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Holly ended things to give him a better life, but she was the future he’d always dreamed of. Eight years have passed since Holly last saw her high school sweetheart, Josh. Now the wedding of Josh’s best friend has brought him back to Martinsburg, Texas. His duties as best man and Holly's as the church's volunteer wedding coordinator link them together. As they work behind the scenes to plan a beautiful November wedding for their friends, they're forced to confront painful reminders of what might have been. Holly broke up with Josh all those years ago in an attempt to ensure his future success. However, she never told him the true reason behind her actions and now must decide whether to keep her secret hidden. She's terrified of letting herself fall for him because she barely managed to piece her life back together after losing him the last time. Not a day's gone by since Josh parted from Holly that he hasn't thought about her. The pain of the past eight years has been too much to bear and he doesn't want to make himself vulnerable to her again. But the more time he spends with her, the harder it is to deny the love he still has for her. Will Josh and Holly risk their hearts on the hope that God's timing really can be best?
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8 primary booksA Year of Weddings 2 is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Cindy Kirk, Rachel Hauck, and Ruth Logan Herne.
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2.5 stars
It was a really fun little story, and the last chapter had plenty of feel-goods, but several things bothered me.
-Characters lying to each other
-Her friend Sam seeming to think it was okay to leave her husband doing all the housework and all the cooking and cleaning all the time and running around town having fun....um, no! Household work should be shared. Poor guy. He might be a “perfect husband,” but Sam is far from a perfect wife.
-Several uses of “holy _” (several different words) as an ejaculation. It isn't right to make light of “holy” like that.
-Head-jumping. I got used to Holly and Josh, and all of a sudden we have two paragraphs from Ben's POV? Very jarring.
-Holly's resentment toward older adults, gently brushed in...her parents who forget her accomplishments; her neighbor who takes advantage; Josh's mom; the wedding planner; etc. Literally, none of Holly's friends are good role models or pleasant side characters.
Anyway, I did like Holly and Josh. I loved that she's an author. I liked that there was a specific Christian mention even in this small story. But there were too many dislikes for me to rate it really high.