A Wedding in the Sun by Leonie Mack
A Wedding in the Sun by Leonie Mack
Four exes and a wedding. And a road trip no one expected…
Jo Watters would rather do anything than go to her ex-husband Ben’s wedding to perfect Monica, and if it wasn't for her beloved children she would already be far, far away. But having promised to be civilised for the sake of their soon-to-be-blended family she is headed to Spain with a fixed smile and hoping for a very fixed drink!
But when Jo realises that she’s on the same plane as Monica's ex-husband, the devastatingly handsome but equally cantankerous Adrián, she thinks her trip can’t get any worse... she’s wrong. When bad weather forces the plane to land the wrong side of the Pyrenees, and the hotel they’re sent to only has one double room available Jo begins to wish she was anywhere - anywhere - but here...
Determined to get to the wedding however they can, Jo and Adrián make an unlikely team, but as their disastrous trip continues, Jo starts to wonder if fate has other ideas for her and Adrián, especially when he seems to be getting more handsome by the day…maybe this trip won't be so terrible after all?
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My Review
Jo and Adrián are in the unenviable position of having been summoned to the wedding of their ex-spouses in Spain, and despite them rather being anywhere but there, they are both determined to grin and bear it for the sake of their respective children. Fate, on the other hand has other ideas and their travel plans unravel in the most hilarious ways imaginable.
As the weather grounds their aircraft the wrong side of the Pyrenees, they have no choice but to embark on a road trip together, that begins in the pilgrimage town of Lourdes. As our unlikely travelling companions get caught in all Lourdes has to offer, Leonie’s ability to add in Hells Angels motorcyclists was genius and I was hooked.
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What begins as awkward and embarrassing, soon becomes friendship and healing as they bond over reliving what went wrong in their failed marriages, and the disasters they find themselves in. The closer they get to Spain, the more emotions bubble to the surface, but what warmed me the most was the focus on family at the heart of this book. It was a highly entertaining read, at the expense of two stressed out parents, desperate to emotionally support their children who have been drawn into the fiasco of a nightmare wedding celebration. I couldn’t put it down.
This is now the third book from Leonie Mack that I have devoured from page one and I’m already looking forward to her next one. If you are a fan of romance with a good twist of humour, then add this book to your summer reading list.
You can read my reviews of two of Leonie’s previous novels here:
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Leonie Mack
About the author
Leonie Mack is an author of romantic comedies with great international locations and big feelings. She loves a happy ending and shares that love in every book she writes! Her titles take readers across Italy and as far as the Caribbean.
Leonie is a journalism graduate, a language nut and loves to travel, particularly on foot, by bike and by train. After growing up in Australia and living most of her adult life in London, she now lives in Germany, among the vineyards on the Main river.
A Wedding in the Sun by Leonie Mack
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French-themed reading bingo
This year I’ve set myself a reading challenge bingo, with twenty-five different types of French themed books to tick off. This book nicely ticks off “A book set in the mountains”.
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