Review: When Honey Got Married by Kimberly Lang, Anna Cleary, Kelly Hunter, and Ally Blake

I have always had sort of a love/hate relationship with anthologies. They are either hit or miss for me. I love them for giving us a chance to give every character a chance to have their story told, and yet sometimes the stories are just too short. When Honey Got Married is centered around the wedding of Honey and Brent, and their various friends and family members and is comprised of 4 novellas.

Grace Felt the Heat - Kimberly Lang

In Grace Felt the Heat we meet Grace and Beau. Grace steps in to be Honey's wedding planner after the original wedding planner runs off with a groom in one of her weddings. Grace wasn't the most popular of girls in high school and when the chance came to asking her crush Beau out, she took it and wound up being completely embarrassed. Coming back in town and facing Beau is not something she is looking forward to. At first he doesn't realize who she is, but once he does the sparks start to fly. As they work together for Honey's wedding (he being the caterer and owning the wedding site and her being the planner) their relationship begins to grow. I had a hard time really believing in the feelings that these two shared. It just seemed impossible to me that they would develop that strong of a connection in the little amount of time that they had.

Eve Met Her Match - Anna Cleary

In Eve Met Her Match we meet Eve and Rainer. Eve was once the assistant to groom Brent and Rainer is Brent's distant cousin. Eve believes that Brent is it for her, and comes back to town with one goal in mind...to tell Brent how she feels and hopefully win him over. After telling Rainer of her plans to get Brent alone, he agrees to help her out by distracting Honey. But he will only help her if she agrees to kiss him! What starts out as a kiss quickly turns into more and Eve is no longer thinking of Brent for her future. Even though these characters developed strong feelings very quickly, I really enjoyed their story. Their story was sexy and hot, with a ton of chemistry!

Nina Tempted the Lord - Kelly Hunter

In Nina Tempted the Lord we get to see the story of Honey's little sister Nina and Nina's friend Alex. Nina left town seven years before and joined a circus in order to pursue her passion for dance and escape the life her parents have always tried to push her towards. Knowing that she needs some support, Alexander her friend and coworker agrees to accompany her as her plus one. He intends to finally win her over and convince her that there is more between them than just friendship. As they travel to the wedding and spend more time together, it becomes clear that she feels more than friendship for Alex as well. I felt like this story was probably the best of the anthology. It was the most believable because they had know each other and been friends for years.

Pippa Bared All - Ally Blake

The last book, Pippa Bared All centers around Honey's good friend Pippa, who also happens to be Brent's Ex Girlfriend, and Brent's brother Griffin. Pippa left town the night of graduation after turning down Brent's proposal. Griffin was a large part of her decision deny Brent and leave. From the first moment they met, Griffin and Pippa had been attracted to each other. Due to age and Pippa being with Brent nothing happened until the night she left. When everyone attending starts to spread a rumor that Pippa is there to wreck the wedding, Griffin comes to her rescue. As they attend the wedding together, the old attraction resurfaces and Griffin refuses to let her leave him again. I really enjoyed this story because I found the characters to have a genuine chemistry and feelings that had been around for years even if they hadn't been shown.

Overall

Overall, this was a quick fun read. I would have liked these stories to have been a little more developed, as it was hard for me to truly get into the relationships and characters in such a quick amount of time. I did however enjoy each of the stories, and I loved how they all led up to Honey and Brent's wedding.

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