2008 Book 3: Ready or Not - Chris Manby
The Back of the Book
Every bride is entitled to some pre-wedding jitters. And what girl wouldn't think twice about marriage when her fiance gets his eyebrows shaved off just in time to look horrendous for the photographs. But what if it's not the ceremony that freaks you out but the happy ever after? Heidi Savage is wondering whether she can really forsake all others for macho, beer-swilling Ed. And how can a couple who've never even been baby-sitters be ready to start a family of their own? Will the answer come in the form of her ex-boyfriend Steven? Grown-up, gorgeous and good-with-children. Is Heidi's dilemma simply a case of right shoes, right dress, wrong husband?
What I thought
Enjoyable wedding-nerves/what-if tale with the inevitable misunderstandings leading to a happy ever after conclusion.
As in previous books I have read by this author, I felt the characterisation was less important than the sometimes farcical events. In this one the main characters rather suddenly revealed hidden depths towards the end of the story. These had been hinted at by rather repetitive motifs in how they were described - too much tell, not enough show.
Every bride is entitled to some pre-wedding jitters. And what girl wouldn't think twice about marriage when her fiance gets his eyebrows shaved off just in time to look horrendous for the photographs. But what if it's not the ceremony that freaks you out but the happy ever after? Heidi Savage is wondering whether she can really forsake all others for macho, beer-swilling Ed. And how can a couple who've never even been baby-sitters be ready to start a family of their own? Will the answer come in the form of her ex-boyfriend Steven? Grown-up, gorgeous and good-with-children. Is Heidi's dilemma simply a case of right shoes, right dress, wrong husband?
What I thought
Enjoyable wedding-nerves/what-if tale with the inevitable misunderstandings leading to a happy ever after conclusion.
As in previous books I have read by this author, I felt the characterisation was less important than the sometimes farcical events. In this one the main characters rather suddenly revealed hidden depths towards the end of the story. These had been hinted at by rather repetitive motifs in how they were described - too much tell, not enough show.