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Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology
Written by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle and Laura Lee Guhrke
Narrated by Mary Jane Wells
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Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux's Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings...
"Something Old"
Julia Quinn's prologue introduces her heroine Beatrice Heywood and the premise for Four Weddings and a Sixpence.
"Something New"
In Stefanie Sloane's unforgettable story, an ever-vigilant guardian decrees that Anne Brabourne must marry by her twenty-first birthday. But love finds her in the most unexpected of ways.
"Something Borrowed"
Elizabeth Boyle tells the tale of Cordelia Padley, who has invented a betrothed to keep her family from pestering her to wed. Now she'll need to borrow one to convince them she's found her true love.
"Something Blue"
In Laura Lee Guhrke's story, unlucky Lady Elinor Daventry has her sixpence stolen from her and must convince the rake who pilfered the coin to return it in time for her own wedding.
"... and a Sixpence in Her Shoe"
Julia Quinn finishes with the story of Beatrice Heywood, who never believed that the sixpence was anything but a tarnished old coin—until it led all of her friends to true love. But her faith in the coin is tested when it keeps sending her to the wrong man!
A HarperAudio production.
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Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology
Written by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle and Laura Lee Guhrke
Narrated by Mary Jane Wells
Description
Beloved authors Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stefanie Sloane deliver the stories of four friends from Madame Rochambeaux's Gentle School for Girls who find an old sixpence in their bedchamber and decide that it will be the lucky coin for each of their weddings...
"Something Old"
Julia Quinn's prologue introduces her heroine Beatrice Heywood and the premise for Four Weddings and a Sixpence.
"Something New"
In Stefanie Sloane's unforgettable story, an ever-vigilant guardian decrees that Anne Brabourne must marry by her twenty-first birthday. But love finds her in the most unexpected of ways.
"Something Borrowed"
Elizabeth Boyle tells the tale of Cordelia Padley, who has invented a betrothed to keep her family from pestering her to wed. Now she'll need to borrow one to convince them she's found her true love.
"Something Blue"
In Laura Lee Guhrke's story, unlucky Lady Elinor Daventry has her sixpence stolen from her and must convince the rake who pilfered the coin to return it in time for her own wedding.
"... and a Sixpence in Her Shoe"
Julia Quinn finishes with the story of Beatrice Heywood, who never believed that the sixpence was anything but a tarnished old coin—until it led all of her friends to true love. But her faith in the coin is tested when it keeps sending her to the wrong man!
A HarperAudio production.
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I have mixed feelings about this book. Mostly, I think the shortcomings come from how little time the authors have to convey the love stories. Quinn starts us off with how they find the six pence and introducing us to all the characters. The segment is short enough that you don't really get enough of a feel for all the characters. There's a time skip and then on to the husband hunt! Up first is Stephanie Sloane's Anne. I know in regency's that it's a lot about the UST, but because of the length limit, there just wasn't enough time to properly get the feel for it. Instead it felt like they went from denying their feelings for each other on to kissing and crying marry me! I really loved the side characters in this story. Actually in all of the stories, somehow they did them really well. I was hoping that they would get some romance of their own, but alas, the length limit again. The second story is Elizabeth Boyle's Cordelia and I loved it. She was quirky but blunt and modern and smart. Her romantic interest is her childhood friend and oh, I wish it had a full length book to explore their relationship. It would have been so fun! I would say that I could have done with less ellipses though. I felt that there were just too many used; it got annoying. Third up is Laura Lee Guhrke's Elinor. I did not enjoy this story. Elinor and Lawrence were childhood sweethearts that had a bad falling out due to a disagreement about the integrity of Elinor's father. I couldn't like the characters no matter how much I wanted to. Elinor seemed too stubborn and ignorant despite how Guhrke tried to portray her as an intelligent character, and Lawrence was frustrating. Both of them were still in love with each other, but the way they went about everything was super frustrating on my part. I just wasn't a fan of this. Lastly is Julia Quinn's Bea, and of the four stories, I enjoyed this one the most. I loved Bea's romantic interest, and I adored all of their interactions and meetings. I found myself lamenting that this wasn't a full length book because it would have been so fun and lovely. I wish there had been more time to explore Bea's aunts' characters, and Frederick's family and situation. *sighs wistfully*
Five stars for Julia Quinn’s story, although I enjoyed the others, too. I liked the way they all linked together. The ending left me misty-eyed, but in a happy way :).