Four Weddings and a Sixpence: An Anthology

Written by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Stefanie Sloane and Laura Lee Guhrke

Narrated by Mary Jane Wells

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• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Dec 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9780062643421

Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn, auch als zeitgenössische Jane Austen bezeichnet, studierte zunächst Kunstgeschichte an der Harvard-Universität. Ihre überaus erfolgreichen historischen Romane präsentieren den Zauber einer vergangenen Epoche und begeistern durch ihre warmherzigen, humorvollen Schilderungen.

Reviews for Four Weddings and a Sixpence

[Elise Hartley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lovely collection of stories beautifully interwoven. All parts were enjoyable and narrated wonderfully.

[Jessica B · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great book to read. Love that despite multiple authors the story flows quite well. Great narration although it was hard to distinguish the 4 girls when they were together.

[Robyn Sutton · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Easy listen, enjoyed a lot while recovery from COVID, cute storyline

[thewestwing-864351 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Really enjoyed this anthology but I’m not sure which story was my favourite. Probably would have liked the last story to be a little longer.

[jennybeast · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I found this troubling for a couple of reasons:

First: the prologue sets up an enjoyable premise, but very clearly states that the first person must wed before her 25th birthday. Twenty FIVE. And they talk about how she's fourteen now and there's ages of time. Then when the story goes over to the next author, it's 10 years later, but she must marry before she's 21. And they go on and on about it. Do you have a copy editor? Because this is disappointing.

Second: annoyed how story 1 goes from a kiss (which caused consternation) to full on sex at the next meeting and everyone's totally casual about it. It's a short story, I understand that you want some action in it, but it just didn't seem emotionally consistent with anything else in the story.

On the whole, while the rest of the stories were stronger and were entertaining, it just wasn't a great read.

[jorgeousjotts · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The premise to the short story collection was cute. The stories were a total mixed bag.

Stefanie Sloane’s "Something New" was enjoyable but fairly forgettable. I hadn't read any of Sloane's work before but would consider doing so now. 3 stars.

Elizabeth Boyle's "Something Borrowed" seems popular in other reviews I read, but I found it to be ridiculous nonsense that became almost painfully awful by the end. Every other page or so would prompt a scoff or eye roll, and that's not at all usual for me. I've read science fiction that was more plausible though. And comic strips with characters who are more dimensional! 1 star.

Laura Lee Guhrke’s "Something Blue" was written decently, but I found the hero off-putting which sort of defeats the purpose of a romance for me. He seemed sketchy, selfish, egotistical, and lacking in human empathy He really can't grasp, at all, how she wouldn't want her father hanged?!? And even as they're in the midst of planning their life together he makes sure to reiterate, once again, that he'll still hunt him down. Seriously? You can't pass that task to someone else at this point?? Or at least not talk about it *with his daughter*? It's like he has no concept for loyalty or human attachment. I've read this 'woman has criminal relative, man is with the law' trope a few times, and always the man tasked with bringing him to justice at least *considers* letting him go out of love for the woman... Well not here! Which only compounds- . And to top it all off, I wasn't convinced, *even by the very end of the story*, that he actually did in fact love the heroine! Usually that, at least, helps redeem a male lead! Very disappointing hero. Two stars.

Julia Quinn's "And a Sixpence in Her Shoe" was nice. You can only go so 'in depth' with a short story and timelines can seem a bit rushed, but Quinn did a good job with this one. I felt like I knew the characters, I liked them, and they suited each other. Four stars.

[readingtangent · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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 :).

[justreign · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

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*