An Island Wedding by Jenny Colgan

 

Do you have an auto-buy author?  Jenny Colgan’s books are auto buys for me.  I love her.

An Island Wedding is the fifth book of the Mure series. I love Colgan’s series, especially this series.  With it being a series, I feel like I get to know all of the characters on the island of Mure in the North Sea so well.  It’s like visiting with old friends each time I pick up a new book in the series.

Flora Mackenzie and her fiancé Joel are finally going to get married.  Unfortunately, the two of the them have very different ideas on what they want for a wedding.   Joel gets Flora to agree on a small wedding, but everyone on the island is sure that they will be invited.  Jan’s sister, model Olivia Macdonald is also returning to Mure to have a large and lavish wedding at Flora’s hotel, the Rock, the same weekend as her wedding!  Saif and Lorna’s relationship is threatened by circumstances that are mostly out of their control.  Will everyone get their happily ever after?

I vastly enjoyed this story.  I hope that the Mure series continues on as I love all of the characters and the setting.  I want to visit this beautiful fictional island in the north between Scotland and Norway.  I did get a bit annoyed at Flora not being more up front with Joel about what she wanted for a wedding until far into the process.  I loved that she picked a colored dress to go more with her skin tone and hair.  I enjoyed meeting Jan’s sister and the family dynamics there.  I loved that Olivia seemed very icy, but she had picked the perfect man for her.  I especially enjoyed Saif and Lorna’s story.  I hope we can enjoy more of their story.

I would suggest reading this series in order.  The books build on each other.

Overall, An Island Wedding is a great addition to the Mure series.

Book Source:  Review Copy from Avon Books and NetGalley.  Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.