Review: A Bride's Guide to Getting Married
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.Since I’m a newlywed and also currently writing a book based around a wedding, I’m always eager to read a story about a bride-to-be, especially a good chick lit one. While Emily isn’t exactly a bride-to-be, she is the big winner in a Dream Bride contest, and fakes an engagement while reaping the crazy amazing benefits such as a Tiffany’s diamond engagement ring, front row at fashion shows, and rubbing elbows with celebrities and the elite. All of this is happening without anyone actually confirming she is engaged, which seemed pretty unlikely given the magnitude of prizes being handed out. If you forget that idea, the story is pretty cute and I was able to enjoy it. I would have liked it more if the editing had been much tighter – not nearly enough contractions in the dialogue to make it sound realistic was my biggest issue – and the formatting was a little strange to me. New paragraphs started seemingly all the time, so I get getting flustered by who was speaking and why a new paragraph was consistently happening. A good idea for a novel, but the execution wasn’t quite fully there.3 stars