Title: No Ex Before Marriage
Author: Portia MacIntosh
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Publication date: January 11th, 2022
293 pages
4/5 stars
Goodreads Synopsis
It’s not over until someone says ‘I do’…
While her friends join the “Wife Club” one by one, Poppy feels like that part of her life is done and dusted. Already married and divorced she’s not desperate to go through all that again.
Review
Portia MacIntosh writes some adorable romances set in Britain and No Ex Before Marriage is no different. It’s a second chance love story involving a divorced couple and them reconnecting when Poppy realizes their divorce never was filed – and Zac is getting married the following weekend in a high profile wedding with a minor celebrity. Poppy has to stop the wedding and try to not lose her heart to Zac again in the process.
I really enjoyed this quirky read and the unique romance Poppy and Zac had/have. After reading the reason why they got divorced in the first place, my heart hurt for them and it added in the needed emotional context to the fairly comical plot line and characters. I always appreciate that the women in MacIntosh’s romances are older than the average and show romance from a different perspective. There is an alternating timeline in this book as you read Poppy and Zac from current times with flashbacks back to high school and their marriage throughout the book.
Featuring light spice and the second chance love trope, No Ex Before Marriage continue a long line of successful romances from Portia MacIntosh (in my opinion).
Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.
Happy reading, folks!
Baltimore Bibliophile 