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A Beautiful Day for a Wedding

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This was a quick and easy read.

Eve is a Journalist, and a people pleaser who is incapable of saying no to anyone. She is stuck organising a wedding for an old uni mate who she hates, has to help her brother Adam with his wedding to his partner in France, help her best friend and roomate Becca, her other best friend Aleysha whilst holding down 2 jobs and trying not to go mad.

Then she has to deal with the unexpected return of her lost love Ben who left her with no explanation just as they were about to travel the world together.

This was a genuinely fun and easy read. I especially enjoyed Becca's wedding in a field and the exploits with haybales and cowpats, very funny, i live in the country so got a lot of the humour.

Thank you to the author for allowing me to read this arc.

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Great book with plenty of laughs with a good selection of characters and i look forward to read more by this author

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Great summer read.

Enjoyable book, set around a summer of weddings that Eve is attending and helping arrange hen nights and aspects of the weddings. Along the way she starts to get annoyed with the whole thing when she starts to question whether she believes in happy ever after.

He ex Ben is back in London after a disappearing act 4 years ago - but where has he been and why did he leave her?

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Kate writes for a wedding magazine so her friends rely on her as their go to girl despite her own love life being non-existent! An encounter with a clairvoyant encourages her to try to change this with some unexpected results. This book has a great storyline which really engages you and some genuine laugh out loud moments, particularly the requests of the brides!

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Eve worked for a wedding magazine and was suppose to plan a hen party before Tonya gets married. Tonya’s coworker had sent out every email Eve had sent out but stressed to say nothing to Tonya as it was to be a surprise but Tonya’s co-worker Maggie sent all emails to Tonya. Tonya told Eve she hated all her ideas. Tonya said Eve was one of her best friends and she should know what she liked. Tonya was definitely being a bridezilla to Eve and taking it to another level. Eve wrote three or four articles for Your Wonderful wedding per month. Eve wrote articles full of love and romance. Eve was also the magazines resident agony aunt. Eve worked with Kat who was the beauty journalist at the magazine she and Eve worked for. Eve had five wedding to plan this summer one was even for her brother and he was being over the top with his requests. Eve only has one free weekend this summer with all the weddings and their various planned events. Kat tells Eve - she was young and single and was wasting the summer by being at the beck and call of people who have already found their other halves . Kat added Eve wasn’t going to find someone if she didn’t put herself out there. Kat and Eve have worked together for two years. Kat also said finding a partner requires a massive amount of effort , he doesn’t just turn up Eve had been jilted at the airport by Ben. Eve and Ben had been in London and were to come to N Y together and he left her to come to N Y alone. All Ben left was a line in Eve’s passport to say he wasn’t going he would explain one day. Ben seems to be everywhere and Eve sees him. He has been invited to all her friends weddings in some cases he was even to be the best man. Eve became angry the way her friends/bridezillas were taking her for granted she then starts venting her anger by writing an honest take on all weddings and then ends up writing freelance for a rival magazine. A psychic has a premonition that says her future lies with a man whose name starts with a B. After the psychic all Eve’s friends set her up with a bunch of disastrous blind dates. Eve and Ben reconnect and discover they missed out on in each other’s life. Old feelings start to come back.
I enjoyed this book. It was a light funny read with a side of romance. I don’t think Eve should have taken on so many weddings. She needs to learn to say no especially hpw friends tend to turn into bridezillas and take her for granted. I didn’t like Ben at first when he jilted Eve and forced her to come to NY alone but as time went on I did learn to at least respect him. I didn’t like how Eve neglected Coco and she deserved walking into a mess. I didn’t like it was supposed to be funny when she neglected a dog she promised to take care of. But i have a strong love for animals so some will think me to harsh and that is their right. But I did enjoy Eve a lot other than that. I also loved how Kit told eve the way it was and to start worrying about her own love life before she ended up alone.Some of Eve’s friends as well as her brother needs to learn even though their weddings to appreciate what Eve does for them or tries to. Tonya really annoyed me as did her co-worker Maggie. I liked the characters and the ins and outs of this book and I recommend.

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Eve is a wedding journalist, so if you're planning a wedding she the person to go to, and well, all of her friends that are getting married, as well as her brother that is also getting married, shamelessly use this fact and treat Eve as an agony aunt who knows everything and everybody that's worth knowing. Basically, Eve is happy with this. Until one day, at one of the weddings, Ben shows up out of the blue. Ben, who was supposed to fly with her to New York few years ago, and they were supposed to spend their lives together, to have children and happy ever after. Moreover, Ben seems to show up everywhere now! Moreover, according to some prediction from a psychic séance (don't ask) Eve should look out for a guy whose name starts with "B". Is it Ben? After all those years and breaking Eve's heart? Or is it Bruno? Or any other man whose name starts with "B"?

I adore books about weddings, and especially when the weddings really take place in the story, just like in this book, and the more hilarious and unthinkable the better, and this novel really ticked all the boxes. It covered everything when it comes to hen dos and weddings, guys. Not only psychic séances but also Harry Potter themes parties, through bridezillas to the more laid - back brides to be. Also, the weddings - I loved the weddings, guys. I'm a real sucker when it comes to the wedding and Charlotte Butterfield covered all kinds of weddings, and it was absolutely brilliant - from the very, very minuscule planned one to one that took place on the field and the guest were sitting on hay bales - also because of psychic séance. Don't ask - read the book!

The characters were really well written and developed, though mostly some of them were a little bit too overdrawn for my liking. If we weren't supposed to like them they were described in a way that made it impossible to like them. I'd love them to be a little more three - dimensional. I wanted to pack Tanya off to the moon and never let her come back again, and I really admired the other characters that put up with her for so long and so patiently - hats off to them. Eve's best friend Becky seemed a little too passive for my liking, and as if she really didn't care about anything and I longed for a moment when she took matters in her own hands. You can be laid back but you can also be too laid back, and Becky was the latter.

This book truly ticked all the boxes for a light - hearted, perfect summer read. There was enough drama, enough happiness, heartbreak and happy endings, love, hate and friendship. It was full of fun and sunshine, antics that had me in giggles, and second chances. Charlotte Butterfield's writing style is light and so easy to follow and full of heart and humour. So yes, it was a laugh - out - loud book and it was just what I needed. It was equally funny and romantic and often the authors can overdone with such novels, on such topics and you as a reader have a feeling that everything is too forced and untrue - here on the other hand everything worked smoothly and nothing was too pushed. It was hilarious but still on the right side. Yes, it was a little predictable and some of the things you've just seen coming in seven - league boots but on the whole it didn't spoil the reading and the joy. "A Beautiful Day for a Wedding" is the best example that a simple idea can also work brilliantly!

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I laughed, I cried, I invested myself in this story and I’m glad to say I was not disappointed at all. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and finished it within 24 hours.

The story is funny and engaging filled with hero’s and the odd villain. I found myself rooting for Eve throughout and was desperate to see how her tale turned out.

Perfect read for those who love a happy ending with some tummy aching laughter along the way.

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This was a fun/light read. Perfect for a relaxing day at the beach or just a quiet day at home with a book. The book kept me engaged and wanting to know what was going to come next.

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As Eve is a journalist for a wedding magazine, all her friends and family consider her an expert on the subject and ask for her help in organising their weddings. She has five weddings to go this summer and between crazy brides, a Wizard of Oz-themed wedding, her best friend inviting whoever she meets, and her brother’s over-the-top requests, Eve doesn’t have a minute to herself.
Additionally, her friends think that now she is thirty, it’s time to settle down. So after a clairvoyant predicts that her future lies with a man whose name starts with B, all her friends set her up on awful dates with men like that. Ben, the man she once considered the love of her life who left her alone at the airport when they were supposed to move to New York together, is back in London and in her life and all the feelings she had tried to forget start to resurface.
This is a really entertaining and funny novel. The characters are mostly likable and some of them are really colourful and make you laugh. The story is witty and engaging and I really enjoyed reading Eve’s adventures, wedding after wedding.

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Overall a fun book. When Eve gets talked into "helping" multiple weddings it was quite comical. Especially with each one so different, from the Bridezilla, the Wizard of Oz Theme, The Country, and the Gay Wedding.Throw in an old boyfriend, and things pick up. I enjoyed the book for the most part, but didn't like the excuse her old boyfriend Ben had for leaving her at the airport. I can understand some of it, but seemed cowardly. Still, overall a good story, and one I highly recommend.

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If you're a fan of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'The Wedding Planner', you will enjoy this 21st-century take on weddings and always being a bridesmaid and wedding planner.
Like all good romantic comedy, it has a likeable, flawed heroine and an assortment of quirky friends and admirers. We are treated to a full gambit of weddings, and all have their humorous and poignant moments. There is an added twist as, wedding journalist Eve makes full use of her 'fly on the wall' opportunity, which threatens to undermine the real friendships she has.
I didn't enjoy Eve's neglect of her friend's dog, albeit unwittingly, after the first wedding. Using an animal's suffering for comic purposes doesn't sit well with me, but apart from that, this is a fun, romantic, hilarious romp through several couples special days.
I received a copy of this book from Harper Impulse via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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Thank you for providing me with a copy of this book to read. Eve wrote a lot of what people may want to say about weddings!! Good solid read.

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Solid chick lit…doesn’t take itself too seriously! You’ll laugh, cry, and say “Oh! No!” Definitely a fun weekend read :c)

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Eve knows a lot about weddings (and brides!) but what does she know about love? She's found herself on the rotten end of the stick as her brother and her friends get married all one after another - talk about wedding antics! AND, to add to it, her long lost love Ben has turned up. Ben really is a good guy, despite having left Eve at the altar as it were and you know things are going to be entertaining. This is a funny, light, delightful bit of chick lit. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. This is perfect for an afternoon in the garden or for travel because it just flows.

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Eve, a wedding journalist is super excited her brother and three best friends will be getting married in the same su,meme. However, the man she thought was going to marry will be at all of the weddings. is over the moon when her three best friends and her brother all decide to get married in the same summer.

Her friends have tasked her with bridezilla duties. As an outlet she started an anonymous column,

Thank you Netgalley, I loved the ARC.

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Eve is a wedding journalist and magazine agony aunt whose friends are all getting married so as she struggles to help plan and attend five then later that becomes six, weddings, Ben the guy she expected to marry shows up again at a wedding after jilting her at the airport years before leaving her to live in New York alone.



As her brother's, Ayesha, Tanya and Becca's weddings all look closer and take place there's psychic action through sceance, Harry Potter themes parties and besides looking after Tanya's flat she has to dog sit for her too despite her rotten attitude and lack of respect we later see for her have for her so called friend!



Then there's Ben showing up everywhere, but as the pair reconnect and discover the years they missed out on each other's lives, will the old spark reignite?



As Eve tries to find her ideal man who's name coincidentally begins with a B as the psychic told her...



With a lot of wedding drama, heartbreak and craziness in the build up to the weddings this shows the way the big day can take a toll on the most prepared of girls! It shows even wedding journalists can feel the big day blues, every girl might stress over their lippy for the wedding but not even factor in having to face their ex again! Full of fun, dramatic fallouts and wild antics in some cases as well as showing freaky coincidences can lead to happiness this is a book perfect for wedding season!



Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

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This is a book about weddings and I've never read anything by this author before but someone recommended it so I did just that. I wasn't disappointed at all, she grips you from the start and it's a really fun read. She's a wedding journalist and everyone is asking for advice and she's the one you go to hell and advice and all her friends are getting married but not EVe...
It was really funny, I loved the characters especially Eve and I liked her style of writing. Definetley one to be recommended
Thank you to net galley and the publishers for this,

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I wasn't sure what to expect when I first started reading this book. Yes, I love novels set around weddings so that was exciting plus I love the cover but I'd never read a novel by this author before so was a bit skeptical. However, I was so proven wrong!

This novel just felt so lighthearted and enjoyable all the way through. The storyline is simple but effective so I found that I couldn't put it down. It's a beautiful novel to read now that the weather is a bit better, and you'll soon be relaxing in the garden enjoying this lovely story.

The story is about Eve, who happens to be a wedding journalist. Eve feels like all her Christmases have come at once as her friends are all getting married and she can write about them. However, Eve is gobsmacked when she learns that ex, Ben, is back in the country and will also be attending all the weddings! So now, something that Eve was gloriously looking forward to, she is now dreading - and I have to say I don't blame her!

It was an enjoyable and gripping novel from the off. Will definitely be looking out for more novels by this author in the future.

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This is my first book by this author and now want to read more as she has a really good way of writing and so heartwarming while being a laugh out loud book and so easy to read and enjoy. It's fun and full of emotions while being romantic and of course about weddings. A simply brilliant book and highly recommend anyone to read it.
Eve is a wedding journalist and she's so pleased as her brother and three best friends are getting married in the same summer and she will be a bridesmaid and can write about each one for her job. She sadly can't find enable herself and she learns her ex Ben will be back in the country and will be a guest at the weddings so she know wants the summer over with. Problem is over the summer as well as the weddings her friends will all give her jobs to do while they are away on honeymoon but she is also writing her own bridesmaid tails but she needs to ensure they never see the tails she writes. She is told by a fortune teller her forever man will have a name beginning with the letter B so she starts going out with people who's names start with a B. Problem is is the real person she is destined to be with her ex Ben or not. Can she find happiness after a summer of weddings or not.
A excellent read from the first page to the last wanted to read more.

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