Book Review: The Wishing Tree

Book Review: The Wishing Tree by Marybeth Whalen

"I received this book for free from BookSneeze for this review”.

Book Review: It's Not the Life She Planned...Hopefully it's much better...

 

Savvy, determined Ivy Marshall discovers that her husband has cheated on her on the very same day her sister's perfect boyfriend proposes on national television. When Ivy's mother asks her to return to her family's beach home to plan her sister's upcoming wedding, she decides to use the excuse to escape from the pain of her broken heart.

 

When her return to Sunset Beach, North Caroline, brings Ivy face to face with her former fiance', old feelings are rekindled and she wonders if there is a future for them. However, when Ivy refuses to talk to her husband, he resorts to tweeting to her, expressing his remorse and making it clear that he doesn't want to give up on their marriage. As she helps prepare the wishing tree for her sister's wedding, she must examine her dreams for her own future and what true love should be.
  

 My Review: I fell in love with this book from the second I saw the cover! The beach out of focus in the background along with the wishing tree just in focus in the front, heaven!!! I felt so bad for Ivy in this story who, from the beginning, believed that her husband was cheating on her and then somewhat caught him. I give her thumbs up for her standing her ground and choosing not have any contact with him while she sorted out her feelings.

 

When Ivy went to home to Sunset Beach, you felt just like you were there along with her. Picturing the bakery her aunt ran, the wishing tree, the beach...what a view just in one's own mind! It was also very interesting to see how different the southern life was from her city life. How time stands still, yet moves on. The chance for Ivy to go back and revisit what she had abruptly left behind; the memories, the family....it really gave her the opportunity to take a glance back and see that her perfect sister even had some imperfection, the anger that she carried for her parents divorce would soften over time as would her parents feelings, her husband realizing that he absolutely could not lose her, the ability to form a friendship with her former fiance' after having no reason to lose it.

 

A refreshing story of second chances in all aspects of her life....all with a very surprising outcome! A must read!!!