Review: A Wedding on Sunshine Corner

A Wedding on Sunshine Corner by Phoebe Mills
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. 

Months of even more interaction with the one man who seemed to drive her out of her ever-loving mind, all while being entrenched in the most romantic ventures possible? What could go wrong? 

The youngest in the family with four older brothers, Savannah has always been protected and coddled, which has made her self-conscious in her own abilities. When her bestfriend hands over the responsibility of running her daycare's new preschool, Savannah isn't sure if she can handle the job and then her brother wants her to help do the legwork on planning his wedding with his bestfriend Noah, the oil to her water. Noah is barely keeping his head above water as a single parent, his ex-wife has moved to Texas, and his EMT job is becoming a struggle to keep because of the hours. Growing up with a single mother, he learned to take care of things himself, making him hate asking for help. He can't refuse his bestfriend though, when he asks for help planning his wedding, even if he has to work with the princess. As they are forced to spend more time together, Savannah and Noah begin to see that preconceived notions were maybe wrong and their chemistry has never felt so right. 

He hated this. Hated feeling like he was always dropping the ball, now that he was the one juggling them all. 

A Wedding on Sunshine Corner is second in the series but you'll have no problem jumping in here. Savannah is the bestfriend from the heroine in book one and here we get a deeper look into what could first come off as her flighty personality because of her previous starting educations and hobbies but never fully committing to them long term. Savannah comes from a big loving family and as the youngest, it was easy to see how Noah was annoyed with how everyone babied her, making him think she leaned into her spoiledness but in actuality, Savannah at twenty-nine was straining to prove that she could do things on her own. Since this dynamic was so central to Savannah's character struggles, I could have read even more one-on-one scenes with her brothers and parents, we get some group scenes but I missed more of that connection with her family. 

So she matched his stance and raised an eyebrow in defiance, ignoring the flip of her stomach when those whiskey-colored eyes bored into hers, the intensity enough to make her toes curl. 

For his part, you'll really feel Noah's stress as he tries to figure out how to keep his dream job as an EMT but make the hours work as he solely tries to be responsible for his daughter Rosie's childcare and help plan his bestfriend Caleb's wedding with Savannah. Was the the whole plot of Savannah and Noah doing the legwork for Caleb and his fiancée's wedding a bit forced? Yes, but it got our two together and since they did have readable chemistry, I went along with it. Around 30% these two start to soften towards each other and sleeping together follows not too long after. I can't say I really felt the snap of knowing each other for twenty years and then finally giving into the always there underlining attraction but even if that more angsty tension was missing, I believed in their liking each other and wanting to sleep together because of attraction. This had more of the softer, hopeful spring feel, which would make it a good comfort vacation read. 

He didn't know if Savannah Lowe was his girlfriend, but he was starting to think he might want her to be. 

At 80% we get our third act break-up and they say hurtful things to each other in the way only someone who has known you for most of your life can, attacking insecurities, and then an ending romantic apology scene that visually hit the mark but missed a little in the emotional punch for me. I didn't get a total sense of the small town but I enjoyed the cast of characters, especially the scene where Savannah and her group of friends, which includes women of all ages, get together for their ladies night. This wasn't full of angsty passion but it did feel real with some sweet, and characters that have future main couples written all over them. If looking to relax and escape, Savannah's dreamy and Noah's practical had some layers and feelings that will take you away for a few hours.

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