This is a no from me. I came into this book thinking that I was going to read a book about friendship and a few shenanigans. What I got were microaggressions against minorities, gross generalizations that are harmful and not funny at all, and weird outdated point of views. I found myself getting angrier and angrier while trying to read this book but in the name of self care, I dropped the book at around 43%. Not sure if the book gets better but I am done with reading narrow minded books masquerading as a romance book.

The Wedding War is an almost believable tale of two former best friends finding their way back to each other as their grown children plan a wedding.

Tennyson (Teeny) and Melanie (Melly) have not spoken to each other in more than 20 years due to hard feelings, secrets being revealed at a wedding, and family heartache. The ladies, who were best friends through all of their childhood and until a wedge was forged after they went off to college must put aside their hard feelings and come together to plan and organize the wedding of their children. Tennyson’s son, Andrew is marrying Melanie’s daughter, Emma unaware that their mothers used to be best friends.

There is a ton of family drama, hurt feelings, a few laugh out loud scenes as the ladies bicker/fight over meaningless details. There are marital issues, family deaths and estrangement, and finally the wedding that pulls Teeny and Melly back together as BFF4ever.

Enjoyable and easy read. Likeable characters that gave me laughs with a couple of shocks along the way. A few little errors that I am sure will be corrected (sorry it’s the secretary in me) all in all I liked it though. Recommend this

I really enjoyed this story of friendship between Tennyson and Melanie. I felt that author did a great job showing us their friendship back when they were children to where they are in the future as sworn enemies brought together again because of their children's engagement. I felt she did a great job by making us want to know what happened with little hints here in there but waiting until later in the book to give the audience a looking into the events that happened the night of Melanie and Kit's wedding. This story reminded me how sometimes your soulmate does not have to be your romantic partner but can be your best friend. I also loved the way a Code Hot Pink brought the girls back together.

Thank you netgalley and Montlake for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Some people tell their secrets to their best friend and the secrets are locked safe…… until that bond of friendship is broken, then the lock holding the secrets is broken also.
Two best friends Tennyson and Melanie held a secret that could destroy a life. They shared an attraction to the same new boy at school. The aggressive one got the guy and the other loved him from a distance. The guy, Kit, is very attractive, smart and soaks in all the attention he gets and obviously think he deserves.
The friendship is broken and years later, as fate would laugh as those that plan their future, the children of these two former best friends, find each other, fall in love and want to get married. This leads to Tennyson and Melanie having to help plan a wedding and not start a war!
Many other themes are running throughout the book besides friendship and they blend to form a wonderful story! I had so many emotions while reading. I really disliked Tennyson, at first. That shows great development by the author, that I felt so strongly about a character in a few chapters. I feel like I know the characters in this book. The scenes are expertly described. The dialogue flows effortlessly. The pages flew by as I was so immersed in reading. Several parts had me laughing and a few crying as well.
I totally enjoyed this book and recommend it highly. Liz Tally has added another fantastic book to her collection! I want to thank NetGalley and the author, Liz Talley, for allowing me the pleasure of reading this amazing book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own, not influenced by receiving the advance reader copy.