Cute story set on an Italian mountain of a rekindled love. I enjoyed the characters and the storyline.

I picked this up thinking it’d be the perfect summer read, especially since some of my best friends are from Italy.

Unfortunately, I ended up DNF’ing it pretty early on. The writing style just didn’t work for me, and I found the main character rather annoying.

In the future I might try another book by the author, but this one just wasn’t for me.

I was looking forward to reading this book as I have just returned from a holiday to Italy and went to Lake Garda for the day, the setting of the story.

After a rather slow start the pace did pick up a bit. The story was rather obvious but at least there was a happy ending. Wouldn't rush to recommend this as it wasn't anything that exciting.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book. I have chosen to write this honest review voluntarily and it reflects my personal opinion.
I have enjoyed other books by this author to varying degrees, and I had high hopes for this book which is primarily set in an alpine region. One third in and I had to admit this was not as I'd hoped. I thought there was less of the beautiful setting, and even activities (climbing) suited to the area, and much more about the relationship between the 2 main characters. This seemed very drawn out and I didn't empathise with either of them.
It is well-written and I didn't come across any bad language and for those reasons I recommend it's worth a try, it just wasn't for me.

I loved this book! I adored that the characters were a bit older and had bigger more adult problems. It was easy to follow and the writing style was 10/10. Sweet little romance, highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this e-arc in exchange for my honest review.

This book was beautiful. The main characters are also older than usual for a romance - which is something that I appreciate SO much! Love doesn't just happen in your 20's, or even early 30's - sometimes its later in life and it's just incredibly good to see. The number of characters in this book however was incredibly overwhelming and confusing

If you love adventures and fun and love? This story is a great fit for that!

Sophie, divorced, is a wedding planner, not everyday wedding planner, the agency where she works for specializes in destination weddings. When they team up with an adventure travel company Sophie finds herself in serious trouble. Andreas, her ex-boyfriend works there.
She was left heartbroken some time ago when she had a dream of the wedding they could have, only to find out he did not feel the same way. Now they have to design wedding adventures and happy endings for their clients.
Both their hidden passion for each other are still there and the work relationship becomes difficult.
When relationships don’t have a proper ending, this happens.
This book is for the adventure types who enjoy discovering new places and challenges.
The description of the Italian scenery is superb.

In this book we meet Sophie who is doing her best to be the best wedding planner she can be for any kind of wedding her clients may throw at her. However one wedding her last meets her present when she has to deal with Andreas the man she fell for and never got over. We follow the journey of the start of extreme wedding destinations/experiences, forced proximity and reflection of who and what has shaped you after almost 10 years of being apart. If you enjoy happily ever afters with and going on adventures give this book a shot! Thank you NetGalley, Boldwood Books & Leonie Mack for choosing me to be an arc reader for this book.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!

I love the mountain climbing/wedding planning adventure wedding premise, and I really enjoyed envisioning the wonderful views the protagonist must be seeing up the mountains and how the hikes they did strengthened their relationship or killed it. Couldn't put down the book once I got into it but I had to work..

I am not a outdoors person, but imagining is good enough for me. I do look forward to reading about the wedding of the wedding planner, so I am definitely going to be reading the sequel. Also going to be hunting down all of Leonie Mack's books now!

I'm afraid I couldn't quite get on with the main characters Sophie and Andreas in this story. Andreas just seemed to be a hard and quite a horrible man and Sophie seemed a pushover. I would like to read more by this author in future because I liked her style of writing and the overall storyline was interesting but I just couldn't get on with the characters.

3.5 stars

The cover is definitely what drew me in to reading this book, the image shouts holiday romance and the bold colours are so eye catching.

I was not disappointed when I dove in to this gripping, easy read romance. The story follows female main character Sophie and male main character Andreas as they are thrown back together again eight years after they split up!

I loved both main characters, the authors does a really good job of making them relatable and realistic. I also enjoyed the different locations this was set in especially the Italian mountains - I bet those views are amazing.

If you love a romance then this is a book for you.

What an excellent concept and start to what is promising to be an entertaining new series.

I absolutely love the idea of adventure weddings and this book combines my love of drama, romance, thrills, travel and a gorgeous guy into one irresistible story.

I really enjoyed getting to know Sophie and Andreas and seeing how they interact now they have come across each other again after many years.

We get to see how they have changed and why they are the people they have become , and it is clear there is still a spark.

I also loved the scouting of locations for this climbing wedding as well as the day itself.

I am already looking forward to the next book in this series, and really enjoyed this first book a great deal.

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun, cute, wonderful book. I enjoyed it a lot!

Actual 3.25 Stars

An older second chance romance in Italy? So exiting!
Sophie-Leigh is a wedding planner who gets the chance to plan an adventurous wedding in Italy. Unfortunately to plan this she must work with her ex, Andreas, who she had spontaneously proposed to 8 years ago and was rejected. How can they pull this wedding off!
This book was a bit hard to get into. There was a lot of information given in the beginning that wasn't needed/could've been spread out. The point of view also felt off to me, I think this book could've benefited from being in first person instead. I enjoyed the main characters and how they did have a history but also how they've grown in the years apart.
This was a cute, short read once I got into it. Perfect for anyone needing a sweet romance and likes a little adventure!

Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion!

a fun will they won’t they read!
8 years ago sophie had her heart broken little did she know her world would collide with andreas again but in a professional capacity.
an easy read

Cute second-chance romance with two adventure-loving characters. I loved the various settings and the descriptions of climbs around the world. Both characters were likeable and the chemistry between them was palpable. The ending seemed to drag on a little but I liked being able to see how the wedding they were planning worked out and how the business continued after the merger. A nice, light read to while away the afternoon.

A beautiful romcom about second chance loves, adventure and compromise. The chemistry was vibrant and the feelings were bubbling!
We also got a light touch on loss/grieving which makes it even more real. True love can really conquer anything and everything.🥹

Really enjoyed this second chance romance. It’s an exciting adventure with emotion and romance thrown in too. Fabulous.

Romance | Spice | Travel

- Ours is the best love story I've ever read -

Grab your passport and follow Freya and Jake to NYC! This was fun! I absolutely loved the setting of this book, New York is one of my favourite places so this really made the book for me.

Freya travels to New York with the instruction to save Jake Richard's career as an author and they have an absolute ball doing so! I love Freya's character she's honest, loving and unapologetically herself.

This would be the perfect holiday read!

It was a great read as a second chance romance. I enjoyed the characters and the storyline, but it took me quite a while to get into the story. I would still recommend it though.