A Vintage Wedding by Katie FfordeMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Following what appears to be a trend in the Katie Fforde books I have read, this is about three young women, brought together by a village hall meeting, who, despite their differences become friends and start a wedding planning business.
Beth is currently between jobs, an ebay expert, she has escaped her mother's domineering ways by moving to small village in the Cotswolds, she has agreed to organise her sister's wedding on the cheap because her sister has spent the money their mother gave her for the wedding on overseas travel with her fiance.
Lindy is a divorced single mother of two, making ends meet by hemming curtains and turning up trousers. She is thrilled at the idea of making wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses from things Beth has found on ebay.
Rachel is a recently divorced accountant, slightly obsessed with order and cleanliness she doesn't like anyone to come into her cottage in case they get things dirty or move something from its correct place.
Between the three of them they hope to organise Beth's sisters wedding, then Lindy's mother lets slip that she has rented the village hall out to a local girl and offered their services to the bride to help plan her wedding. Soon in a whirlwind of tulle and gypsophila the girls are becoming friends, improving their lives and organising weddings, there is also romance in the air from the local ne'er do well Lovejoy look-alike, Lindy's husband's older brother and the bride's older brother.
I liked this book but I felt it was overlong, maybe each of the women could have had their own books rather than having three romances and a fledgling business in a single book. Having said that, I had the opposite complaint about the previous book I read by Katie Fforde so maybe its just me being contrary.
If you like cutesy English villages, have an ebay obsession or are just mildly obsessive about nice smelling candles I'm sure you'll enjoy these wedding planners as they rejuvenate the village and rope all the villagers into their cottage industry.
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