Book Review - The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood

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Title: The Wedding Forecast

Author: Nina Kenwood

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Aria

Publication Date: 17th July 2025

Rating: 4 Stars

One best friend's wedding. One predicted love match. And no way of guessing how the story will end...

Anna was never going to have an easy time at her best friend's wedding. She's the bridesmaid; her ex, Joel, is a groomsman. But she's determined to get through the weekend with a smile. Despite the fact that Joel is bringing his new girlfriend. Despite the fact that they are all staying in the same house. And despite the fact that at thirty, Anna's life is, objectively, not going to plan. Luckily she has her feelings completely under control – right up until the moment Joel drops a bombshell that changes everything.

Anna needs a distraction, and Patrick, the wedding photographer, might be the ideal solution. After all, a psychic literally predicted she would fall in love with a man named Patrick. Everyone has decided he is perfect for her. He is perfect for her.

Except the arrival of Mac, a not-quite-famous actor who has flown in from New York, complicates Anna's plotting. And she must accept that when it comes to love, destiny doesn't always follow the rules . . .

The feel-good, joyful rom-com of the summer, perfect for readers of Emily Henry, Mhairi McFarlane and Beth O'Leary.

This book is a lot of fun.  I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent between it's pages. 

We kick off with the age old dilemma of exes being on opposite sides of a wedding party, all sharing a house in the wedding week, but Anna's ex is bringing along his new girlfriend, who then blindsides the whole friendship group be announcing she's pregnant. 

And Anna can't even get the room she is promised that would have put distance between her and Joel, as Mac got there first.  Ah Mac, a man far more pivotal to the plot, than the Patrick and psychic prediction surrounding him. 

Honestly despite Patrick being mentioned in the blurb and the title implying this psychic prediction is what the book is about, and about fate when it comes to your soul mate, well Patrick always felt rather much more of an afterthought.  We barely get to know him, and I much preferred Anna's chemistry with someone else. 

But the "mothers" all believe in fate, and Anna's besties aren't necessarily keen on the man that Anna might be interested in, and the man himself is trying to make out that he isn't want Anna will want long term. 

So it's hard to be completely sure which direction the story would go in, but I knew where my heart was and I was ultimately happy with the ending.  In between all of that, there is a lot of enjoyable story, and I loved what the characters were getting up to. 

This was very entertaining, and I would be interested in seeing what this author writes next.

Thank you to Aria and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.