Review: Holidays bring second chances
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2012
The Christmas Wedding is an enchanting story of Gaby Summerhill a widow of three years who decides that she wants to be loved again at the age of 54 years old and married by Christmas Day to one of three men that she has hand picked from a pool of past acquaintances.  But the most interesting part about the story is that she gives hints via video-grams to each of her four children that gets each of them wondering with bewilderment whom the lucky man may be.  This creates an array of impressions from each of her children and their immediate family members.James Patterson creates an atmosphere of curiosity and surprise as well as tease within this sample of the first 24 chapters of the book.  He does a fine job presenting each of the members of Gaby's family, eldest daughter Claire, middle sister Lizzie, brother Seth, younger sister Emily, and the groom-to-be, could it be Tom Hayden, Jacob Coleman, and her brother-in-law Marty Summerhill or Uncle Martin? Only Gaby knows, but this may have the reader's mind reeling with suspense, especially where Chapter 24 stops with Claire listening to her iPod.With the unique storyline and the lively characters immersed within the book, there is no denying how Gaby's unique way of communicating and informing her children of her future plans.  Indeed, Patterson's story contains an array of drama and quirkiness of the characters that may be perfect for a made-for cable or holiday movie set around the quaint surroundings in which Gaby lives.