A Vintage Wedding

Katie Fforde

Feb 2015 · Random House

About this ebook

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‘Thank goodness for Katie Fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult times. She really is the queen of uplifting, feel good romance.’ AJ PEARCE
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A vintage wedding, romance, and a happily-ever-after ending - what more could you want from the 'modern-day Jane Austen'?

In a small Cotswold country town, Beth, Lindy and Rachel are looking for new beginnings.

So they set up a business of their own: organising stylish and perfectly affordable vintage weddings.

Soon they are busy arranging other people's Big Days.

What none of them know is that their own romances are waiting just around the corner...
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The whole world loves Katie Fforde's work:

'Like a good wedding, it will leave you wiping away the tears' SUNDAY EXPRESS

'Modern-day Austen. Great fun' RED

'Katie’s writing is life-enhancing and, like the love affairs, delicious. I enjoyed every minute!' ELIZABETH BUCHAN

'Top-drawer romantic escapism' DAILY MAIL

'Warm, brilliant and full of love' HEAT

'Delicious - gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches' SUNDAY TIMES

'Effortlessly lovable, warm and fun' CLOSER

'Curl up on the sofa with this book and dream ... delightful' THE LADY

'Deliciously enjoyable' WOMAN AND HOME

'Uplifting and delightful' HOT BRANDS COOL PLACES

Ratings and reviews

This is definitely not one of Ms Fforde's better books (and believe me I am a fan). It all feels a little bit rush to meet a deadline with a half formed idea and just slap all the usual tropes together and maybe it will come out okay. It starts out with trying to save the Village Hall which is in a heinous state of affairs and, to be perfectly honest, it sounds like they'd be better off knocking it down and starting again rather than trying to rescue it. This brings together Lindy (native of the village and a single mum), Beth (young woman who is relying on the charity of friends for a roof over head) and Rachel (newly single and determined to make the most of her show house worthy house in the village). After a chance meeting at the said hall they go to the pub and over one glass of wine decide to go in to business together providing "vintage" weddings. Once this is decided the Village Hall very much takes a back seat and is referred to only fleetingly; to be honest even the wedding business doesn't have a starring role - it is all about these three women and how their lives change courtesy of meeting each other. Unfortunately this doesn't really work as well on the page as it usually does for this author. The characterisations are all a little flat and Rachel's issues aorund people in her space and the white perfection of her home are cookie cutter cliches that are over-ridden by the character with seemingly no effort and certainly no professional input. Don't get me wrong I read this genre for the uncomplicated simpicity and the sheer escapism from real life but this book just took it all that one step too far in to rose tinted glasses land. It is, though, a happy read. Not exactly life-affirming but you will get the chance to groan in empathy with Beth and her dire life choices, you will also get to giggle a little and nod sagely in places too. I suppose the real let down is that is uncharacteristically flat in several ways from the sheer unbelievability of the plot, the dullness of the characters on the page, the main issue is that it picks up ideas and then sets them down again only to revisit them several chapters later and try and extricate them from the plot because they have been supplanted as a device. There are much better books by this author so if this is your first sample of her writing don't be put off.

RUBBISH. Usually LOVE Katie Fforde but could not even finish this book!! Feels like it has just been thrown together with absolutely no thought.

Again Katie fforde has excelled herself. The characters are so diverse and the thought of Raff doing his Mr Darcy impression is mind boggling. I only hope Katie will follow up the characters in a second book. I wanted more and did not want the book never to end.

About the author

Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is a true country girl at heart. Each of her books explores a different profession or background and her research has helped her bring these to life. She’s been a porter in an auction house, tried her hand at pottery, refurbished furniture, delved behind the scenes of a dating website, and she's even been on a Ray Mears survival course. She loves being a writer; to her there isn’t a more satisfying and pleasing thing to do. She particularly enjoys writing love stories. She believes falling in love is the best thing in the world, and she wants all her characters to experience it, and her readers to share their stories. To find out more about Katie Fforde step into her world at www.katiefforde.com, visit her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @KatieFforde.