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Stop the Wedding!
In this never-before-in-print romantic comedy, Annabelle Coakley and Clay Castleberry are determined to stop their parents from getting married...they didn't count on falling in love themselves!
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November 11th 2012
by NeedtoRead Books
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Like many other reviewers, I completely failed to see the comedy in this story. Perhaps it was because I just finished "Gone Girl" right before reading this one, but I found the book trite, unrealistic and extremely predictable. Also, slightly insulting as it was clearly a "I will write the type of man that women want men to be rather than what they really are" book. Maybe I am not typical, but that type of hero has zero appeal to me.
Anyway, it is done and I can check another book off my list to...more
Anyway, it is done and I can check another book off my list to...more
One of the worst books I have ever tried to read. I only got 1/3 of the way through and I think I've only given up on about 5 books in my whole life (and I read 3 books a week). Just dreadful. Stupid plot that made no sense - why is Annabelle so anti marriage, her parents had a good relationship - why is she so disrespectful to her mother's by continually and deliberately getting Martin's name wrong. Why do both the younger people treat their parents as if they are children? And why are all 4 ma...more
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Today's selection is light and fun, overall a romantic comedy. So, if you love watching these types of movies, you will love Stephanie Bond's new book Stop the Wedding. Let's meet the characters and what I thought of the book.
Character list:
Annabelle Coakley: Divorce Lawyer, and daughter of the bride.
Clay Castleberry: A Venture Capitalist and son of the groom
Martin Castleberry: the groom, some what a playboy, work on his 6th marriage
Belle Coakley: the Bride...more
Today's selection is light and fun, overall a romantic comedy. So, if you love watching these types of movies, you will love Stephanie Bond's new book Stop the Wedding. Let's meet the characters and what I thought of the book.
Character list:
Annabelle Coakley: Divorce Lawyer, and daughter of the bride.
Clay Castleberry: A Venture Capitalist and son of the groom
Martin Castleberry: the groom, some what a playboy, work on his 6th marriage
Belle Coakley: the Bride...more
Stop the Wedding is chick lit lite. While I hate the term, it fits this book. It's a story about Annabelle, a 28-yr.-old divorce attorney who gets a call from her mom announcing she's getting married to an 76-yr.-old, 6-times married, actor. Annabelle clears her work calendar, flies home, intent on stopping the wedding. At the same time, 30-something Clayton, son of the actor lothario, also learns about his father's plans to marry again. Clay clears his calendar, too, and flies home. The rest of...more
The book can be described as a romantic comedy of errors. It's not laugh out loud funny. It's not too silly or completely unrealistic. Sarcasm and dry wit are plentiful from two lonely people, attorney Annabelle and businessman Clay, who don’t believe in happily ever after. The two come together to stop the wedding of their parents, a widowed housewife and a notorious womanizer. They don’t trust each other’s intentions regarding why they want to stop their parent’s wedding. Despite distrust and...more
Stop the wedding! is a light fun read.
It is the story of Annabelle Coakley who is a lawyer. She is all business no time for fun or love. Her world changes when her mother tells her she is getting married again. Annabelle flies immediately to Georgia to stop the wedding.
Clay Castleberry is a business man, he can't believe his dad is getting married again (7th time). He also flies there to stop his father from making another mistake. He has dealt with his prior flings by paying them off.
When Clay...more
It is the story of Annabelle Coakley who is a lawyer. She is all business no time for fun or love. Her world changes when her mother tells her she is getting married again. Annabelle flies immediately to Georgia to stop the wedding.
Clay Castleberry is a business man, he can't believe his dad is getting married again (7th time). He also flies there to stop his father from making another mistake. He has dealt with his prior flings by paying them off.
When Clay...more
I really appreciated the efforts that Annabelle and Clay went through to break their parents up before they got married. Both of these characters were so skeptical about love. Clay because this was his father’s sixth marriage, Annabelle because she was a divorce attorney and had too much experience witnessing heartbreak. I liked how Clay and Annabelle separately tried to stop the wedding making each other suspicious of one another’s actions. From Clay trying to buy off Annabelle’s mom to Annabel...more
A cute and fun read by the author that brings us the Body Mover series (which I love!).
When Annabelle gets a call from her mother informing her she is getting married in less than two weeks, Annabelle gets on the first plane for her home state of Georgia with only one thing on her mind - to stop the wedding.
Little does she know that the groom-to-be's son, Clay, has the same notion, after having to pay off a few prospective "brides" of his former movie-star father.
When Clay and Annabelle meet...more
When Annabelle gets a call from her mother informing her she is getting married in less than two weeks, Annabelle gets on the first plane for her home state of Georgia with only one thing on her mind - to stop the wedding.
Little does she know that the groom-to-be's son, Clay, has the same notion, after having to pay off a few prospective "brides" of his former movie-star father.
When Clay and Annabelle meet...more
I'm quoting the author in saying that this is an uncomplicated fun read. Annabelle is a a divorce lawyer jaded by love, she only believes in working seventy hours a week, after one day she receives a phone call from mother giving her worst possible news, she is getting married to the notorious playboy that she's only been dating for two months. Clayton also a workaholic is worry that yet another gold digger is after his father's state. So Annabel and Clay set out to Stop the weeding. By doing s...more
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What a fun read! When Annabelle finds out her mother is going to marry a movie star Casanova she immediately boards a plane to Atlanta to Stop The Wedding.
When Clay receives a call that his father is planning on marrying for the 6th time, he boards a plane from Paris to stop this wedding. He is sure she is a money hungry woman who can be bought just like he last couple women in his fathers life.
When Annabelle and clay join forces to put an end to this wedding unknown to each other the two peopl...more
When Clay receives a call that his father is planning on marrying for the 6th time, he boards a plane from Paris to stop this wedding. He is sure she is a money hungry woman who can be bought just like he last couple women in his fathers life.
When Annabelle and clay join forces to put an end to this wedding unknown to each other the two peopl...more
I chose Stephanie Bond's “Stop the Wedding!” because it was highly rated and on sale. I have never read anything by this author before, but I definitely will in the future. This was a sweet romance without much graphic sex. The characters were all very likable. I also liked that the story was a quick read. However, there were some parts I wish were a little more fleshed out, particularly the thoughts and reasoning behind the main character's actions in the end. Overall, though, “Stop the Wedding...more
This book is about just what the title says. Annabelle is an attorney that does hundreds of divorcees a month. So when her widowed mother calls to say she is getting married to the washed up Movie Star that lives behind her that just happens to have been married six times. Annabelle stops everything and goes home to her Mother to try to Stop the Wedding.
Martin Castleberry's son Clay decides to fly home from Paris to Stop the Wedding of his Parent before he makes another mistake.
This meeting of A...more
Martin Castleberry's son Clay decides to fly home from Paris to Stop the Wedding of his Parent before he makes another mistake.
This meeting of A...more
Just OK. I didn't get the "comedy" part. I didn't find it all that funny. I found the character of Annabelle to come off as a spoiled brat actually (she routinely called her Moms fiancé the wrong name). And Clay was so arrogant, I didn't like him. But I actually wanted these 2 to get together as I didn't like either one, so they were perfect for each other. The only part that I increased it to 3 stars is I found Martin and Belle, the parents, to be quite likable.
This book was not in my usual genre....I am strictly a mystery and thriller type. But I have read Ms Bond's book before and thought I would try this one. It was a change but a delightful one. While no one got killed...there was a romance and a love and hate relationship. Both Annabelle and Clay didnt want their parents to marry each other. They go about breaking them up only to find there was a spark between them they never expected. A cute story and well worth the read!
Another fluffy read.
Annabelle is alarmed when her widowed Mother announces a quick engagement to an aging movie star with a history of short marriages. Clay Castleberry is the son of said movie star and he's as determined as Annabelle to prevent the wedding because he thinks her Mom is after his Dad's money.
Misunderstandings abound and everything got wrapped up way too quickly but it was a quick, fun read.
Annabelle is alarmed when her widowed Mother announces a quick engagement to an aging movie star with a history of short marriages. Clay Castleberry is the son of said movie star and he's as determined as Annabelle to prevent the wedding because he thinks her Mom is after his Dad's money.
Misunderstandings abound and everything got wrapped up way too quickly but it was a quick, fun read.
Before I go to sleep I often like to read something light and for diversion and that's what this story did for me. As a woman more in the age group of her mother than the main character, Annabelle, I kind of like that when the younger generation kind of figures out that maybe they don't quite know everything after all. So, for a quick, fun read, go ahead, pick it up.
I loved the Stephanie Bond Body Movers series and got this one off of Kindle. It was good. Not the same humor I have read in her other books, but I liked the story and I love how the author makes her characters so normal. Especially the women. They trip over stuff, say the wrong thing, make mistakes. The best books are those that feel like real people in them.
I checked this book out from the kindle library and I'm glad I did. This was a great piece of chick-lit. Nice and light but with enough drama to keep the reader hooked. The chemistry between the characters was wonderfully put together and the book ends with a satisfying conclusion. Not a mindblowing 5 stars but still a solid 4.
Loved, loved this book. It was just what I needed after two less than stellar books. This is just light, fun reading. Nothing major to think about or ponder, but still leaves you with wanting to read more. This is the 3rd book I think I have read from her and I will continue to read what she writes.
Definitely worth the read!
Definitely worth the read!
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first of all I failed to see why this was listed as a comedy. it was trite, silly, and completely unrealistic. And yes I know its a fiction novel but even by those standards it was ridiculous. I didn't like any of the characters and it was all just too cliche.
A fun predictable romance story where Annabelle and Clay join forces in an attempt to stop there parents marrying each other. Although theres no real comedy in it, I enjoyed the story and the fact I could connect to Annabelle and her clumsiness, it amused me.
Phenomenal... Outstanding...
I loved this book.
This is one of the best books I have read this year.
I recomend this book to young and old, and mothers and daughters.
What would you do if you found out your mother was about to remarry after waiting several years to go by after the death of your Dad?
Would you want to say, Stop the Wedding?
I loved this book.
This is one of the best books I have read this year.
I recomend this book to young and old, and mothers and daughters.
What would you do if you found out your mother was about to remarry after waiting several years to go by after the death of your Dad?
Would you want to say, Stop the Wedding?
I was able to read this in one Sunday afternoon. We'll my Kindle died so I had to read the last 4 pages the next morning. I enjoyed the story. It keep moving, and the sexy parts were keep to a minimum. However, more sexy than the last one of Bond's I read.
A quick and light read. I enjoy this author when I need an escape. A series of misunderstandings form the basis of this story about two people trying to stop the wedding of their parents. Both believe that the other parent is trying to take advantage of their parent. Things happen along the way that reinforce what they mistakenly believe. Enjoy.
Meh.
I'm having a tough time reading this and I'll undoubtedly give up in a few more minutes.
So far all I've come across are snarky characters and a misunderstanding. Typical romantic comedey clichés. Not enough to really make me want to continue reading. I also have a tough time understanding why Annabelle is so against marriage since her parents had a good one. I could understand if it had been different but yeah...not really grasping that motivation.
I'm having a tough time reading this and I'll undoubtedly give up in a few more minutes.
So far all I've come across are snarky characters and a misunderstanding. Typical romantic comedey clichés. Not enough to really make me want to continue reading. I also have a tough time understanding why Annabelle is so against marriage since her parents had a good one. I could understand if it had been different but yeah...not really grasping that motivation.
I wanted something light after finishing A Map of the World, so I downloaded this free on my Kindle. I understand why it was free. It was cliche (both in the language and the storyline) and predictable. I won't read anything by this author again.
The Author correctly describes this book as an uncomplicated fun read, good for an afternoon of entertainment. I was in bed with the flu and needed something light to read and this fit the bill. A little predictable but most romantic comedies area.
I loved it a cute romantic story and easy fun read but totally predictable, but you still want to keep reading to see it all unfold even though you can guess what happens way before it unfolds,stephanie bond has a way with words
I really enjoyed this story. It moved at a good pace, it is heartwarming, funny, serious and light all wrapped into one. I thought it was well written, and it kept my interest through the whole story. Will definitely read more from this author.
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“Fiancé. Americans had simply adopted a pronunciation from the French to sugarcoat the sticky implication of the word: Constrained. Bound. Trapped.”
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“She’d explained to Annabelle that she’d discovered her fiancé was cheating on her a few days before the wedding. When Annabelle had asked her why she hadn’t simply canceled the ceremony, she’d shrugged and said, “My dress had a ten-foot train.”
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