After years of watching couples come to blows over ice sculptures, Abby wants no part of the family business. She’d rather spend weekends kic...
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Sep 28, 2010
Sasha
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This is a story about a girl named Abby who's parents run a catering hall that hosts weddings. She hates weddings, calling most brides "Bridezillas" and she and hersister Carolo make a pact to never get married. After Carol comes home from college with a ring on her finger, things start to go a little crazy. An Italian exchange program, a (maybe) cheating groom, and a possible relationship with a life-long friend.
This book, in my opinion, was not very good. Sure, it had a few More...
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Nov 09, 2009
Beth
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Abby's parents run Dove's Roost, a wedding planning service. After seeing Bridezilla after Bridezilla, she and her older sister make a pact that they will never get married, which lasts until her sister's college graduation. carol, a vegetarian activist Harvard grad, is smitten with a truck driving rancher from CO. Mom and Dad have viewed their careers as practice to give their daughters perfect weddings, so in spite of everyone's belief they won't be irrational as all the Dove'd Roost's clients
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Jan 25, 2011
Emily
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This book was really cute just... not realalistic AT ALL!!! I mean really... I don't want to give anything away but it really was so unrealistic it was almost silly.
Alright first off in this book I find the main character Abby totally unrelatable. She seems to me ditsy. Yes it is great that she decides to really pitch in and help her sister Carol who turns out to be a complete bridezilla but everything that comes out of her mouth seems to be over the top. Like, for example, who yells at More...
Alright first off in this book I find the main character Abby totally unrelatable. She seems to me ditsy. Yes it is great that she decides to really pitch in and help her sister Carol who turns out to be a complete bridezilla but everything that comes out of her mouth seems to be over the top. Like, for example, who yells at More...
Feb 12, 2010
Ms.
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I read THE BRIDESMAID about five years ago and remembered it as a sweet romance with some funny moments. The library's copy was lost, so when I replaced it, I decided to do a reread.
Abby and her sister, Carol, promised each other as children to never get married. Falling in love was okay, but no wedding. You see, they grew up watching many a bride turn into a Bridezilla through their parents' wedding planning and reception hall business. When Carol comes home from college and ann More...
Abby and her sister, Carol, promised each other as children to never get married. Falling in love was okay, but no wedding. You see, they grew up watching many a bride turn into a Bridezilla through their parents' wedding planning and reception hall business. When Carol comes home from college and ann More...
Sep 18, 2009
Katie
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Abby's family has always been in the wedding business and she and her older sister, Carol, hate it! They vow to never become brides. When Carol finally graduates from Harvard, Abby is so excited to have her sister back home for the summer, so it can be "us" vs. "them." But Carol has a surprise for the family--she's engaged! Such a cute, funny story about how wedding planning can turn a family inside out. Just a side note---there was swearing in it---a LOT of "goshes"
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Mar 25, 2011
Michelle
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Good chick lit, this time exchanging the discomfort of another religion for the discomfort of love triangles and soap operatic entanglements. Notice how I always call these good chick lit, not good books. The genre itself, in my mind, prevents that, because a good novel that is chick lit will have something not chick lit-y that overwhelms the female drama and sugary romances, like how in Pride and Prejudice we have brilliant characters to follow around.
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Aug 08, 2011
Autumn
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This book is about abby whose parents are wedding planners which makes her whole life revolve around weddings so Abby and her sister Carol make a decsion never to marry or become a bridzilla ,but to then Carol shows up and shes getting married. This book deals with Abby feeling like shes going to lose her sister and Abby might end up getting to a relationship too. I just love this book ,but it's hard to find a book that I don't like.
Mar 09, 2011
Reading Vacation's Mom
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I absolutely LOVED this book! It had so many of my favorite elements – a girlie plot, fun characters, a unique situation, and some romance too. What more could a book-lover ask for?
I liked reading about the process of planning a wedding. I know that I don’t want to turn into a Bridezilla when my wedding comes around. I want to keep a cool head!
I liked reading about the process of planning a wedding. I know that I don’t want to turn into a Bridezilla when my wedding comes around. I want to keep a cool head!
Sep 10, 2010
Whitney
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I loved this book because it was sooo much simalar to my favorite movie. Her sister's getting maried. she has to be the bridesmaid. she does everything. she falls in love. sam thing hahah and thats i why i love it and yes i would recomend this book to anyone who has seen 27dresses or that just loves a typeish love story.
Jan 04, 2010
Mayanka
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Decent YA chick-lit about a girl whose family is in the wedding business. She's seen her share of bridezillas so she hates the idea of weddings, but then her sister gets engaged so she has to be a bridesmaid. It's a cute, light read but doesn't stand out.
Jul 28, 2010
Tarynn
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Loved it. It was really wedding obsessed, so I had a hard time reading some of it. But as an altogether story it was awesome. I loved the character Noah, just the way he acted and his whole persona was totally real and fun to read. Thank you Kelly Sprecker for recommending this book to me =]
Jan 05, 2010
Samantha
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Abby's sister Carol told her she was getting married to some dude named Tucker who hasn't even met Carol's family yet. Her parents are excited though because they are in the wedding buisness and are exstatic to plan their own daughters wedding. Abby though is not excited about the wedding because she hates weddings because people always go over blows about stupid stuff and brides always become bridezilla's. Will Tucker and Carol actually get married? Read this book to find out.
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May 20, 2010
Ashtyn
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This is sooooo good!! One of my favorites!! Abby is a soccer player and her parents own a house called the Dove's Roost and its where peole have there weddings and then there parents get all excited because Carol, Abby's older sister, who is getting married, then Abby thinks that Tucker, Carol's fiance, is cheating on Carol.... and it is sooo AMAZING!!!
Jan 22, 2011
Amanda
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May 08, 2010
Fish
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Wow. Are all Hailey Abbot books so quick" Literally read it in under an hour and it's pretty good sized... It was pretty good though I love wedding books.
Aug 12, 2009
Brittany
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Jun 12, 2011
Divya
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I absolutley LOVED this book! It had great humor along with some cries. Abby is definetley a character I would love to be!
Sep 19, 2011
Aden
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Super cute book but I am the oppsiote of the main charcater. I actually like weddings, if my friends are there.
Sep 22, 2009
Tiffany
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The book was o.k. but I think it would make a cute movie. I don't know how that makes since but it did to me.
Apr 19, 2009
Sarah
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It was a cute book with fun (clean) romance, a wedding and little drama. I only consider it "cute," definitely not "great".... but worth reading.
Oct 12, 2010
Elle
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This book was very interesting. It had a lot of drama and romance involved. I liked it, but I thought it got kind of boring towards the end. She was facing a lot of issues and she was having friend and family problems. I didn’t really enjoy reading that. I still gave four stars because of the author’s word choice. She used a lot of descriptive words.
Jan 28, 2012
Mel
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This book is a great book and I sware when I read it I fell in love with nah! Ahhh I just love him
Jul 27, 2010
Carmen
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I know it's a teen fiction book but it was cute. And a very easy read. I read it in about 2 hours.
May 12, 2010
Elaine
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It was a very well written book about weddings, how it can damage, or bring together, a family.
Mar 28, 2011
Damaris
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omg!! all this romantic stuff lol i cant believe they go through all tht stuff!! it was awesome!!
May 26, 2010
Kathy
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A fun read as we follow Abby through the trials of finding and surviving love.
Feb 12, 2009
Christina
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I wasn't sure if was going to like this book, but it was really good
