Review: Gloriously sexy nuggets of loveliness
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
It’s a dark, stormy night, I am in a rickety plane in the middle of the Atlantic. We’ve run out of petrol (or diesel, or the tears of the innocent, or whatever it is planes run on). In the plane with me are a basketful of puppies, a bucketful of kittens and a Tessa Bailey novel. There are only two parachutes on board. I tie both parachutes around the Bailey novel. Sayonara, puppies and kittens. In short, I love Bailey’s books so prepare for some health-and-safety-contravening gushing…Julie is the super-organised maid of honour. She’s the one who makes sure everyone’s comfortable and happy. She needs everything to be just so and nowhere is this more apparent than at her friend Kady’s wedding. But along comes a fly and slathers himself in Julie’s perfectly coiffed, immaculately presented ointment. This fly is gorgeous and broody and has the filthiest mouth this side of Filthymouthville (population: all of Tessa Bailey’s heroes). Julie is disgusted. And by disgusted I mean hornier than a bull in a horn factory on World Horn Day during the Horn Equinox celebrations. But Reed has his own troubles. He’s terrified of what Julie represents – she’s kind and sweet and pure, and he’s…not. While Julie is more open to what this relationship might hold, Reed is terrified.I’m convinced Tessa Bailey is a machine that has been lovingly crafted out of daisies, sunshine and filthy talk in the Entangled basement. Her books are consistently great and never suffer from stagnation or repetition. And she can add this book to her pantheon of gloriously sexy nuggets of loveliness. It was surprisingly emotional as Julie and Reed were such likeable and sympathetic characters. The other groomsmen and bridesmaids were bustling around in the background too, setting the scene for the next instalments in the series (and their stories sound really great so I’ll definitely reading the next three).