Review: Love and curses
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
Ivy Rhodes is a wedding planner who believes with everything she is in love and happily ever after who has a one-night stand with Bennington Wescott, a videographer for reality TV who believes there is no such thing as happily ever after.  And his family's cursed relationships prove the point.For the most part, I liked this book.  I thought it was a good story and it was well written.  The secondary characters were likeable and I could see them having their own stories in this series.  I liked Ben for his honesty and, in the beginning, I liked Ivy - but then she started working my last nerve.  When she decides she will not sleep with Ben again until he declares his love, I rolled my eyes but went with it.  Until she starts blue-balling the poor guy at every turn.  I started to feel sorry for him and actually wished he'd give up and go find someone less prone to game playing.  And there's a scene near the end of the book where she just starts a huge (and very personal) fight in the middle of a lot of friends and family members and then acts like she's in the right.  I wasn't even sure what set her off so badly.  Sure, the situation warranted a discussion - but not an explosion!Overall, the first part of the book was really good, the rest of it not as enjoyable.  The execution of Ivy's plan to get Ben to fall in love with her dragged more than a little.Still, it was a decent book with several entertaining characters and I'd recommend it as worth a read.Adult language and sexual content.