Review: Beach Wedding - Michael Ledwidge - February 2022 I have to admit firstly, the only reason that I wanted to read this book was that I knew of this author as he had co-written the Michael Bennett series with James Patterson and I am also all for giving the co-writers stories ago. Beach Wedding was amazing and such a great read and if you are familiar with the Michael Bennett series, you could see bits and pieces coming through the writing of Beach Wedding and also gave you an insight into what Michael had brought to the series. For example, Michael Bennett's family is Irish and a big family, and therefore the family in Beach Wedding The O'Rourkes had Irish blood but were Irish-American and a big family. The other thing I loved was that despite this book being set in the Hamptons area and an amazing mansion to die for, the family - even the bride's upper-English family all had down-to-earth energy about them.  Beach Wedding starts with the brother Tom's wedding, ...