(2 / 5)
I REALLY wanted to like this book. It had a cute premise, but I haven’t been having the most amazing of experiences with chic lit of late.
Ella is 27 years old and is at a wedding. Whilst waiting for the ceremony, she gets dumped by her mediocre boyfriend via text message. She makes her way over to the bar… There whilst attempting to get a drink, she meets Nathan, a drop dead gorgeous man, and has decided that she is in love and this is the man she is going to marry. However she finds out only 30 min later that he is her soon to be stepbrother, as her mother is getting married to his father… Oh and Nathan is actually engaged to Natasha, and its going to be a double wedding. And they want Ella to style it.
I had one main problem with this book… Ella. I hated everything about her. She drove me absolutely NUTS with her inner monologue, her STUPID decisions and the absolutely cringe-worthy way she put her foot in her mouth in front of the entire family. I think the scene where they were all playing Scruples was horrendously cringe-worthy. I tried to find the funny side of it but I just couldn’t laugh. I almost put it down.
The characters personalities seemed inconsistent at times. I liked Carly from the start, but as time went on she began to annoy me too. And their mother Veronica… I thought not telling them for months that she was engaged was a bit rough, and didn’t really make sense considering she saw Ella every day at work and they were supposed to be close.
I tried to find something sexy in Nathan. But I couldn’t get past the whole “Engaged already” thing. What an absolutely horrible person Ella is. I tried to see it in different light, but she was blatantly attempting to steal another woman’s fiancé. And instead of believing the chemistry between the two of them and believing her to be the better more deserving person out of her and the fiancé, I found myself absolutely despising her. And Nathan, I found him to be totally boring. I just didn’t get this tension between them.
Ok enough negative, lets get to the positive stuff.
Maxxwell has some talent. This book was very well written. As much as the characters annoyed me, there was nothing wrong with her writing style. Extremely easy to read.
It did have some funny moments. I found myself on a few occasions letting out a snort or two.
The ending although predicable, was sweet and I felt redeemed the rest of the story.
Would I recommend it?
Look, I didn’t HATE it, but probably not unless you were into love triangles and people trying to break up weddings.
Thanks to the publisher via NetGalley for the opportunity to read this for an honest review.
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