British Author Veronica Henry's HOW to FIND LOVE in a BOOK STORE is a Mawkish Bore

Veronica Henry (b UK 1963) is queen of the Harlequin romance genre which is a class beneath court jester.  I do not jest, HOW to FIND LOVE in a BOOK STORE will be thought the best or the worst read.  For those in the dunce division, this book will be right up your cozy nook corner.  For those who can't stomach  saccharine, simpleton mawkish storytelling - STOP!  Don't waste a moment on this pithy, pathetic waste of paper.  Julius, the owner of a quaint bookstore in a charming rural town outside London is quite beloved by all who've come to browse & banter in his Nightingale Book Store.  Rebecca, an American college student with flaming red hair is the impetuous temptress who chances to stop in Julius' store the day before returning to the States.  The two fall instantly & instinctively head over heals in love.  Rebecca refuses to return home with her wealthy indignant parents and before long Rebecca  becomes pregnant.  Much like a Disney plot, the mother dies in child birth and Julius raises their daughter Emilia as a single parent.  The novel quickly shifts forward to Emilia as a young woman returning home to bury her saintly father.  A complex, well written story this ain't!  This romance novel is trite and predictable, filled with silly sentiments meant for bibliophiles.  "There's a book for everyone, even if they don't think there is.  A book that reaches in and grabs your soul." "Books are more precious than jewels.  A diamond scintillates for a second; a boy could scintillate forever."  There's no mystery or intrigue whether true love will prevail.  Be assured all those meant for each other will find true happiness together.  There is sappiness soaking up each page.  To ad insult to preciousness ad nauseam, this is the pick for the local book store's book group.  Books after all are an escape, except when you feel trapped in a cloying concoction.  Culinary arts play a huge part of this puckish pastiche.  Emilia inherits the book store which is bordering on bankruptcy and literally falling apart.  But wait, Jackson, the assistant to the dastardly town villain has a sudden change of heart thanks to Emilia's suggestions on books to read to his son.  This leads Jackson to a major epiphany of life's priorities.  When Emilia admits defeat to Jackson (unbeknownst to his ploy to force her to sell) and submits to selling to his boss, Jackson is aghast and has an about face.  "But, what you do here changes people's lives for the better."  Emilia surprisingly responds, "Oh, don't romanticize." Anyone with common sense will not waste their time on this nonsense.