The Wedding Bees

The Wedding BeesTitle: The Wedding Bees
Author: Sarah-Kate Lynch
Source: from publisher for TLC book tour
Rating: ★★★★★
Review Summary: This book was so happy and warm, comfortable and charming, it was a pleasure to read.

Sugar may be on the run from her life in the South, but her past still travels with her in the form of the bees she raises and her sweet Southern manners. Although her neighbors in Manhattan are skeptical of both at first, they quickly realize that Sugar and her bees are changing their lives for the better. Now they just need to get Sugar to realize that she deserves as much help and love as she shows everyone else.

As Leah at Books Speak Volumes once described a book, starting The Wedding Bees was like sinking into a warm bath. The writing is just so beautiful! It’s lovely, warm, vivid, charming – perfect for the story of a Southern girl like Sugar. When I first read a post by Kayla at The Thousand Lives, I didn’t get what she meant about wanting authors to write with more color. Since then, I’ve read several books, including this one, where the author describes things using more color. And I love it! The addition of more colors to the descriptions gave the places she described a vibrancy that brought them to life. I also loved the dialogue, which was cute and funny, but not unbelievable. Sugar is almost unbelievably sweet and positive, but I couldn’t help falling in love with her right away.

While the other characters the author created weren’t as sweet as Sugar, they were easy to fall in love with too. They’re very real and they all have their flaws, but the author puts you right into their heads and into their lives. By sharing the bits of their past that got them where they are, she makes you understand each and every character she introduces. Even though all of the characters have their flaws, this is not a book that makes you wonder if everything is going to work out. The saddest of back stories still seems optimistic in this book, because you just know that everything is going to work out. For the most part, everything does. I would like to mention though that one of the characters is anorexic, and while things get going in the right direction for her, they don’t just magically work out. While this isn’t a topic I know much about, I thought this was a far better way to end her story than with an unrealistic instantaneous cure.

I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by my blog this week so this sweet, beautiful, happy little confection of a book was just what I needed. If you love Southern lit or NYC or sweet romances or are just looking for a book that will put a smile on your face, I highly recommend you pick this one up.

For some other perspectives, check out the other stops on the tour, Amazon, or Goodreads.

 

  

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13 Responses to The Wedding Bees

  1. Katie @ Words For Worms

    I really need to pick this one up, I LOVE sweet Southern fiction. It sounds utterly delightful.
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    • I haven’t read much Southern fiction, but if you love it, I think this book would be perfect for you :) I might have to read more, because I really loved this one!

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  2. Jennine G.

    Will keep this one in mind for a nice relaxing read.
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  3. Andi @ Estella's Revenge

    I’m glad to see your review of this one. I think I could use something happy, warm, and comforting.
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  4. Charlie

    Sounds good! I like what you’ve said about the anorexia. It’s important not to look at the issue in a bad way because that wouldn’t do any favours, but to have made everything improve so soon would also not be good. Seems the author created a realistic balance.
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    • I thought it was handled very well! The way it was discussed fit with the tone of the book, by being optimistic and moving but without making it look as though it’s an easily solved problem. Really well done :)

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  5. Amanda

    What a lovely review! I normally don’t go for southern literature, but the setting of a lovable gal in Manhattan (with urban bees!) is very appealing!
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    • The Manhattan setting made me more excited to read this too. I like the idea of southern lit, but a lot of times either family drama or racial tensions with a high probability of violence make it something I’m not really drawn too. This book made me want to give it more of a chance though because Sugar was such a fantastic character :)

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  6. Heather J @ TLC Book Tours

    I’m so glad you read this one when you did – it sounds like it was the perfect book at the perfect time.

    Thanks for being on the tour! I’m featuring your review on TLC’s Facebook page today.

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    • It really was the perfect book at the perfect time! It was exactly what I was in the mood for :) Thanks for having me on the tour and for featuring my review!

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