I kept waiting for this story to suddenly skip to modern day but it never did! So I read it again so I could enjoy it without expecting that skip to modern day and it was delightful and reminded me how much I liked books set in the past. A different style of Katie Fforde but still just as good.

This was a brilliant read and is being featured on my blog for my quick star reviews feature, which I have created on my blog so I can catch up with all the books I have read and therefore review.
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Always love a Katie Fforde book and this was no exception. Set in the 1960's, I loved to read about the three friends finding their feet, away from home for the first time, each from different backgrounds. It's a recommend from me

I have read many books from this author and I’m very much enjoyed some but others I have not enjoyed so this author is very much a hit and miss for me. But the description of this book sounded very interesting and treat me so I thought I would give it a go and I think this is one of the books that I do like from her I love her neuro work they seem to be more connected and have more depth to characters that seem or relate to bowl to me personally and this just shows determination and Will Power and girl power and I love that the mails on pushy on in your face then very much supportive males which I completely get behind

I’m not sure what I expected when I picked this but it more than surpassed them and was an absolute joy to read! I enjoyed the period, the setting, the lovely relationship the trio of girls plus David (!) had together. I loved the hyacinth bucket nature of Lizzie’s mum, and the escapism of the era and writing in general. Katie Fforde is a talented author and this book is no exception- would absolutely recommend.

A slightly different take on a Katie Fforde book than I expected, a back to the 60’s. However, it is a charming book, as expected, very readable, and perfect for sitting in front of the fire on a cold evening. A typical “mother wants daughter to have” wedding, but daughter not so keen. All comes right in the end. No other spoilers! Different, but very good.

Yes indeed - a feel good romance. Just the ting to read on a rainy day when you are feeling a bit ugghhh.
The early 1960s were a time when it seemed everything was possible - coffee shops were appearing with pop music I remember one in Soho - very small with a very noisy machine to make coffee and someone singing on a guitar. And then there were short dresses and dresses with short underneath - and Biba and Carnaby Street and youth culture against the 1950s cardigan and pearl necklace brigade it seemed. I was a teenager in London with a friend whose father was involved in pop music and it seemed so exciting a time to be a teenager, but then life got in the way and the hope and joy died... (for many)
And yes, country weddings were seen as romantic and mothers who had been denied large and frothy weddings due the War wanted more for their daughters.
A fun story that i enjoyed reading.

A Wedding in the Country by Katie Fforde was a lovely read. Set in the 1960s it drew you in to what it must have been like living during this time. An easy to read book that I devoured in one sitting. Another great book by Katie.

Chic Lit at its finest. A very sweet, well written love story. Easy to read with pleasant characters. A bit “Mills & Boon” but enjoyable nonetheless. Perfect holiday fare.

I found this book very disappointing. I just couldn't identify the characters at all. I did try to stick with the book hoping it would get better but i could not get into the story and I eventually gave up reading it. I think it was because I could not relate to the era a bit before my time. Please do not take my review to heart as we all need something different and this was just not up my street.

I love Katie Fforde's books and A Wedding in the Country was just a straight-up fun read and I loved it. Look, in these very uncertain times we all need fun books we all need books that make us smile and feel good and are thought-provoking in the best possible way and this is definitely one of those books! ❤

I absolutely loved this book. I sat down to read one chapter and before I knew I was at the end. A real gem of a book.

I was given a copy of A Wedding in the Country by Katie Fforde by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I have read books by Katie Fforde before. This novel is set in the 1963, Lizzie moves to London to attend a cookery course. When she is there she meets Alexander and meg who soon become friends. She also meets Hugo who she falls in love with but he is with someone else. Lizzie wants to live in the fast changing world but her mother is set in the past. I loved the characters in the novel. A great read.

#AWeddingintheCountry #NetGalley An easy to read story set in 60s Britain by this well loved author. I found the storyline a bit predictable and certainly guessed the ending very early on but it was well written and I enjoyed the journey to get there and found the characters relevant to the era and entertaining.

I love KF's books, but I wasn't a massive fan of this one. I am not a massive fan of books set in the past, so would be unfair to judge it on just this, nice story apart from that.

One of my favourite authors. Perfect clean story for raomance lovers. Great characters abd location.

A slight departure from Fforde’s usual format, as this novel is set in the 1960s. I enjoyed the details about the cookery course and the rather Bohemian house share the main character embarks on. Some of the relationships felt a little undernourished but the setting allowed to Fforde to reflect on how attitudes to marriage, careers, etc. have changed since the 60s.

Great story, bit predictable but so true of the class and period of the story. Katie Fforde can be relied on for a good read.

I found this to be a bit different to the usual type of book that the author wrote, mainly as it was set in the 1960s. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed though!

I really liked the characters and the way their friendships grew throughout the book.

Really enjoyable.

A light-hearted read to lift the spirits!

I know this author is immensely popular and is loved by millions but although I enjoyed this book and found it easy to read it is not really my type of book as it is almost too happy and everything just seemed to fall into place for our heroine Lizzie or Elizabeth as she is known to her parents.

All her life Lizzie has been brought up to marry well. Nothing else is required of a young girl it would seem. This book is set in 1963 when things were just beginning to change. Lizzie has been sent to London to do a cookery course, yet another prerequisite to make her the best wife. She soon becomes friends with some of the girls on her course including Vanessa Lennnox-Stanley who is rich and ends up sharing a house with two other girls Alexander and Meg and a gay man called David. It is very much a sign of the times that under no circumstances is this allowed and when Lizzie’s parents make an unexpected visit to the house, David must be passed off as the chauffeur.

Quite by chance, Lizzie meets Vanessa’s brother Hugo and it is love at first sight for her. However, Hugo is engaged to the vapid but extremely rich and connected Electra. On a visit to the Lennox-Stanley mansion, Lizzie is so upset by the pending announcement of the engagement that she tries to escape in a boat, ends up nearly drowning but is rescued by Hugo. One thing leads to another and they make love. Lizzie then finds herself pregnant, the worst possible thing that could happen to her.

I will not talk about the rest of the story in order not to reveal everything but although I found this book enjoyable it was almost too predictable and the ending was abrupt making me wonder whether there was another book to be written about Lizzie.

What was most interesting for me was realising how different things were in the sixties especially for young women and how times and opinions have changed in many ways for the better.


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