Five Bush Weddings
Clare Fletcher
Reviewed by Helen
I really enjoy a story set in rural Australia and Clare Fletcher’s debut takes us too many country towns in outback Queensland and New South Wales as we travel with Stevie-Jean Harrison as she photographs the beautiful bush weddings and can I say they are beautiful fun weddings, country folk know how to put on a party, but will Stevie every find her HEA?
The clock is ticking for Stevie as all of her friends and family seem to be finding their number one and settling down, the wedding photography business has never been busier, but when she is asked to be the photographer at her ex’s wedding and her best mate form University days Johhno West as arrived home after being away for six years and he seem to be best man for a lot of these weddings, Stevie is starting to really think about her future, add in Mabel the bush telegraph who is doing her bit with the gossip and Stevie really is feeling the pain, when the handsome and romantic Charlie Jones arrives in her life.
Stevie’s life really turns upside down when she is asked to photograph the wedding of the Bush Bachelor winner and Charlie comes as her assistant, the gossip starts and Stevie finds it hard to cope, will she finally understand what her heart has wanted all along, will she be reminded of the promise she made one night with friend Johhno?
I did thoroughly enjoy this story there are lots of laughs but lots of emotions as well, as Stevie navigates to trials of life in the country, the travel, the happiness she sees and the how the drought is affecting the people she loves. There are lots of parties, drinking and hangovers in this story but also many wonderful characters, I loved Stevie and Johnno, and they both deserve happiness.
This is one that I would highly recommend, if you love a good rural romance, the settings and descriptions of the photos are amazing.
My thanks to Penguin AU for my copy to read and review.
The clock is ticking for Stevie as all of her friends and family seem to be finding their number one and settling down, the wedding photography business has never been busier, but when she is asked to be the photographer at her ex’s wedding and her best mate form University days Johhno West as arrived home after being away for six years and he seem to be best man for a lot of these weddings, Stevie is starting to really think about her future, add in Mabel the bush telegraph who is doing her bit with the gossip and Stevie really is feeling the pain, when the handsome and romantic Charlie Jones arrives in her life.
Stevie’s life really turns upside down when she is asked to photograph the wedding of the Bush Bachelor winner and Charlie comes as her assistant, the gossip starts and Stevie finds it hard to cope, will she finally understand what her heart has wanted all along, will she be reminded of the promise she made one night with friend Johhno?
I did thoroughly enjoy this story there are lots of laughs but lots of emotions as well, as Stevie navigates to trials of life in the country, the travel, the happiness she sees and the how the drought is affecting the people she loves. There are lots of parties, drinking and hangovers in this story but also many wonderful characters, I loved Stevie and Johnno, and they both deserve happiness.
This is one that I would highly recommend, if you love a good rural romance, the settings and descriptions of the photos are amazing.
My thanks to Penguin AU for my copy to read and review.
4 stars
August 2, 2022 by Penguin Random House Australia
