An Italian Wedding Adventure – ARC Book Review

Title:- An Italian Wedding Adventure

Author:- Leonie Mack

Date published:- will be published on 9th May 2025

No. of pages:- 274 pages

Genre:- Romance

Rating:-

Plot:- 3/5 Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 3.5/5

Eight years ago, on 29th February, wedding planner Sophie-Leigh Kirke took matters into her own hands and proposed to the man she loved.

But when her boyfriend Andreas rebuffed the romantic gesture, heartbroken Sophie cut all contact with the gruff mountaineer, determined to get on with her life.

When the destination wedding agency she works for merges with an adventure travel company to create unique ceremonies for outdoor enthusiasts, Sophie is horrified to discover Andreas works there. Even he’s been assigned as her guide for a scouting trip to Italy, in search of the perfect location for a summit-top wedding.

Thrown together to make another couple’s romantic dreams come true, all Sophie can think about are the dreams she once had for them. But when the truth of what actually happened eight long years ago finally emerges, will Sophie risk imagining a happily-ever-after and opening her heart to Andreas again…?

This is the second book I have read from this author.

An Italian Wedding Adventure follows second chance romance between Andreas and Sophie. Sophie is a wedding planner while Andreas is a gruff mountain climber. Many years after they break up, they ended up working together. And suddenly they realize that they still love each other.

This story’s unique thing is both the characters are little older and the whole story explores the scenic countryside in Italy. The author’s writing is great and I like her writing style. Only thing is that I felt the story kind of dragged on a little bit and there were some unnecessary plot lines and too many characters that made if slightly difficult to follow up. However, I did like the plot of the story and overall it was an enjoyable read.

Overall this is worth 3.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

After leaving Australia ‘for a year’, Leonie never went home and now travels across Europe jotting down love stories wherever she goes. She has a degree in languages and is an expert at taking public transport and travelling under her own steam on foot or by bike. ‘Home’ is now in central Germany, in the vineyards along the Main river, where she spends her time writing happy endings in English and speaking German with bad grammar.

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