The Bouquet: Flowers by Felicity/Petals of Promise/Rose in Bloom/Flowers for a Friend

by Janet Lee Barton, Gail Sattler, Sandie Petit

The wedding bouquet symbolizes the hope that love will sail into the life of the person who catches it. Romance, though, is the last thing four of Abby's wedding guests want. But when a whirling ceiling fan disintegrates Abby's carefully crafted nosegay in mid-flight and each of the four heart-hardened observers end up catching a piece, will they find that ardor isn't quite as elusive and distant as they thought? In these four brand-new novellas, what appears to be a humorous accident may actually be God's working in people's lives. When a whirling ceiling fan disintegrates a wedding bouquet in mid-flight, four, heart-hardened observers end up catching a piece. Is love on the way?

Genres: Romance, Christian Fiction, Christian Romance, Christian

348 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2004

Reviews

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book consists of four stories by four different authors that all center around the same incident at a wedding involving a ceiling fan and a bad throw from the bride. All of the stories were very easy reads and go by quickly. They can be read in no particular order so you don't have to feel bad about skipping one.

Plot wise, the stories all lacked originality. They start out meeting the person of their dreams, falling in love, denying it, then coming together for a happy ending (like most other stories involving love). This is fine really but reading it four times in a row can be hard to take. Also, all of the authors basically had the same writing style so that also caused me to start to lose interest quickly too. You really have to be in the mood to read this book. I found myself losing interest quickly but when I was ready I was excited to get back to it.

The redeeming quality was the characters. I found all of the characters, with the exception of Konni from the second story, to be very enjoyable. They all had great personalities and all of the stories switched points of view so you really got to know them all. The characters were the only thing that kept me from putting this book down for good I believe.

Overall, the book lacked originality and was almost too simple but had likable characters to keep you coming back for more.

[Debby]

Abby Edmonds wedding was going well until she threw her wedding bouquet into the ceiling fan and it splintered. The four stories by various authors tell what happened to the four women/men who caught the parts. All of the stories have a STRONG Christian theme - all are tied by the church they go to. Clean, but a little too heavy on the religious aspects.

[Katy Glover · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of the better Heartsongs. The stories have a central beginning and a few interconnected references that added nice details. The individual love stories were unique enough that they didn't seem terribly repetitive.

[joyce lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

good relaxing and fast getaway book. again, there were 1 or 2 male characters i wouldn't mind morphing into my husband's body at times!

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having 4 different authors connecting their stories was extremely well done.

[Patricia Kitzberger]

Great read. Quick short stories.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strictly a fluff book, no real depth. A light, fun, easy read.

[Linda Collings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy "fluff" read !!The four stories are sweet and a tiny bit predictable but still enjoyed them !