Thank you so much to NetGalley for allowing me to review this short and sweet short story for my honest review. I love Alice Hoffman and will read anything she writes! Her writing style is just beautiful and it works even in short stories as well. I loved this sweet story and can’t wait to read more of this series. Thank you again for allowing me to review this short story. I highly recommend it!

Short and sweet, yet powerful with a hidden meaning. Really liked this little story of two sister and the connection they share through thick and thin.

A very quick read. I liked the names and descriptions of all of the bakery goods. Loved the literary nods. I’ll definitely need to read more of this series.

Loved this short story. A bookstore and a wedding. It was like a fairytale. I will read anything Alice writes!

I love this author so much, and have adored this series! I only wish it were in paperback so that I could have physical copies of this series. What a beautiful story! I will continue to read anything that Hoffman writes.

This book was an absolute delight! A wedding, a charming bookstore, and a love story full of heart—what’s not to love? The characters felt so real, with just the right mix of quirks and warmth, and the setting made me want to curl up with a cup of tea and never leave. It’s sweet, funny, and filled with all the feel-good moments you’d want in a cozy romance. If you love books about books, love, and happily-ever-afters, this one is a must-read!

Two estranged sisters, Isabel and Sophie, grew up in in a small island town living in a house above an eclectic bookstore where no one bothers to buy the books but rather take them home and return to the store shelves when they are finished - replete with written comments in the margins!

Sophie remained on the island, widowed young, but continued to live above and operate the bookstore. Isabel divorced after moving as far away as she could, fleeing the unhappy childhood loss of her mother and later her father – she returns to the island ten years later in the first installment of the series and the sisters reunite. Isabel’s old childhood beau soon comes courting.

The Bookstore Wedding is a continuation of an Amazon Original Stories series – Isabel and Johnny have had to cancel their wedding for one reason or another THREE times! The wedding invitations have gone out (again). Will it or will it not happen this fourth time?

This is part of a very short and very sweet series where the sisters prepare and sell, in the bookstore bakery, dear departed mom's original recipes boasting such whimsical names as "you'll feel better in the morning cookies", “fall in love fruitcake”, “do I dare cheese puffs”, “marry me, marry me wedding cake”, “I must be in heaven chocolate brownies”, “treat me, don’t trick me [Halloween] cookies”, “good witch gingerbread”, “blue moon blueberry muffins”…. you get it...a bittersweet feel-good read.

Thank you to NetGalley for this one. The first two installments are available on Kindle Unlimited, if you subscribe, the third installment is due out in less than two weeks – I can hardly wait! I recommend reading the stories in order.

Alice Hoffman is a wonderful writer and I will happily read anything she publishes. This was a cozy, warm story and I will continue with the rest of the series. There are some trigger warnings that I wish I had known about in advance and I did not connect with all of the characters. However, I will continue to purchase and read everything Hoffman!

Wonderful story, great character development, great writing! Highly recommend this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it

Enjoyed this one very much, another fantastically heartwarming short story from author Alice Hoffman. Never disappoints, highly recommend

I finally found a Alice Hoffman book that I not only like but ended up loving. I loved the relationship between the sisters. It didn't have the writing style that made me dislike previous books. Nor was it the case of Practical Magic where I saw the movie before.

I picked this book not because I have the same birthday as the author (lol - although that’s how I first came across her, during a birthday month Bookstagram challenge). Anyway, this was a cute little read!

This was the sweetest novella. Alice Hoffman is such a gifted writer, whether she's weaving a story to fill 400 pages or 50 pages. This is a little joy of a book.

I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book. This was not my cup of tea. It has really great writing. But I just couldn’t get into it. I apologize. I had to DNF! Maybe in the future I can try again and read it. But at the time I don’t think it’s my kind of thing.

I was thrilled to read The Bookstore Wedding after previously reading The Bookstore Sisters (I recommend reading them in order). These short novellas are so fabulous, cozy, sad, and bittersweet, and Alice Hoffman has a way of writing that pulls the reader into the story. It's like magic.

This was absolutely amazing! I was totally enthralled with this story from beginning to end, I could barely put it down, and when I finally read the last page, the house was dark, I was hungry, thirsty, needed to pee and my neck was stiff. But damn, it was worth it!

I'm not sure what I was expecting with this short story, but it really isn't what I got. I felt as though this was good for a short story but I just truly felt no connection to the characters. I've never read the first in this series and can't help but wonder if that is why? I enjoyed the magical realism, and I always love Alice Hoffman's writing, but I was just left wanting more.

Lovely book cover. Fast paced and engaging book.
I was in the mood for a quick romance read and this satisfied it.
My rating: 4.25/5

"The Bookstore Wedding" by Alice Hoffman was a lovely short story. Full of love, strength, sacrifices, and connections. Thank you NetGalley, the author and publisher for the review copy. All opinions are my own.

This novella is about the Bookstore Sisters, Sophie and soon to be married Isabel.

It’s a really lovely, emotional story with a few smiles and of course, plenty of cake. I love the relationship between the sisters.

My favorite part was the dog signing the marriage certificate with his paw.