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A review by nzlisam
The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Having enjoyed this author’s two previous YA romances I was eager to pick up her first adult novel in the same genre.
Why I loved The Wedding Forecast:
🩷It was fun, cute, light, and flirty, but also contained some tough, real, relatable issues and deep meaningful thoughts and conversations.
🧡It was hilariously funny. There were so many laugh out loud moments.
🩷There were two potential love interests – Mack (an actor as well as the groom’s oldest friend) and Patrick (the wedding photographer) and there was a lot of ambiguity regarding which man Anna was going to end up with until the last possible moment.
🧡Both romances had potential, but I was rooting for one couple over the other.
🩷I liked how the novel focused on other aspects of Anna’s life – work, friends, family, flatting, break-up, moving on and starting over, finding closure, re-inventing yourself, and doing what makes you happy.
🧡The single POV (Anna’s) worked for me, as this was Anna’s journey.
🩷I loved the mums.
The Wedding Forecast included some of my favourite settings:
🧡A wedding setting.
🩷An Australian setting.
🧡A New York setting.
🩷Both a bookshop setting, and Anna was an author of crime fiction.
🧡Some of it was set around Christmas.
It also included some of my favourite romantic tropes:
🩷Slow-burn romance.
🧡Forced proximity.
🩷Forced to share a bed.
🧡Toxic ex.
🩷Toxic exe’s pregnant new partner.
🧡Non-graphic, tasteful open-door romance.
The Wedding Forecast was a win for me so I would love it if Nina Kenwood were to write more contemporary romances for an adult market.
P.S. Who names a poor baby Birdie? I’m sorry, but no!
Why I loved The Wedding Forecast:
🩷It was fun, cute, light, and flirty, but also contained some tough, real, relatable issues and deep meaningful thoughts and conversations.
🧡It was hilariously funny. There were so many laugh out loud moments.
🩷There were two potential love interests – Mack (an actor as well as the groom’s oldest friend) and Patrick (the wedding photographer) and there was a lot of ambiguity regarding which man Anna was going to end up with until the last possible moment.
🧡Both romances had potential, but I was rooting for one couple over the other.
🩷I liked how the novel focused on other aspects of Anna’s life – work, friends, family, flatting, break-up, moving on and starting over, finding closure, re-inventing yourself, and doing what makes you happy.
🧡The single POV (Anna’s) worked for me, as this was Anna’s journey.
🩷I loved the mums.
The Wedding Forecast included some of my favourite settings:
🧡A wedding setting.
🩷An Australian setting.
🧡A New York setting.
🩷Both a bookshop setting, and Anna was an author of crime fiction.
🧡Some of it was set around Christmas.
It also included some of my favourite romantic tropes:
🩷Slow-burn romance.
🧡Forced proximity.
🩷Forced to share a bed.
🧡Toxic ex.
🩷Toxic exe’s pregnant new partner.
🧡Non-graphic, tasteful open-door romance.
The Wedding Forecast was a win for me so I would love it if Nina Kenwood were to write more contemporary romances for an adult market.
P.S. Who names a poor baby Birdie? I’m sorry, but no!