diff --git a/packages/bookstore/package.json b/packages/bookstore/package.json
index 7b2cf268..aaeabf40 100644
--- a/packages/bookstore/package.json
+++ b/packages/bookstore/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@sap/capire-products": "^1.0.0",
+        "reviews-service": "file:packages/reviews-service-1.0.0.tgz",
         "@sap/cds": "^3.17.4",
         "express": "^4.17.1"
     },
@@ -16,5 +17,16 @@
         "build": "cds build/all --clean",
         "deploy": "cds deploy",
         "start": "cds run"
+    },
+    "cds": {
+      "requires": {
+        "sap.capire.reviews.ReviewsService": {
+          "model": "reviews-service",
+          "kind": "odata",
+          "credentials": {
+            "file": "default"
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/bookstore/srv/services.cds b/packages/bookstore/srv/services.cds
index bd5b9dc9..3de0de71 100644
--- a/packages/bookstore/srv/services.cds
+++ b/packages/bookstore/srv/services.cds
@@ -14,4 +14,11 @@ service CatalogService {
 using { sap.capire.products.AdminService } from '@sap/capire-products';
 extend service AdminService with {
   entity Authors as projection on my.Authors;
+}
+
+// Adding reviews via capire-reviews service
+using { sap.capire.reviews.ReviewsService as external} from 'reviews-service';
+
+extend service CatalogService {
+  @readonly entity Reviews @(cds.persistence.skip) as projection on external.Reviews;
 }
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diff --git a/packages/bookstore/srv/services.js b/packages/bookstore/srv/services.js
index b6c6edea..c91fa020 100644
--- a/packages/bookstore/srv/services.js
+++ b/packages/bookstore/srv/services.js
@@ -15,4 +15,21 @@ module.exports = async (srv) => {
       }
     })))
   })
+
+  const reviews_srv = await cds.connect.to('sap.capire.reviews.ReviewsService')
+
+  // react on event messages from reviews service
+  reviews_srv.on('reviewed', (msg) => {
+      console.debug('> received', msg)
+  })
+
+  // delegate requests to reviews service
+  srv.on('READ', 'Reviews', async (req) => {
+    const { Reviews } = reviews_srv.entities
+
+    const tx = reviews_srv.transaction(req)
+    const results = await tx.read(Reviews)
+
+    return results
+  })
 }
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diff --git a/packages/reviews-service-1.0.0.tgz b/packages/reviews-service-1.0.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9d593af
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