Review: Short But Sweet
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
This is a very short, very sweet story about the bond between sisters. Effie, an obsessive list maker and older sister's Maid of Honour ruminates on the wedding. She obsesses about her dress (too pink), what's wrong with her sister's new husband (too nice), what's wrong with her (too fat), what's wrong with her sister (nothing) but mostly she obsesses about her fear of losing her sister who is also her best friend.I am not a fan of chicklit. Too often it is just stories about gorgeous women crushing on extremely hot men while hating on other women. But Tracy Marchini's stories are different. The heroines aren't Angelina Jolie gorgeous, the men are nice and the relationships between women are kind and loving. Marchini's characters are likable and three dimensional - we know them or, at least we wish we did, and their stories are ours only funnier. There is no great adventure, no bodice ripping romance, no sparkly vampires, just a sweet and funny look at life as it is, reminding us that, despite the ugh of the dress, it's great to be at the wedding.