Who doesn't love a good romance? This book really surprised me. I find this author's writing style to be clear and easy to read.

This book is about 2 women who were best friends growing up but one of their actions had lasting consequences and broke their friendship. Years later they are brought back together to plan a wedding. Can they get past what happened in the past and current life's struggles to work together? This book was funny at times and sad at times. I really enjoyed this book as I do all of Liz Talley's books.

I didn't finish this, I couldn't connect with the characters, especially the two main women. There was quite a bit of info-dumping and I lost interest quite quickly with a lot of it. Some of this was also a little over the top.
I liked the idea of the book but didn't enjoy the execution of it.
Just not for me.

The Wedding War started off ok for me. It has a fair amount of funny, drama and love. But I never really got invested in the characters or connected with the story. It had moments of good drama but it continually fell short. I like the feuding families aspect. The challenge with this book is that the level of toxicity between Tennyson and Melanie is so high for so long, and it takes too long for the potential for a forgiveness or redemption. It made the plot long and drawn out. Resolution just felt lacking. More humor might have helped move the story more or taken away the drag from their toxic relationship. This was not the fun light easy read I had been hoping for.

Fantastic story! I laughed and cried! Teeny and Melly were both great characters! Showed how we all at one time or another get stuck in a rut of our own making! This book will keep you up late both wanting to finish and wanting it to never end!

The Wedding War started off fairly good, enough funniness, drama and love, and then it didn't really lift off for me. Yes there were some parts where it started to get exciting but didn't get enough for me. Fairly anti-climatic for me, As well as the conflict between Tennyson and Mel. The conflict between them was very toxic and at times hard to believe.

I thought this was a fun romantic comedy but to be frank this was just a bit unlikable. I didn't hate it, don't get me wrong it was just very different from what I was expecting. The main characters hate each other so much it's overwhelming. Maybe the problem was in how this book was sold as your typical light read romcom.

I enjoyed this story of true friendship and love. Wedding Wars is a romantic comedy novel with all the feels.

The Wedding War is a solid book that deals with feuding families. The challenge with this book is that the level of vitriol between Tennyson and Melanie is so high for so long, and it takes too long for the potential for a forgiveness or redemption arc. There's not enough humor to offset the off-putting behavior by the mothers.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

Unfortunately I had to dnf this book as I didn't get along with the writing style and wasn't invested in the plot or characters.

Melanie and Tennyson were best friends forever but one marriage changed everything. One secret that was revealed at Mel's wedding shattered their friendship and broke Mel's family forever.

After 20 years Mel's daughter and Tenny's son have fallen in love and now they want to get married. But will they tolerate each other for their children sake or the past is too troublesome to forget? Will one marriage rekindle their friendship?

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This book is a perfect combination of humor and emotions. It is not only about friendship but also about love, marriage, infidelity, regrets, heartbreak, insecurity, cake war, club fights and ofcourse some over the top motherhood drama.

The book captures the infidelity point in a perfect sense. It is not just about cheating but also the will to cheat that matters. I won't say more on this because then I will be giving spoilers but this point is just bang on in today's generation marriage.

Author could have easily included a ton of characters and make it a chaotic humor but surprisingly she didn't do that. And I am really glad for that because then it just focuses on the main characters and does not include too many subplots too.

This book definitely tickles your funny bones and at the same time represents a lot about today's love and marriage concept. I became a huge fan of the author's writing because she explains even the most complicated emotions in a very easy manner.

I like the plot, the writing, characters and it is so emotionally connected and relateable to current relationship scenario. This book will definitely stay with you for a long time.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with the ARC of "The Wedding War".

Based on the synopsis, I was really looking forward to an entertaining romantic read.
Unfortunately, that's not what I read. "The Wedding War" was filled with over the top descriptions, almost too much verbiage for the book to be of interest. The characters didn't help the story; they were cruel, unlikable and had very little redeeming qualities. About for as a romantic comedy... there was little to no true romance or laughter. I'm truly a bit out of my comfort zone with this book as it's hard for me to simply just straight dislike a book.

I hate to give someone's work such a low review, but sometimes, a book just doesn't work for me at all. And this was one of them.

I'm not totally sure why wedding themed books and movies are some of the best vehicles to tell great stories, but they are. An author has to be able to juggle a million moving parts, from the two families and their iddividual dramas, to the story of the bride and groom to make sure readers are invested to the actual wedding details, Talley does an amazing job of threading the important pieces of her plot with the rest of the wedding story framework.

As I was reading, I felt like this story is most easily compared to Bride Wars but one generation removed. It is easy to see how two friends could have a falling out that causes them not to talk for years, we've all been there, and it was so fun to watch them forced back together. This book is a perfect book club read and a must-read for the recently engaged in your life as a nice perspctive cause it could always be worse,

This book is about two women- Melly and Teeny, who were childhood friends who had an extreme falling out over a situation at Melly's wedding. Years later, once they find out their children are getting married, they struggle to work out their relationship without causing any drama and ruining the wedding. The two constantly clash and secrets are revealed along the way, while other, unexpected problems arise. This is a story about the importance of friendship, navigating life at a later age, transition and who is really there for you when it comes down to it. I did like this book! It was a bit hard to get into as I found the characters unrelatable, Teeny came off as very selfish and Melly was snobby and a complainer. However, I stuck with it because I loved the general story line and it did get so much better. I came to understand that the characters came off this way until we got to know them deeper, this was also how they came off to each other until a series of events and revelations forced them to better understand each other. As the secrets were revealed and the story became more complex, the characters became more likeable and I found myself rooting for them and their relationships! This story has many funny and very sweet moments, I loved the realizations the characters came to while working on their relationship with each other. I did find there were some unnecessary details throughout, it seemed to generally teeter between drama, funny, happy and very sad, however, there was a good balance in the end.

Unfortunately, I couldn't continue this book .....
After finishing 50 pages, I couldn't connect with the story nor characters ...
But the writing style was good.

Judging from the synopsis, I was expecting a fun and witty romantic comedy. What I got was an angsty, over the top book with unlikable characters. The book started off strong but lost me around the halfway point. It’s very heavily worded and the dialogue is just bad. This could use a strong editing as many of the descriptions are over the top and eye roll worthy. Thank you to the publisher for the advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

I feel bad, I don't like to do negative reviews, this book however, did not deliver personally for me. I was sadly disappointed with the story line, it could have been written so much better instead of two women being petty with each other and not being the grown women they should have been.
I expected some funny shenanigans between the two, the cake fight was about it. I didn't see the humor in the story at all. For me personally, it just didn't live up to what I expected when seeing the blurb.

This book is more of a woman fiction than contemporary romance that focuses on female friendship and forgiveness. Two childhood friends, Melanie and Tennyson had a falling out when they were in their early 20's. Not just did Melanie married Tennyson's ex-boyfriend Kit, but Tennyson revealed some family secrets to hurt Melanie at her wedding. Since then they haven't spoken. Now some twenty years later they become family, as their kids are getting married. Old wounds resurface while they are planning the wedding. What really went down and how will that affect their kids? Can they forgive each other and move on?
There is also the fact that Melanie is fighting for her marriage. While Tennyson is starting to date after her third divorce.

It is a lot of subjects that this book has going on.
I loved the topic of friendship between these two women and them having to work through it for the sake of their children. I am someone who values female friendship a lot. Having a close friend is priceless.
This is a book that definitely makes a reader reflect on their own life and how many do we cover up our emotions, not putting ourselves as a priority or use the money for appearances.

I think that the author did a good job of writing both of them and that the reader wouldn't be swayed on either side. There is also some topics that may be triggering for some; suicide, grief, death of the loved one.

Overall, it is an okay read.
There were some issues that prevent me from giving it a perfect score.

Thank NetGalley & publisher for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest review!

Weddings can be so stressful to plan, but when the mother or the bride and the mother of the groom, once were BFF’s from their childhood until they went off to college, and at one of their weddings, a big secret was outed and their friendship cease to be… Let’s just say that these two former friends have to get their act together for the sake of their children and get a wedding planned in just a few short months.
This book was not what I had thought it would be, but I did enjoy it. The characters were well written and there were some funny moments, as well as some powerful emotions through the book. Of the two main characters’ don’t know who I liked the best. One has an over the top personality that made you like her, but had the same time you wanted to give her a kick in the butt and tell her to get her act together, but at the same time you like her spunk. The other main character was too controlled and again it made it hard to like her sometime, but as she looked inside herself, she was actually quite likable.
Liz Talley always give her readers character’s with great personalities, and makes they real as her readers can relate to them and you might just want to be their friends.
Thank you Liz Talley and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this wonderful, powerful and emotionally book about the friendship’s we lose along the way, but find again at another time in our lives. For me this was a 5 Star read.

The first I am reading a book by those author and it didn’t disappoint! It’s a novel whicj shouldn’t be taken too seriously and it’s was quick read! Love the funny bits through the book too