Author- Carrie Hope Fletcher
Series- N/A
Published- July 13th, 2017
Page Count- 368
Publishing House- Sphere
Rating- 4/5 stars
About the Author
Carrie Hope Fletcher (born 22 October 1992) is an English singer, songwriter, actress (primarily in musical theatre), author and vlogger from Harrow.
As a child, Fletcher played small roles on television and appeared in musical theatre in London's West End. In 2011, she started a YouTube channel called Carrie Hope Fletcher (formerly ItsWayPastMyBedTime), which features music and vlogs. As of November 2017, she has over 651,000 subscribers.
Fletcher played Éponine in Les Misérables in the West End until 13 February 2016. In 2015 she published a book called: All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, which was a Number 1 bestseller in the UK. Her debut novel On the Other Side was released on 14 July 2016. Her second novel All That She Can See was released on the 13th July 2017.
Taken from Wikipedia.
Plot
Feelings are part of life - feelings are life. If you take away what people feel, you take away anything meaningful. Wanting to diminish the evil in this world is a good cause, one I have fought for the majority of my life, but not like this . . .
Cherry has a hidden talent. She can see things other people can't and she decided a long time ago to use this skill to help others. As far as the rest of the town is concerned she's simply the kind-hearted young woman who runs the local bakery, but in private she uses her gift to add something special to her cakes so that after just one mouthful the townspeople start to feel better about their lives. They don't know why they're drawn to Cherry's bakery - they just know that they're safe there and that's how Cherry likes it. She can help them in secret and no one will ever need to know the truth behind her gift.
And then Chase arrives in town and threatens to undo all the good Cherry has done. Because it turns out she's not the only one who can see what she sees . . .
A story of love, food and a little bit of magic, All That She Can See is an enchanting and beautiful novel that's guaranteed to be the most magical story you'll read all year.
Cherry has a hidden talent. She can see things other people can't and she decided a long time ago to use this skill to help others. As far as the rest of the town is concerned she's simply the kind-hearted young woman who runs the local bakery, but in private she uses her gift to add something special to her cakes so that after just one mouthful the townspeople start to feel better about their lives. They don't know why they're drawn to Cherry's bakery - they just know that they're safe there and that's how Cherry likes it. She can help them in secret and no one will ever need to know the truth behind her gift.
And then Chase arrives in town and threatens to undo all the good Cherry has done. Because it turns out she's not the only one who can see what she sees . . .
A story of love, food and a little bit of magic, All That She Can See is an enchanting and beautiful novel that's guaranteed to be the most magical story you'll read all year.
Taken from Goodreads.
Opinions
Having really enjoyed Carrie's previous novel, On the Other Side (click here to read my review), I was really excited for All She Can See, but for various reasons, I never got around to picking it up at the time of its release. But, at the start of 2018, I popped into my local Waterstones' as they were having a sale. I ended up paying £3.98 for two hardbacks as I had a ten-pound discount card. I read it at the start of 2018 and I really enjoyed it. I ended up giving it 4/5 stars.
Carrie's writing style is really beautiful and whimsical, it's one of my favourite aspects of the books of hers that I have read. I've not read many authors who have quite the same whimsical style as Carrie. I think the reason I enjoy it is that I love the descriptive elements, I've always been a bit of a sucker for a beautiful descriptive passage.
The story had a really unique concept, I've never read anything where a character can control emotions through baking. I just had a really good time while I was reading it. The characters were well developed and the plot twists were really well done, I didn't see any of them coming. The portrayal of anxiety was done beautifully and didn't feel like it was included in there to tick off a box.
My only complaint is that the romance was somewhat predictable. Even before the book started, I knew the main characters were going to fall in love. It was the typical "I hate you, no I love you" relationship. This is the only reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5.
I am so excited for Carrie's next novel, When the Curtain Falls, and I will 100% be pre-ordering it and if she goes on tour, I will try and meet her.
Carenza x
Carrie's writing style is really beautiful and whimsical, it's one of my favourite aspects of the books of hers that I have read. I've not read many authors who have quite the same whimsical style as Carrie. I think the reason I enjoy it is that I love the descriptive elements, I've always been a bit of a sucker for a beautiful descriptive passage.
The story had a really unique concept, I've never read anything where a character can control emotions through baking. I just had a really good time while I was reading it. The characters were well developed and the plot twists were really well done, I didn't see any of them coming. The portrayal of anxiety was done beautifully and didn't feel like it was included in there to tick off a box.
My only complaint is that the romance was somewhat predictable. Even before the book started, I knew the main characters were going to fall in love. It was the typical "I hate you, no I love you" relationship. This is the only reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5.
I am so excited for Carrie's next novel, When the Curtain Falls, and I will 100% be pre-ordering it and if she goes on tour, I will try and meet her.
Carenza x
