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by Christina Jones (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books (23 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749908475
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749908478
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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"'H.E. Bates for the 21st Century' Katie Fforde 'sexy...unputdownable...a heart-thumping read' Company 'feisty tale of friendship and laughter, loyalty and love...engaging' The Times"

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Clemmie has a problem - she's had almost as many jobs as she's had birthdays and her lovelife is on the critical list. But with the big 3-0 looming she's determined to transform herself from unemployed singleton to loved-up success. Trouble is Clemmie's dream job would be working for local entrepreneur Guy Devlin, owner of the famous pyrotechnics company, The Gunpowder Plot. He'd also be high on her list of candidates for significant other too. But Guy has a whole veritable cargo hold of baggage - avaricious ex-wife, a host of monster ex-step children. He's not even looking for an assistant. And if he was a quirky amateur firework maker with a penchant for cream cakes and big explosions wouldn't be high on his list.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fireworks, romance, drag-queens and ferrets - who could ask for more?, 6 Aug 2008
By Bob (Berkshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heaven Sent (Paperback)
A previous reviewer thinks Heaven Sent is predictable - I have to disagree. Yes, it's so-called chick-lit so it has to be light and frothy, yes, it's a comedy-romance so it has to be amusing and have a love-story and a happy-ever-after ending - but predictable? With cross-dressers and magical fireworks and mad undertakers and ferrets all heavily involved in the storyline? No way! Of course you know the hero and heroine will end up together - that's par for the course - it's how they get there, what almost stops them, what eventually brings them together, that makes the story. It's like saying crime novels are predictable because the detective always susses out the killer at the end. Course he does! He has to! That's what genre fiction is all about. I'm a bloke and I like a good laugh and a good story and my wife's copy of Heaven Sent ticked all the right boxes for me.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful read from Christina Jones, 17 Dec 2007
By S. Morley (UK) - See all my reviews
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Christna Jones delivers another wonderful installment of life down in the wilds of Berkshire. This time Clemmie is trying to find the spark in life and love and Christina does not disapoint! I waited for ages to read this and it was well worth it, as always the story ties in with the other books in the series and it's great to get a follow up on the other charaters from earlier books. The story was great fun and the charaters as lovable and so much fun you almost want to go and meet them. This book as with the rest is a nice way to escape real life for a while and always makes me laugh out loud.
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3.0 out of 5 stars a match made in seventh heaven, 25 Nov 2007
By rhian_eve (Swansea, Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heaven Sent (Paperback)
I adore the world that Christina Jones had created for us. Every book revolves around characters we've met previously in villages with very strange English names. They're the kind of villages that you pass signs for on the pretty way home but never actually see. Jones gives us access to these villages and makes them magical.

This is what I appreciate most about her novels. The love story almost seems incidental.

In Heaven Sent we meet Clemmie Coddle and Guy Devlin. Clemmie's a flighty, directionless Cambridge graduate with a passion for playing with fireworks in her garden shed. Guy is the owner of the biggest firework company in the area, he lives with his best friend - a cross-dressing diva called YaYa - and has frequent visits from his devlish ex-wife and her monster children.

A match made in seventh heaven. Clemmie accidentally takes on a job as receptionist at the Gunpowder Plot, Guy's company, and everything starts from there.

There are two reason why I give Heaven Sent 3 stars and not four. The main reason is that Jones dedicated more lines to the relationship between Clemmie and YaYa than Clemmie and Guy. There's chemistry there but it's not given nearly enough time for us to see it grow. The second reason is that one of the sub-plots in this book links back to a previous novel. I have no objections to this as it gives insight to the community Jones has built but the characters she refers to were minor characters in a novel that she wrote so long ago I'd forgotten them. I found this frustrating.

Overall, in reading this book I felt that if it had only been a little bit longer it would have met the standards I expect of Jones.

I suggest if you're thinking of reading Heaven Sent you brush up on 'Going the Distance' beforehand (an excellent read in itself), if only because all of the characters feature here and it's worth meeting them first and learning their stories.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Heaven Sent by Christina Jones
I have just finished reading this book and must say I was very disappointed. It was an effort and definitely not a page turner, I felt bored with it from the beginning.
Published 2 months ago by J. L. White

1.0 out of 5 stars predictable
As others have said it is good how all the characters mingle with other people from the other villages in christina jones' other books. Read more
Published 11 months ago by K. Marns

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly wonderful!
I have to admit, I'm a Christina Jones fan from way back, so to read a new book where some of my absolutely favorite characters from former books show up was, well, heaven sent... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mass Consumer of Fiction in Ar...

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
I really enjoyed this one from Christina Jones but, like another reviewer, wish it had been longer and that more time had been concentrated on the Guy/Clemmie relationship. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Emma Hawker

5.0 out of 5 stars Whimsical, page turning fun
This was my first Christina Jones novel and it definitely won't be the last. I simply couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Liz

5.0 out of 5 stars An explosive read !!
This is another corker from Christina Jones. If you've enjoyed all her other books you'll love this one. Read more
Published 19 months ago by E. Bennett

2.0 out of 5 stars Light chick lit
This was an easy read, predictable but suitable for whiling the time away. The outcome was very obvious from the beginning and the characters were quite 'thin' in places.
Published 19 months ago by M. Dauvin

5.0 out of 5 stars The best read this year
I have loved every one of Christina's books, not least because she finds such unexpected settings for them. Who on earth would set a romance in a firework factory? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Lesley Cookman

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Cover for a Perfect Read
I adore Christina Jones' books and Heaven Sent did not disappoint. A thoroughly wonderful read, I simply couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 20 months ago by D. Carr

5.0 out of 5 stars UNPUTDOWNABLE! STUPENDOUS FUN
Christina Jones has delivered another triumph. Heaven Sent is fabulous, full of warm humour, wonderfully eccentric characters and everything else a reader has come to expect from... Read more
Published 22 months ago by M. Wheeler

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