Review: The Bookstore Wedding

The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What can you say about a short story without giving it all away? Yes, this would have made a GREAT novella so that it could have given us a little more information, but that aside, this was a very charming story of true love, family, and ones roots.

This story is part of three short stories by Alice Hoffman and the second in this trilogy of stories. The next and last one will be out on February 4, 2025. I had no problems reading this without reading the first story, but since this is free if you have KindleUnlimited, I will be making sure to go and read the first one.

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SYNOPSIS:"In this star-crossed short story from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman, timing is everything as two sisters learn to let love follow its own path.

Isabel, the long-lost Gibson sister, is finally back home on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. With Sophie and Violet, her sister and her niece, she’s got the family bookstore—and with Johnny Lenox, she’s got something even more special.

But even as life settles, not everything is falling into place. Isabel and Johnny have set the date three times, baked three wedding cakes, invited the whole island to three parties, only to have each attempt at matrimony fall apart at the last minute. Disasters seem to be conspiring against their happy ending, and Isabel is starting to wonder if their love is meant to be.

When family history comes back to haunt the Gibson sisters, Isabel knows that if she wants to make it down the aisle with Johnny, first she and Sophie will have to face the pain of their past and their present, and decide what it means for their future."