Katy Birchall is such a talented author - she writes the best dialogue and the most heartfelt characters! I really loved The Secret Bridesmaid when I read it, so I was quite excited to get an ARC of The Wedding Season. This book toes the line between a romance and women's fiction, and it was just as much about the main character, Freya's, growth and journey as it was about her pursuing love. It was light and fun but also had a lot of depth and emotion - and as I do with all of Katy Birchall's books, I found myself laughing out loud several times during the book! I highly recommend The Wedding Season.

Read this back in 2022, didn't think that it was very memorable and didn't enjoy the lead character.

This was a cute, light read. If you're looking for something to "cleanse your brain" as in nothing too deep or serious, this is the book for you and in a good way. Solid 3 stars for me.

The Wedding Season follows main character Freya after her fiancé breaks up with her the day before her wedding. Her two best friends decide to make a list of tasks she must complete at each of the weddings she has that year, in order to help her survive the wedding season!
You guys - I enjoyed this one SO MUCH more than I thought I would. It's a wonderful story about finding yourself and the importance of those friendships that keep you grounded and friends who check in on you to make sure you're okay.
While I understand that romance wasn't the main focus of this story, I loved Freya and Jamie's chemistry so much and am sad we didn't get to see more of them together (Honestly I would love a sequel of this one!).
Despite having a wide number of characters (featured across multiple weddings), all the characters were unique and memorable.
The perfect fluffy summer read!

I loved this book. It was the perfect combination of funny, witty, and emotional. Katy Birchall is a fantastic writer, and Freya was a great main character. I loved all of the challenges she had to do during the wedding season. I will definitely be recommending this one!

A definite beachy read. Freya’s life is turned upside down when her fiancé calls off their wedding the day before. A fun laugh out loud not the typical rom com read.

A really fun and quick women’s fiction to read. The story itself wasn’t revolutionary, it was not one of a kind, it definitely wasn’t heart wrenching and all touching and ‘gooeys feeleys’. However, I can guarantee that if you like a story centered around a friend group, just sharing life problems together, spending the time joking and playing around, finding love, and not only romantic love, but people who really love you in the way that they will be ready to support you if anything happens. Also, it was cute to see how our main characters found her love in both ways through the love interest and through her friends and families. Not only that, I love how the character growth was written slowly but we can definitely see the character is growing little by little throughout the book. This was very lighthearted, it was something fun to pass the time during my free time!

{Book Review} The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall

Having loved Katy Birchall's THE SECRET BRIDESMAID, I was ecstatic to get THE WEDDING SEASON for review. Both books are absolute gems and so incredibly good but if The Secret Bridesmaid leaned into humor, The Wedding Season leaned into emotion.

After being jilted the day before her wedding, Freya is helped by her two best friends to get through the upcoming wedding season (file the term ‘wedding season’ under phrases I literally loathe with my entire being as a fun aside) by giving her absurd tasks to complete at each wedding. These tasks were fun and mostly light-hearted and the friendship aspect of this book was top notch. I loved how her friends were there for her and continued to lift her up and support her.

The weddings were fun and Freya grew so much over the book while dealing with the grief of mourning a relationship that lasted over a decade. I felt like her emotional arc was realistic and genuine as was her ability to see the relationship for what it was after taking off some complacent rose-colored glasses.

I adored this book and look forward to whatever Katy Birchall writes next. In fact, I’ll take Nuer next book now k, thanks!

Thank you @stmartinspress for the review copy!

I will buy every book Katy Birchall puts out. Her characters are so easy to love. Her writing is hilarious and captivating. I find myself laughing and smiling the entire time! Even though our main character was going through a very heartbreaking event (being left by her soon-to-be husband in a BROOM closet). You felt her pain, sorrow, and even embarrassment going through the challenges.

This is the book that sparked my love of Katy Birchall and now I drop everything and read her books whenever one becomes available. Freya is so sympathetic and you will root for her all the way through (and just despise Matthew!) It was funny but not fluffy--plenty of substance and just a very sweet story.

This one was so enjoyable and the perfect spring read! If you're looking for something light and fluffy, I highly recommend picking this one up.

This was a fun one (I kept imagining the movie) I loved Freya and her friends.

Thanks for the ARC Netgalley - really enjoyed it!

I loved this one, even more than The Secret Bridesmaid. I listened to the audio too and enjoyed the narration. The main character gave me Becky Bloomwood vibes. Katy Birchall is now one of my autobuy authors.

Great book for those of you who love chick lit! I loved the premise behind the book, and it was a fun, light read!

I enjoyed this book a lot!! there were SO many laughable moments in this book, that just made me laugh out loud! i loved that it felt so relatable to the main character, her moments were just too good & it was hard not to find yourself just laughing. the ending it where I struggled mostly. I wasn’t completely happy with it & that’s truly why I took a point off the rating, other than that this book is good for a great laugh & quick read!

I’ve read other books from this author and loved them…this one not so much. And I tried so hard. I kept reading hoping it would get better and grab my interest but over half way thru I finally had to DNF it. Maybe I’ll try it again, but I’ll definitely try the author again!

I enjoyed this story. Feyra was extraordinarily likable and her friends Leo and Ruby were even better. It was heartwrenching going through the emotional 'break-up' journey alongside Feyra. I totally recommend this book if you're going through a breakup and want to feel seen because Katy does almost too good a job of making you feel that journey. The rest of the book is fun and lighthearted and just a generally great read.

Thank's to Netgalley and the publisher for the Arc.

This was a fun read!

The book was witty, funny, and charming. I loved the self discovery and friendship aspect!

Overall, I would recommend!!

Freya gets into a dilemma where her soon to be husband calls off the wedding and she has to deal with the aftermath. I went into reading this book expecting it to have more of a romance plot. I wouldn’t say that this book is a rom-com but other than that it was a good read.

Thank you to @stmartinspress and @netgalley for my gifted copy of The Wedding Season, by Katy Birchall. This cute romcom is out now, and features romance, humor, and growth! All of my favorite things!

It was so sad seeing Freya left at the altar, but I loved the direction the book took afterwards. The challenges were hilarious, and really kept her on her toes. Plus, it made it a fun book to read, because I always wanted to know what the next challenge was going to be.

I’m already looking forward to Birchall’s next book!