Review: A wedding gone wild
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
This is written so that it CAN be read as a stand alone, but it's part of a continuity set and there are references to the other books in the line, so little things will make more sense if you read it as part of the whole.Julie is amazing - the southern Energizer Bunny.  She never stops moving, talking, doing...  She takes it as a personal failure if she can't make everyone else happy, comfortable, calm, whatever positive adjective you think of to fill in the blank.Reed catches her in a rare moment of down time, watching from a corner when she takes a moment to breathe, and while he would never use the word, he's smitten.The bridesmaids have dared each other to pick a groomsman and go for him.  Julie has her sights set on the best man, but Reed (and her best friend) have no intention of letting her chase the wrong man.  And the methods he uses to prove to her who she actually wants are.... delicious.He's not a perfect hero, he manages to stick his foot in it more than once - but he rolls up his sleeves and makes an effort to brush off some of the darkness dusting his shoulders and step into the light Julie radiates.Julie is adorable.  She has her own inner demons, but when it comes time to face them she gets up close and personal and tackles them, much as she faces everything else.  I loved that.Dark & brooding meets sunshine & bedazzled.  And boy, oh boy, are there some glittery fireworks.