The Little Village of Book Lovers is published by Ballantine Books and will be available to purchase tomorrow, July 25, 2023! I received a free e-ARC.
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