The Wedding Dress Repair Shop by Trisha Ashley~ Blog Tour

Publisher: Bantam

Publication Date: 22nd June 2023

Genre:Romance

Summary:

Can her heart be mended too?

After losing her fiancé and her dream job in the same week, Garland Fairford's life is turned upside down.

Having recently met a long-lost relative - Honey Fairford - through her work as a historical costumier, Garland is intrigued when Honey reveals she is opening a Wedding Dress museum in Lancashire. With nothing to lose, Garland accepts the offer of a job there.

What she doesn't expect is to come face-to-face with a ghost from her past - her old friend, Thom, who mysteriously disappeared years ago.

As Garland begins reading the stories behind each of the beautiful wedding dresses, and sets about repairing both them and her relationship with Thom, could this finally be the chance for her own happy-ever-after?

Review:

 Firstly thank you to Random Things Book Tours, Trisha Ashley and Bantam for sending me a beautiful proof copy of the book to review.
Now I have to start by saying that I don't think I've ever found a Trisha Ashley book that I haven't loved and has ever left my bookshelf, they even have their own shelf. So I may be a little biased in reviewing this, but you know I'm honest so if for some reason I hadn't loved it id have said that.
I really took to Garland from the first moment she appeared on the page, she has such a fascinating-sounding job and I just loved her as a character, that said Marco on the other hand was a complete arse and (as you are meant to) i disliked him from the off. He was far too up himself and self-centred for someone like Garland. Now Honey was brilliant, just the right side of eccentric I absolutely loved her and boy do I wish I knew someone like her because she sounds like a barrel of laughs to be around. I mean Trisha Ashley is fantastic at writing characters that you can instantly connect with in one way or another and this latest offering is no exception, aside from the three I mentioned we have a plethora of brilliant characters on two and four legs to follow the antics of. And we're in a reasonably familiar setting with mentions of places and people from other books (The Christmas Cracker Factory for one, if you haven't read A Christmas Cracker I highly recommend you do!), so as your reading, if you've read other Trisha Ashley books you're instantly reminded of those places and stories from before, which I loved but I do now need to go back and read some of those books again.
The idea of the Wedding dress museum is brilliant, but I am nosey and id love to go around and read all those funny/sad/happy stories connected with the dresses, so part of me wishes someone will take up the idea and make it a reality so I can be that nosey!
I don't want to spoil the ending for anyone so I won't talk about it, but I desperately want to talk about it(I kind of felt something like that had to have happened but id hoped I was wrong!) so if you've read this book feel free to DM me on Instagram to chat about it!
I adored this book as you can probably tell, and even though I got a beautiful proof I may just have to also buy it so I can see all the recipes that I'm sure will be at the end.

Krystina xx