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roadtripreader's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Wedding Bees walks this line and falls on either side and usually on the same page. Something will start off so cute in one paragraph and veer off the rails into cringe by the end of the second paragraph and somehow find itself in cute territory by the next page. It gave me whiplash.
Yeah whatever to that. I just wanted to LOVE this book and feel the absolute warm and fuzzies. It made me think of Practical Magic and the Good Witch and although it's no Sarah Addison Waverley Sisters kind of magic realism it does have that little glow about it. I ended up really enjoying the character development and the growth. I ended up rooting for Ruby and falling in love with that weird apartment building in Alphabet City. It is a sweet little tome.
Favorite concept:
Elizabeth The Sixth and all her predecessors! Well who knew bees could be familiars?
Yeah so bees are always stinging my dogs and my dogs are always trying to eat them so I mean as good as cats no?
Yeah whatever to that. I just wanted to LOVE this book and feel the absolute warm and fuzzies. It made me think of Practical Magic and the Good Witch and although it's no Sarah Addison Waverley Sisters kind of magic realism it does have that little glow about it. I ended up really enjoying the character development and the growth. I ended up rooting for Ruby and falling in love with that weird apartment building in Alphabet City. It is a sweet little tome.
Favorite concept:
Elizabeth The Sixth and all her predecessors! Well who knew bees could be familiars?
Yeah so bees are always stinging my dogs and my dogs are always trying to eat them so I mean as good as cats no?
tlfuller13's review against another edition
3.0
While this charming premise may look like a delightfully sweet read, be cautious of a sporadic writing style. There is head hoping within the scene, making it somewhat distracting, as well as flashbacks for major and minor characters that are not well placed, ruining the pace of the story.
I did enjoy the book, the characters where fun to follow, and the bees were charming. I was very much looking forward to hearing more about the surrounding characters, and I do wish she had elaborated more on them than just minor flashbacks. Overall, a fun read with a happy ending.
I did enjoy the book, the characters where fun to follow, and the bees were charming. I was very much looking forward to hearing more about the surrounding characters, and I do wish she had elaborated more on them than just minor flashbacks. Overall, a fun read with a happy ending.
dilldaise's review against another edition
2.0
1.5 stars
I'm not like most on this book. I really didn't care about the characters and the whole bee storyline was not for me at all. Gave up half way through and just skimmed the rest.
I'm not like most on this book. I really didn't care about the characters and the whole bee storyline was not for me at all. Gave up half way through and just skimmed the rest.
maggiemoore's review against another edition
3.0
Light and fun
No surprises here, but a fun read nonetheless. Flip flops between Southern and Scottish outside of dialogue were a bit distracting.
No surprises here, but a fun read nonetheless. Flip flops between Southern and Scottish outside of dialogue were a bit distracting.
impybelle's review against another edition
4.0
We'll ignore the fact that I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone call Folly Beach Folly Island before and go straight to wondering if it's weird that my favorite character was a bee? Elizabeth the Sixth took the book from a sweet kind of read to something better. I'm not sure how or why, she just did.
donnagrayce's review against another edition
3.0
Sweet, fluffy; reads like Alexander McCall Smith. You have to suspend your disbelief for this HEA, but there are quirky characters who find community and healing. A gentle read; not that literary.
gracenow's review against another edition
4.0
Charming, lovely, a little bit magical. Just loved it!
b303tilly's review against another edition
3.0
It's about your typical Mary Sue/ manic pixie dreamgirl who Pollyanna's her way through life fixing everybody's problems while hiding some painful past herself. Except the painful past was a little underwhelming, and kind of a weird reason to stay away from home for 15 freaking years.
upstatelibrarygal's review against another edition
3.0
This is more like a 3 1/2 star book. Just finished reading The Peach Keeper and feel like that book is a little richer and deeper, but the details about honey and the Charleston flavor in this book are really stand-outs. And the cast of characters, while perhaps not as fleshed out as they could be, are interesting. Fun summer read!
dreamofbookspines's review against another edition
3.0
Romance book. Not really for me, but I like the base idea: psychic bees. But what's not cute is:
- Sugar's a damn goodie-goodie that's pretty supercilious most of the time
- Theo is a fucking stalker, full stop
I have zero patience for the whole "stalkers are like soooooooo romantic" trash, which is basically the entirety of this book. What made me not hate it was the sweetness of an apartment building becoming a community because of a new resident, plus the most excellent psychic bees.
- Sugar's a damn goodie-goodie that's pretty supercilious most of the time
- Theo is a fucking stalker, full stop
I have zero patience for the whole "stalkers are like soooooooo romantic" trash, which is basically the entirety of this book. What made me not hate it was the sweetness of an apartment building becoming a community because of a new resident, plus the most excellent psychic bees.