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A Wedding in Driftwood Cove

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This is a good book. The story is about a family, with a mother and three daughters. One daughter is getting married in their hometown and living in the family beach house. One daughter is an event planner and lost her best friend several years ago. The remaining daughter heard her parents fighting about an affair and is not a divorce attorney. It is about family, lost loves and helping one another.

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This was a sweet read and I loved the relationship and tensions between the three sisters. I was intrigued and pulled in throughout the entire read.

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This book follows the three Walsh sisters reunited for the youngest sister Hallie's hurried wedding to her childhood sweetheart. Claire, the eldest, a divorce lawyer, reconsiders her views on love when her colleague becomes her date. Amy, the middle sister, has given up on love but is thrown back into the wedding scene when her expertise is needed. Hallie, the youngest, questions her life choices as she prepares for marriage. Emotional and endearing, the book delves into family bonds and sisterly relationships, with well-portrayed characters and realistic feelings. While the romance is predictable, the focus remains on the sisters' journey.

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This book is perfect for a lazy day of reading, a family reunion and all the feels of healing relationships.
This story brings together three sisters and explores their individual experiences, with life, love and each other. There wasn’t a lot of romance but there’s definitely plenty of angst and drama as the story unfolds.
The main characters are Hallie, about to be married, Claire who works with divorcing couples and then Amy, who had her heart broken. The three sisters are struggling with their feelings and relationships, will they come to a united understanding?
In the end, the story is a delve into relationships with the characters and any romance being secondary, I found myself wondering if there was more to the storyline and the characters.

Thank you to the publisher, NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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A Wedding in Driftwood Cove by Olivia Miles is an amusing, heartfelt tale that immerses you into the lives of the Walsh family. The story centers around three estranged sisters as they gather to celebrate the youngest sister’s wedding. Together they heal and repair relationships.

Miles created characters who are genuine, and relatable. The plot weaves effortlessly into a delightful tale of love, family, and life.

Overall, A Wedding in Driftwood Cove is a heartfelt nostalgic tale with relatable characters, idyllic places, and a captivating storyline that is engaging from start to finish.

I received a complimentary copy courtesy of Montlake through NetGalley. I was not obligated to write a positive review, and all opinions expressed are my own.

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Three sisters have went back home for sister Hallie's wedding. Amy is the peacemaker and Claire states her opinion.
We get to see the life of each sister. A good romance.
Thanks to publisher Montlake and to NetGalley for the ARC.

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Fun. light hearted story of 3 sisters and their feelings about love and marriage. Great setting and likeable characters. A very comforting quick read.

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This was a fun romance. I liked the plot and the characters were a lot of fun. Very much recommend this book.

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Their character development was *mwah chef’s kiss* . It was so wonderful to see progress throughout the story. I absolutely loved reading this book.

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A Wedding in Driftwood Cove is a sweet story about three sisters working their way through love their own relationships with each other. While also learning about what matters most. It is heart felt and relatable.

Thank you NetGalley for an arc of A Wedding In Driftwood Cove by Olivia Miles

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I loved this book and how the plot uncovered bit by bit. I simply fell in love with the sisters. Will read other books by this author in the future

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Oh, a sister story is one of my favorites! This was such a good one. There was definitely romance in this book, but it was not steamy. It was more about family and long term relationships. 

I enjoyed that each sister had their own chapters, so you could see the situations from their point of view. They each reacted differently to the family situations. It took them getting back together for the wedding to bring misconceptions up from the past and put them straight.

I enjoyed Olivia Miles writing. A minor complaint for me, was she did repeat a few things ( that is why it is four chairs and not five ).  I will go look and see what else she wrote that I might enjoy reading.

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Olivia Miles definitely knows how to write heartwarming books. The characters are genuine, reliable, and compassionate. The book is was light hearted and an easy read. I can't wait to read more of her books. I would recommend this if you want a book to warm your heart.

Thank you NetGalley and Montlake for allowing me to read this ARC for my honest opinion.

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For starters the cover is beautiful and really caught my eye. This was an awesome story, It's interesting, entertaining and real with family drama, tension, heartbreak, budding romance and second chances. You easily fall in love with the amazing characters. They pull you into each of their stories and are relatable, engaging and realistic.If you love women's fiction and clean romance with warm and heartfelt characters you’ll fall in love with, then this book is for you with all the feels! I loved it!

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I laughed. I cried. This book had all the feels! It did take a bit for me to get into the story, but once I was invested in the characters, it was a wonderfully sweet read.

Three sisters at different points in their lives. The youngest getting married to her childhood sweetheart.. The middle lost her love five years ago to another woman. The eldest gave up on love after her father died.

Misunderstandings, not speaking up when they should have, and not being truthful in their feelings, have dogged these girls. Each one thinks the other has issues, when it's possible the issues they have are all due to not sharing their feelings with their loves and with each other.

The author was able to show that it's not what you have, it's who you have. Sometimes you have to give up a bit of yourself to get what you need.

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This was a clean, interesting book. Despite it being categorized as a romance (which does occur in the storyline, don’t get me wrong), the larger story focuses on the three sisters and their relationships with each other.

I enjoyed how it explored the perspectives of each sister, and what they were dealing with individually as they moved on from childhood, and the sparkly shininess of innocence tarnished.

The story did start moving in a direction that had me a bit anxious, so I ended up staying awake until midnight to finish it. This still only took maybe 24 hours to read (over a holiday weekend).

I’m only deducting stars because, while the story was interesting, the characters still felt somewhat generic and two-dimensional. It’s not a bad book, but it makes a better story when there’s more depth.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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The storyline is excellent and the characters are interesting and well described.

Thank you to Olivia Miles, NetGalley and Montlake for the arc of this book.

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Anything with “something Cove” in the title of it has my attention.
I’ve not read any other books from this author so I can’t compare to her others.
This book was exactly what I expected and hoped it to be.
A well written, easy, lighthearted despite the family dynamics, romance in a nostalgic summer location.
It wasn’t a quick read, as it was a bit dragged out and uneventful at some points, but still was mostly enjoyable and had a satisfying outcome
Based on this book I would read more from this author when I’m in the mood for this style of book.

Thankyou to author Olivia Miles, Netgalley and Montlake publishers for the opportunity to read this book ahead of the publication date.

Charlene 📚🌸🤗 @lastnownext

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Hallie has dreamed of her wedding since she was a little girl. She and her sisters Amy and Claire would play wedding, dressed up in her mother’s veil. Now that she and Josh are ready to walk down the aisle, she’s ready. Or is she?

This is a story about families and their complex relationships. How easy it is for us to hurt those closest to us, even if that’s not our intention. Feelings can be hurt so easily, and secrets hidden eventually come to light. I felt Hallie was a bit immature, but as the youngest sister, it worked. I recommend this book for people who enjoy family stories with female characters.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

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This was a very sweet story about three sisters: Amy, Hallie and Claire. It’s predictable in its hallmark sappiness, but that said, it was sweet. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and how sisters can help each other find friendship and love.

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