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The Nearly Weds
by
Jane Costello (Goodreads Author)
Zoe Moore dicampakkan oleh pacarnya, Jason, pada hari pernikahannya. Karena tidak tahan menghadapi tatapan dan rasa kasihan keluarga dan teman-temannya, Zoe akhirnya memutuskan untuk pergi menyeberangi lautan menuju ke Amerika.
Ryan Miller, seorang vice president di kantornya sekaligus duda beranak dua yang pemarah, sinis, dan cuek, namun luar bisa seksi, mempekerjakan Zoe...more
Ryan Miller, seorang vice president di kantornya sekaligus duda beranak dua yang pemarah, sinis, dan cuek, namun luar bisa seksi, mempekerjakan Zoe...more
419 pages
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(first published 2009)
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This romantic read was extremely hard to put down. The plot flowed nicely from moment to moment that I managed to finish it easily within a day due to it's short chapters which just had me thinking 'okay, just one more' constantly.
I love the flirty, cheesy but romantic way Jane has wrote all the books of hers I have read so far and the embarrasing moments which brings the story back to reality instead of it being some sort of fairytale. I adored all the characters and how they were portrayed as...more
I love the flirty, cheesy but romantic way Jane has wrote all the books of hers I have read so far and the embarrasing moments which brings the story back to reality instead of it being some sort of fairytale. I adored all the characters and how they were portrayed as...more
Originally Reviewed at Novel Escapes
The Nearly-Weds was a wonderful romantic read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a fun take on starting over with great characters and a plot that rolled along smoothly straight through to the end. It was full of all I expect with chick lit, especially single girl lit, including laughs, romance and delightful characters.
Costello’s wit and humour, along with her carefully crafted plot, turns out another great chick lit read. I loved Zoe’s character with her dete...more
The Nearly-Weds was a wonderful romantic read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a fun take on starting over with great characters and a plot that rolled along smoothly straight through to the end. It was full of all I expect with chick lit, especially single girl lit, including laughs, romance and delightful characters.
Costello’s wit and humour, along with her carefully crafted plot, turns out another great chick lit read. I loved Zoe’s character with her dete...more
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Blurb From Amazon
What's the worst thing that could happen to a blushing bride? To somebody warm, loving, and fun - like Zoe Moore? When she finds herself jilted at the altar by her fiance Jason, Zoe knows she doesn't deserve this heartache and humiliation. Unable to face the pitying faces of her friends and family, Zoe takes drastic action: she flees to America. Specifically, to Boston, where she takes up a post as nanny to five-year-old Ruby Miller and her little broth...more
Blurb From Amazon
What's the worst thing that could happen to a blushing bride? To somebody warm, loving, and fun - like Zoe Moore? When she finds herself jilted at the altar by her fiance Jason, Zoe knows she doesn't deserve this heartache and humiliation. Unable to face the pitying faces of her friends and family, Zoe takes drastic action: she flees to America. Specifically, to Boston, where she takes up a post as nanny to five-year-old Ruby Miller and her little broth...more
The Nearly-weds is the second book of Jane Costello's that I have both read and fallen in love with.
After you have read one book, there is always a fear when you read another by the same author that it won't be as good. Nothing could be further from the truth in this case. While the writing style is clearly the same, with cheeky charm and a flirty feel, the characters and settings are very much part of their own world.
I adored the character of Zoe and how she adapted to her new life in the Sta...more
After you have read one book, there is always a fear when you read another by the same author that it won't be as good. Nothing could be further from the truth in this case. While the writing style is clearly the same, with cheeky charm and a flirty feel, the characters and settings are very much part of their own world.
I adored the character of Zoe and how she adapted to her new life in the Sta...more
mungkin saya kurang cocok sama chicklit, tapi ga bisa menolak rom-com. menarik walopun agak kesel sama Zoe yang plin plan abisssss di sini. nyakitin Jason walopun Jason pantas mendapatkannya tapi ngga dengan cara membalas kabur dari pernikahan yg kedua kalinya.
di sisi lain, saya jatuh cinta sm karakter Ryan Miller. yang awalnya bikin keki, bener2 jerk, tapi seksi, berubah jadi baikkkkk banget setelah Zoe marah2 ke dia dan membuat dia sadar. wkwk. yahh. u know laa endingnya gimana. wkwk.
walopun a...more
di sisi lain, saya jatuh cinta sm karakter Ryan Miller. yang awalnya bikin keki, bener2 jerk, tapi seksi, berubah jadi baikkkkk banget setelah Zoe marah2 ke dia dan membuat dia sadar. wkwk. yahh. u know laa endingnya gimana. wkwk.
walopun a...more
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I liked it a lot, I didn't love it though...
It was a great, fun read. Simple, to the point, cheesy and mushy all at the same time. I enjoyed the characters, Ryan sounds like a hottie, and the kids are adorable. The nanny clan were hilarious, and Zoe a sweetheart, although the part where she goes back to her ex after he jilted her annoyed me to no end. But hey, it's the way the story goes!
I read this book in one day, so thumbs up to that. I was always eager to move on and see what happens next, a...more
It was a great, fun read. Simple, to the point, cheesy and mushy all at the same time. I enjoyed the characters, Ryan sounds like a hottie, and the kids are adorable. The nanny clan were hilarious, and Zoe a sweetheart, although the part where she goes back to her ex after he jilted her annoyed me to no end. But hey, it's the way the story goes!
I read this book in one day, so thumbs up to that. I was always eager to move on and see what happens next, a...more
abis baca ini, ga nyangka ceritanya kocak
kocaknya ada pada karakter zoe. aseli ceroboh. ditambah dg pekerjaan sbg baby sitter, klop lah.kecerobohan itu ga luntur saat dia dipekerjakan Ryan bwt ngasuh anak2nya. apalagi saat dia marahin Ryan, gara2 kesibukannya kerja.untungnya, Ryan tipe cowok yg nerima kecerobohan zoe, lengkapnya menertawakan sikap zoe.
di sini, menurutku, si pengarang pas bikin karakter pasangan Ryan dan Zoe. Ryan, pengusaha muda yg cool-tenang-yg selalu muram gara2 ditinggal ma...more
kocaknya ada pada karakter zoe. aseli ceroboh. ditambah dg pekerjaan sbg baby sitter, klop lah.kecerobohan itu ga luntur saat dia dipekerjakan Ryan bwt ngasuh anak2nya. apalagi saat dia marahin Ryan, gara2 kesibukannya kerja.untungnya, Ryan tipe cowok yg nerima kecerobohan zoe, lengkapnya menertawakan sikap zoe.
di sini, menurutku, si pengarang pas bikin karakter pasangan Ryan dan Zoe. Ryan, pengusaha muda yg cool-tenang-yg selalu muram gara2 ditinggal ma...more
Zoe kabur ke Amerika setelah Jason gak muncul pas hari pernikahannya. Alesannya grogi, gak yakin, bla bla bla biasa cowo :D. Trus karena temen2 sama ibunya Zoe ngomonginnn teruss, capek lah si Zoe ini, en dia nekat ke Amrik buat jadi babysitter. Awalnya dia ditempatin di keluarga kaya gt,eh pas baru nyampe bandara, ditelpon sama agennya klo gak jadi en dia dipindah kerja ke keluarga lain yg namanya R. Miller. awalnya Zoe nyangka R. Miller ini ibu2 gt, nah pas ketemua Ryan sama dua anaknya, kaget...more
Konyol sekonyol-konyolnya kalo lo jadi peran utama perempuan karena gw ngebaca aja udah ngerasa malu banget apalagi kalo itu terjadi. Zoe mesti canggung menghadapi perjalanan pertamanya dari Inggris ke Amerika serta dipandang aneh dengan teman sebangkunya di pesawat; dipandang aneh dengan penjaga kios tetap Zoe membeli air mineral; dipermalukan oleh Rebecca King ketika ia diminta oleh Ryan untuk menemaninya dalam acara formal dan diberikan baju dan sepatu kebesaran; harus menanggung malu waktu Z...more
I object to both the image on the cover of this book and the title, neither of which really represented what the book is about. Zoe is jilted at the altar by her boyfriend of seven years and heads to America to take up a nanny position in Boston with two adorable children and their enormously frustrating father. The picture shows a girl in a wedding dress running away from a man!
Anyway, there is little to say about this book. There were no twists. A number of the secondary characters were entire...more
Anyway, there is little to say about this book. There were no twists. A number of the secondary characters were entire...more
A fun and charming read.
I found Zoe character is too good too be true, it's nearly unreal for someone to be that kind-heart, incredibly patient and wise. Working as a governess for a family with no mother and careless father, she's amazing with the kids. Although the writer de-graced her by her clumsiness and wicked wardrobe, I can't help to love her for her warm heart and beautiful soul.
While Ryan Miller, the bittersoul widower is a man-whore who for his griefing and losing soul had slept with...more
I found Zoe character is too good too be true, it's nearly unreal for someone to be that kind-heart, incredibly patient and wise. Working as a governess for a family with no mother and careless father, she's amazing with the kids. Although the writer de-graced her by her clumsiness and wicked wardrobe, I can't help to love her for her warm heart and beautiful soul.
While Ryan Miller, the bittersoul widower is a man-whore who for his griefing and losing soul had slept with...more
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Another book of Jane Costello that was just a real pleasure and fun to read!
As always - the main character is just superb, a person that I'd like to be a friend with. So human and so normal, so funny and so clumsy, and all the "bad" things, there were actually so funny, happened to her, which made her so, so real. Zoe's mum has irritated me a little when she was pushing her daughter so much to the second wedding, but then she has rehabilitated herself. The children: Ruby and Samuel were drawn so...more
As always - the main character is just superb, a person that I'd like to be a friend with. So human and so normal, so funny and so clumsy, and all the "bad" things, there were actually so funny, happened to her, which made her so, so real. Zoe's mum has irritated me a little when she was pushing her daughter so much to the second wedding, but then she has rehabilitated herself. The children: Ruby and Samuel were drawn so...more
I picked up The Nearly-Weds straight after reading another Jane Costello book, My Single Friend, because I loved that book so much. And I am surprised to say that I loved The Nearly-Weds even more! You really feel for Zoe right from the beginning of the book. She has been left at the altar by a man that she loves and wants to spend the rest of her life with. She feels as though she can’t cope with the humiliation and speculation any longer so she hops on a plane to America where she becomes a na...more
On the day of her wedding the last thing Zoe Miller expects is to be stood up, but that’s exactly what her boyfriend Jason does. Unable to cope with everyone’s sympathy and questions Zoe flees to America to be a nanny to a rich family. On arriving in New York, however, Zoe is told she will instead be heading to Boston to nanny R. Miller’s two children, Ruby and Samuel. Zoe thinks R. Miller is a woman but he turns out to be a widowed husband named Ryan. The children love Zoe immediately but Ryan...more
I really liked the story. I found lots of things laugh out loud funny and it was a definite page turner. But, on the other hand, after I was done reading there were some things that I didn't like about it. I didn't like the transition from men at all. It wasn't subtle, it just happened. One minute "he's" all she can think about, the next it's the other guy. That doesn't matter too much to me, though. What I like is a good read, and this is it.
Sejenis dengan ciklit-nya GPU, cara penceritaan mayoritas berupa narasi dari pikiran Heroine-nya, kurangnya dialog aktif antara tokoh" yang ada. Namun, ntah kenapa gw suka ma buku ini, mungkin walo banyakan narasi, tapi emosi para tokohnya dapat dirasakan, trus krn pendeknya bab" yang ada, jadi memberi kesan alur yang cepat, sehingga mempermudah untuk dicerna dan dibaca ;p. Klo nih buku bab"nya panjang, mungkin di awal gw d akan menyerah untuk membacanya. Jadi secara keseluruhan not bad lah ;)
HAHAHAHAHHAAAAA
WOW.... seriously this is one of those books that will have you buckled over with laughter.. its soo.. hmm FUNNY!.. and the main characters are just so easy to mesh with and understand and when she goes back to Jason you don't just read it but you know that her love for him is not the same.
seriously a light hearted good read!
ohh and its one of those books that have sex in it but not graphically described.
WOW.... seriously this is one of those books that will have you buckled over with laughter.. its soo.. hmm FUNNY!.. and the main characters are just so easy to mesh with and understand and when she goes back to Jason you don't just read it but you know that her love for him is not the same.
seriously a light hearted good read!
ohh and its one of those books that have sex in it but not graphically described.
a perfect book for a three hours train ride. It's an easy writting and keeps your smile on your lips. It's the story of a british baby-sitter who founds love in the USA after her fiance leaves her on their wedding day. Zoe`s sadness evolves into happiness. One scene that made me laugh is when she falls down at a fancy reception, showing her Wonder Woman panties under her evening gown :)).
A book that teaches many important things.
When life goes tits up with a man run for the hills, or at least to the other side of the world.
And if life went tits up with a man then it went wrong for a reason, just because you harking after the sweet and lovely times it doesn't mean you have to start it again because there a change of mind....
A funny chilled summer read that had me giggling away.
When life goes tits up with a man run for the hills, or at least to the other side of the world.
And if life went tits up with a man then it went wrong for a reason, just because you harking after the sweet and lovely times it doesn't mean you have to start it again because there a change of mind....
A funny chilled summer read that had me giggling away.
i was disappointed when i finished this book. I heard that jane costello is like second Sophie Kinsella, but i disagree with that. Sophie's books are much better. The Nearly-weds is a nice read however. The worst part of the book is the ending, because it is so expected and i got the feeling like Costello forgot about other complications mentioned before in the book. Maybe there will be a second book? i don't know :)
This is the first book that I have read by Jane Costella but it is not going to be the last.
I loved this book and could not put it down, it is a real page turner and had me laughing out loud at times.
This book is a chick lit that needs to be read so go and pick up a copy and im sure that you will enjoy it as much as i did :)
I loved this book and could not put it down, it is a real page turner and had me laughing out loud at times.
This book is a chick lit that needs to be read so go and pick up a copy and im sure that you will enjoy it as much as i did :)
I read a few Costello's books and this one is the best one by far. I am a fan of Brit humor and the book did not disappoint. It's a story about English woman who got stud up at the wedding so, to put some distance between them, she takes a babysitting job in US. The problem arise the moment she comes out of the plane-the agency changed the family she was suppose to go to. Of course, her new family is a bit different. The kids are great but the dad...hot stuff all the way. Widower and angry, fool...more
Sep 13, 2012
Mirella Grace
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Waaah, baca buku yang ini, ternyata menurutku gak sebagus yang bukku Bridesmaids... Tau deh kenapa. Mungkin karena dari awl aku gak sreg ama karakter si Ryan Miller kali yaa. Sementara si Zoe... Yah namanya juga lagi patah hati abis... kalo aku ini Zoe, mungkin aku juga bakal kaabur ke luar negeri buat ngelupain si Jason...
Kagak nyangka... di Amrik sono banyak juga nanny nanny asal Inggris yeeee. Trus, ngomongin Boston, jjadi inget kantor Talbots di Boston sono. Sepanjang baca novel, sempet ngar...more
Kagak nyangka... di Amrik sono banyak juga nanny nanny asal Inggris yeeee. Trus, ngomongin Boston, jjadi inget kantor Talbots di Boston sono. Sepanjang baca novel, sempet ngar...more
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Jane Costello is the Top Ten best-selling author of six novels including Bridesmaids, All The Single Ladies and her latest book, The Wish List.
Jane was a full-time journalist before she became an author, working on titles including the Liverpool Echo (where she started as a graduate trainee), the Daily Mail, and the Liverpool Daily Post, where she was Editor for almost five years.
She wrote her fir...more
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Jane was a full-time journalist before she became an author, working on titles including the Liverpool Echo (where she started as a graduate trainee), the Daily Mail, and the Liverpool Daily Post, where she was Editor for almost five years.
She wrote her fir...more
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