Alex’s mom had passed on and she was at the cemetery with her younger sister Charlotte. Six weeks Charlotte was still unraveled. Their family owned a bridal shop- Charlotte had one day found her mother dead of a head attack. Alex had went away went to school and now had a life in Boston but Charlotte had stayed and worked in the bridal shop. Alex needed to be on a plane back to Boston. The weather would probably cause her flight to be canceled. The nation’s largest distributor of blood supply was counting on Alex to saved an eleventh hour Argistie solutions, guaranteeing her promotion to Vice President of network solutions in her climb up the ladder. Her father had quit his job his travelin job and had been gone about sixteen days leaving his wife and two daughters behind. Their father had slept with another woman. Alex was to meet her half sister Freesia Day. Charlotte said Alex had been ugly back at the lawyers and Alex said they had been raised on lies. Each sister had been handed an envelope written by their father who had died five years earlier. Charlotte asked Alex what happened to her. She used to love this place and the people . Now she can’t seem to remember the person she was before she left. Alex agreed to stay one week. She should apologize. She asked if she should have invited her father’s illegitimate daughter in for tea? Freesia showed up at the shop Alex stepped aside to let Freesia enter. Freesia stepped inside, her chin leveled, her eyes caged, thoughtful and deliberate. She made no move to remove her bag, her coat, her guard. Freesia now owned a third of the bridal shop but it barely holding its own.
I couldn’t really get into this book. It just wasn’t for me. I am sure others would really like it. But as I said it wasn’t for me.

I enjoyed this very entertaining book. The three March sisters must now take over their parents bridal shop. A sister who strives for perfection, one who can't let the bridal shop go and another that they didn't know existed. This story is about love, friendship, family, secrets and how striving to be perfect doesn't exist. I look forward to reading the next book in the series and recommend this author to others.

Interesting and a bit lengthy though its a more mature form of chick lit. Liked the intertwined ways of the lives of the characters and how they slowly try to get a grip of everything.

I enjoyed this well-written, entertaining book. The three March sisters saw the bridal store opened and run by their parents as a real-world representation of what true love was all about. Oldest sister Alexandra (Alex) has always striven for perfection in her own life, and has built a career in Boston. With her mother’s unexpected death she returns to her hometown and has to face the past she ran away from - including Jonah. Alex and Jonah have to interact with each other in the present and also face the secrets of their past. This book can be read as a standalone story, though it is the first in a series. I look forward to reading the next book in the series and recommend this author to others.

For the March sisters, Match Made in Devon, the bridal shop opened and run by their parents, was a real-world representation of what true love was all about. But for eldest sister Alexandra that kind of perfection has always seemed unreachable.

As the March sisters try to salvage the bridal shop their parents loved, Alex is forced to confront her painful past and the real reason she left Devon so many years ago…including childhood sweetheart Jonah Dufort. It’s a shocking reminder to Alex that even a perfect marriage can have something to hide. With her world falling apart around her, Alex loses control of the perfect life she has built for herself. Now, the only thing that Alex can be certain of is that things will never be the same.

Great book that is a little bittersweet and shows how family can come together through drama, love, acceptance and forgiveness. I can't wait for the second book!

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Pub Date: 02 Jan 2019

The first installment in the Match Made in Devon series takes a look into family, grief, love, and relationships that harbor secrets and lies. Our Bridal Shop introduces the reader to the March family in Devon, Mississippi, a family and small town that I'm looking forward to getting to know even better in the upcoming installments later this year. Our Bridal Shop is an easy read with a valuable message of redemption, forgiveness, and love.

Alexandra and Charlotte have been running their mother’s bridal shop since her recent death. At the reading of their mother’s will, they meet Freesia, their late father’s illegitimate daughter, who they never knew about, but who will share equally in the ownership of the business. All three women are going through emotional upheavals in their personal lives in addition to dealing with their new relationship. While Our Bridal Shop focuses primarily on Alex, we are also introduced to Charlotte and Freesia. The author develops Alex’s character well, allowing readers to root for her as she works through many issues. I look forward to learning more about her sisters in the books to follow.

I had a really, really hard time getting into this. Then, I would finally start to feel like it had caught its stride and things would get all muddled and lost again. There was a lot of unnecessary information throughout that made things more difficult, and it wasn't clear when we were reading the past. The characters themselves, especially the three sisters, were very distinct, each with their own problems and personalities, which was great. The problems throughout felt very genuine and relatable, though I felt there were still many things left unresolved.

Overall, this had some really good aspects, and it's worth a read, but be prepared for a bit of awkwardness in tone & phrase.

This is a debut novel by a new author about what happens after the death of the main character’s parents. It was filled with quite a bit of family drama. Overall, it was just an okay read for me. It took awhile for me to actually get into the book but I did think the writing and storyline were good. I had a really hard time getting past the main character. She was pretty stubborn, ridiculous too often and just really hard to like, in general. The other side characters were enjoyable, though. I probably would have liked a little more about Jonah, but the other sisters were well developed. The descriptions in the book were very good as well. You felt like you could see this world Blair created. This was a good debut for a new author. I’ll be interested to see what she does with the rest of the books in the series.

* ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!