Here Comes the Bride — If She Can Pass Chemistry.
Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter ... read full description
reviews
Oct 26, 2011
Rebecca
rated it: 
When I started, I Now Pronounce You Someone Else, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. The blurb intrigued me and sounded like something right up my alley. And after reading it, I’m glad to say I enjoyed it. If your looking for a coming of age story – which I found to be different from others I’ve read – why not give this a go!
I found I connected with Bronwen some, but not a heap. I think it would be impossible not to have some connection, just because of the story and everything t More...
I found I connected with Bronwen some, but not a heap. I think it would be impossible not to have some connection, just because of the story and everything t More...
0 comments
like
(2 people liked it)
Feb 11, 2011
Kristy
rated it:
Street Corner TBR Challenge #2 per Tina.
Ok, So I'm really glad you picked this Tina. This is one of those I might not have ever read. I tend to shy away from the "Chick lit"/Romantical fluff section but, I really, really enjoyed this one.
I must be turning into a sap! I had to wipe my eyes a couple of times while reading this.... bittersweet.
The Quick: (spoilers)
Bronwen meets Jared, they fall in love. He is practically perfect, she thinks. She is a se More...
Ok, So I'm really glad you picked this Tina. This is one of those I might not have ever read. I tend to shy away from the "Chick lit"/Romantical fluff section but, I really, really enjoyed this one.
I must be turning into a sap! I had to wipe my eyes a couple of times while reading this.... bittersweet.
The Quick: (spoilers)
Bronwen meets Jared, they fall in love. He is practically perfect, she thinks. She is a se More...
8 comments
like
(3 people liked it)
Feb 16, 2011
Arlene
rated it: 
What a perfect book to read around Valentine’s Day. I loved I Now Pronounce You Someone Else, but anyone who knows my reading style and what makes me squee, knows I’m a sap for this kind of stuff. I find it pretty, lovely and overall just beauteous!
The characters were great in this story. Bronwen really resonated with me. She’s sharp, funny, slightly broken and full of hopes and dreams. I respected her morals and how she stood by what she believed in. Grant it, it’s a bit unrealisti More...
The characters were great in this story. Bronwen really resonated with me. She’s sharp, funny, slightly broken and full of hopes and dreams. I respected her morals and how she stood by what she believed in. Grant it, it’s a bit unrealisti More...
24 comments
like
(5 people liked it)
Jan 31, 2012
Morgan
rated it:
I was very excited to read this book because it was by a debut author! Also, it looked very Sarah Dessen-like, so that means is must be good!
And it didn't disappoint! I loved everything about this book. From the writing style to the romance to the weddings! I am surprised this is Miss McCahan's first novel! I got it for a blog tour, and I started reading it right away. I immediately felt like I was in Bronwen Oliver's world, full of a her perfect, imaginary "Real Family", a More...
And it didn't disappoint! I loved everything about this book. From the writing style to the romance to the weddings! I am surprised this is Miss McCahan's first novel! I got it for a blog tour, and I started reading it right away. I immediately felt like I was in Bronwen Oliver's world, full of a her perfect, imaginary "Real Family", a More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
Jan 05, 2011
Nic
rated it: 
Favourite Quote: "And just the way he smiled - the kind of smile that exists only for you and anticipates the next good thing coming for you, or that whatever comes from you next is bound to be good - made my heart beat a little faster. Made my breath come a little quicker."
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else surprised me in a good way. I was just expecting a sweet love story, and that is amazing part of it, but it was also witty, funny and smart coming of age story.
More...
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else surprised me in a good way. I was just expecting a sweet love story, and that is amazing part of it, but it was also witty, funny and smart coming of age story.
More...
24 comments
like
(10 people liked it)
Mar 09, 2011
Reading Vacation's Mom
rated it:
REVIEW
Bronwen lives in a fantasy world where she truly believes that she was switched at birth and that her family is not her own. When she meets Jared and his normal family, Bronwen falls madly in love. It seems like the answer to her prayers. SEEMS.
Bronwen’s mother was very demanding and she expected so much from her daughter. Even though I think she really did love Bronwen, she had a crazy way of showing it. Bronwen’s stepfather was a nice man who treated her like his own daughter. I am More...
Bronwen lives in a fantasy world where she truly believes that she was switched at birth and that her family is not her own. When she meets Jared and his normal family, Bronwen falls madly in love. It seems like the answer to her prayers. SEEMS.
Bronwen’s mother was very demanding and she expected so much from her daughter. Even though I think she really did love Bronwen, she had a crazy way of showing it. Bronwen’s stepfather was a nice man who treated her like his own daughter. I am More...
Dec 01, 2011
Lauren
rated it:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else tells the tale of Bronwen Oliver, a 17 year old girl who has nothing in common with her family. Ever since her father passed away, she has come to realize she is no longer close with anyone, especially not her brother, Peter, whom she refers to as 'Jesus'. And certainly not her mother, who is big on manners and applauds Bronwen when she tries to be polite by eating meat even though she is a vegetarian.
The story really picks up when Bronwen reunites wit More...
The story really picks up when Bronwen reunites wit More...
Jun 11, 2011
Krista
rated it:
If you're looking for a fun charming read then I've found it for you. Meet Phoebe Lilywhite. A daughter to a wonderful family that doesn't mind her big teeth or want her to keep dying her hair blonde. At least, that's what seventeen year old Bronwen Oliver likes to sometimes dream she is. Being switched at birth is the only explanation of why her and her mother have nothing in common.
Bronwen's voice really made this book. It was catchy, up beat and full of witty moments. The way she v More...
Bronwen's voice really made this book. It was catchy, up beat and full of witty moments. The way she v More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
May 19, 2011
Kricket
rated it: 
i picked this up when i realized it takes place in two locations i have called home: east grand rapids & holland, michigan. it's always fun to read about familiar streets, restaurants, and beaches.
unfortunately this book is not great. bronwen finds herself engaged at the tender age of 18 years and 5 minutes. but does she really want to go through college a married girl, or is she just hoping to join a new family? the problem is that her family wasn't that bad. sure, her mom was kind of More...
unfortunately this book is not great. bronwen finds herself engaged at the tender age of 18 years and 5 minutes. but does she really want to go through college a married girl, or is she just hoping to join a new family? the problem is that her family wasn't that bad. sure, her mom was kind of More...
Apr 30, 2011
Dominique
rated it:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it, click here
Feb 15, 2011
Novel
rated it:
I confess, I was initially a wee bit disturbed by the concept of I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan. The book, after all, is about a girl who gets engaged while she’s still a senior in high school. And this was not a post-graduation, “I’ll marry you if you turn me into a vampire” type of engagement. (Which I can forgive, since I’m a sucker for those vampires. Pun intended.) Just humans. Just getting engaged.
But the way McCahan has written it, the premise totally and compl More...
But the way McCahan has written it, the premise totally and compl More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
Feb 07, 2011
First Novels Club
rated it:
McCahan is fabulous at writing characters. Fabulous. So whether or not you understand their point of view, you want to read about them. They pretty much leap off the page.
Bronwen's family is hilarious and heartbreaking. I can totally understand why Bronwen wants to become Someone Else, why she fantasized about being Phoebe Lilywhite. What I love about McCahan's portrayal of the Olivers is how NOT awful they are. They're flawed but aren't demonized, and though they're quirky, it never b More...
Bronwen's family is hilarious and heartbreaking. I can totally understand why Bronwen wants to become Someone Else, why she fantasized about being Phoebe Lilywhite. What I love about McCahan's portrayal of the Olivers is how NOT awful they are. They're flawed but aren't demonized, and though they're quirky, it never b More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
Jan 03, 2011
K
rated it:
This is the chick littiest YA book I’ve read. The cover and title are not tongue in cheek, this really is a YA story about marriage.
Bronwen lays out her switched at birth theory up front. She lists many glaring differences between her and the rest of her family. Her dad died when she was six and with him went her Real Mother and her Real Brother. She’s left with a perfect appearances mother, an absentee brother, and a stepfather who she keeps at arm’s length. When she starts dating J More...
Bronwen lays out her switched at birth theory up front. She lists many glaring differences between her and the rest of her family. Her dad died when she was six and with him went her Real Mother and her Real Brother. She’s left with a perfect appearances mother, an absentee brother, and a stepfather who she keeps at arm’s length. When she starts dating J More...
Nov 12, 2010
Kailia
rated it:
When I first read what this book was about, I got really excited. It sounded so good and I began to have high expectations. When I was asked by the publisher to review this book, I said yes without hesitation. Once I got the book in my hands though, I began to worry. What if it wasn’t as good as I had thought? What if it was a big, huge disappointment? I opened this book and began reading the first page…by the next day, I had finished reading this book.
Bronwen isn’t really Bronwe More...
Bronwen isn’t really Bronwe More...
Oct 31, 2010
Reading
rated it:
Bronwen Oliver is a 17-year old girl with an identity crisis. She lives with her mother, step-father and sometimes her college aged brother in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her problem is that she doesn't feel that she fits in or belongs to anyone. Why had her beloved father died at such a young age? Why couldn't her mother accept her for who she was? What happened to the plan her step-father had to adopt her? All of these questions lead her to conclude that she must have been switched at b
More...
0 comments
like
(2 people liked it)
Oct 10, 2010
Kate (I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read!)
rated it:
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU SOMEONE ELSE, by Eric McCahan, quickly became one of my favorite contemporary fiction books of this year. I immediately fell in love with Bronwen. She was intelligent and a bit of a dreamer (not unlike myself). I could see where she mistook herself for being switch at birth and I laughed at the many situations that she concocted to explain who her family could really be.
The relationship between Bronwen and Jared was straight out of a historical fiction. Jared was an More...
The relationship between Bronwen and Jared was straight out of a historical fiction. Jared was an More...
Oct 03, 2010
Rhiannon
rated it:
So it's not really scary - well... I think it's scary, but the average Joe probably doesn't think of young marriage as a horror inducing event, but seriously. I think it should be Stephen Kings next Horror novel story arc.
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else arrived on my door step Thursday afternoon (in the middle of making more jam) and so although it's not scary in the typical sense, it was a blog tour I had agreed to take part in some time ago and this would be why on day three of my More...
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else arrived on my door step Thursday afternoon (in the middle of making more jam) and so although it's not scary in the typical sense, it was a blog tour I had agreed to take part in some time ago and this would be why on day three of my More...
Sep 15, 2010
Kilee
rated it:
Bronwen Oliver is your normal seventeen year old. She has a family, an older brother and attends high school. Expect Bronwen thinks that she was switched at birth. Thinking in her own fantasy world of the "perfect" and "normal" family has lead her to create her own "perfect" and "normal" family. Her "real" name is Phoebe Lilywhite, daughter to Percival and Kitty Lilywhite, a family where she gets her brown hair and smile.
So when Bron More...
So when Bron More...
Sep 11, 2010
YA Reads
rated it:
At its heart, I Now Pronounce You Someone Else is about 18-year-old Bronwen’s quest for identity – who she is, where she comes from, what she wants. And, perhaps most importantly, what she doesn’t want – yet.
Bronwen has a long-held theory that she was actually switched at birth. It’s the only way she can explain the differences between her and her family, especially her distant, blond mother (a fact that screams through the pages every time Bronwen calls her “Mother” instead of “Mom”). More...
Bronwen has a long-held theory that she was actually switched at birth. It’s the only way she can explain the differences between her and her family, especially her distant, blond mother (a fact that screams through the pages every time Bronwen calls her “Mother” instead of “Mom”). More...
Sep 10, 2010
Mimi
rated it:
I adored this book. It is a book that after reading it, I wanted to flip back to the beginning and read the whole book again. It was not what I expected. The most depth in the book is in the issues the main character has with her family. And I really liked that. So often teen books are all about teens trying to fit in with their peers, but she was comfortable with her place in her peers and realized it was her family life that was lacking. Throughout the whole book she struggled with it.
More...
More...
Sep 04, 2010
Michelle
rated it:
Muted, understated, quiet — all adjectives I would use to describe I Now Pronounce You Someone Else. The story of one young girl’s struggle to find where she fits in. What was interesting and unique about this was it wasn’t the typical fitting in amongst the different cliques at school, it was where she fit in with family.
Filled with plot elements that were profoundly emotional and deeply influential, this is an excellent book to fit into a teen reader’s life. Touching on such serio More...
Filled with plot elements that were profoundly emotional and deeply influential, this is an excellent book to fit into a teen reader’s life. Touching on such serio More...
Jul 12, 2010
Merand
rated it:
I like this book. I will admit it wasn't exactly what I expected but I still like it. It was an enjoyable break from the catty, sex-crazed teen novels, or the teen vampire novels, or the dark, depressing, anguish-filled teen abuse novels that are in abundance. It isn't that these other books don't have a place but I frequently crave a book about a normal girl, with normal friends who isn't sleeping around, drinking, swearing, dressing like a vamp (or eating like one), and has normal dreams an
More...
2 comments
like
(2 people liked it)
Feb 22, 2010
Monica
rated it:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else reminded me, in some ways, of the movie The Prince and Me. Both are about young women trying to determine which future will allow them to be truest to themselves, and both uphold the idea that while love is wonderful, it should not require blind sacrifice of everything else.
Bronwen Oliver is a teenager searching for the family she's supposed to have; like many teenagers, she feels that she must have been switched at birth and should rightfully be with More...
Bronwen Oliver is a teenager searching for the family she's supposed to have; like many teenagers, she feels that she must have been switched at birth and should rightfully be with More...
Sep 11, 2010
Angela
rated it:
I was tickled to death to discover this book is set in and around my hometown (Holland). It's been years since I've considered Holland home (four years of college in Ypsilanti, and then for the past two years I've been in New York City), but it was so fun to re-visit the area through Bronwen's eyes.
In many ways, this book is the antidote to many of the unrealistic romances that have been flooding the YA market over the last few years. Bronwen is absolutely head over heels in love wit More...
In many ways, this book is the antidote to many of the unrealistic romances that have been flooding the YA market over the last few years. Bronwen is absolutely head over heels in love wit More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
Apr 27, 2011
Anna
rated it:
So at first I had no idea what I was going to think of this book. But things ran into high gear after the first chapter and did not let up until the end! I think the book's description is really the best one I can give:
Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. That's the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother; a kind but distant stepfather; and a brother with a small personality complex. Bronwen knows she mMore...
Feb 16, 2011
Crystal
rated it:
This is one of those books that I can really gush over for forever. It was sweet and endearing and just plain sweet. The story is about Bronwen and her life after her father past way some time ago. Her mom is pretty much nonexsistent. She only wants Bronwen to be polite and respectful of others no matter the cost to Bronwen. Whitt, Bronwen's stepdad, is there for as much as he can be even though she is holding onto a very big grudge. While dealing with her life she bumps into Jared, a frie
More...
10 comments
like
(5 people liked it)
Feb 18, 2011
For some reason recently I keep being surprised by how much I like a lot of the books I’ve been selecting. This, wonderfully, was one of them! This was an enjoyable read that got me thinking about my family and who I am because of them.
1. Continuing with what I was just talking about, this book is all about originally not accepting where you come from and wanting to run as far as you possibly can from that. It’s so much easier to think “everything would be so perfect if I were born More...
1. Continuing with what I was just talking about, this book is all about originally not accepting where you come from and wanting to run as far as you possibly can from that. It’s so much easier to think “everything would be so perfect if I were born More...
Aug 24, 2010
Trisha
rated it:
You know how when you read a book and it is just an amazing read and no other book compares to that one for a few days? Yeah, that is what I Now Pronounce You Someone Else has done to me. I absolutely LOVED this book! I stayed up very late reading after my kids went to bed and I was sad to see it end.
It is sad to say I am a helpless romantic. I love reading romance novels and seeing a happy ending, it always puts me in a great mood. And this was definitely a teenage romance novel. Wh More...
It is sad to say I am a helpless romantic. I love reading romance novels and seeing a happy ending, it always puts me in a great mood. And this was definitely a teenage romance novel. Wh More...
Jun 11, 2010
Eleni ( La Femme Readers )
rated it:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else was an adorable love story about two people who deal with the struggles of pre-marriage. Bronwen was a quirky and sarcastic character. Their were times where she made me giggle and times where she frustrated me. She was definitely a complainer and very picky. Besides that, her personality kept me entertained throughout the book. Bronwen's family was out there yet, unique. Her mother was sort of like a Stepford wife. Everything had to be perfect and emotionless. S
More...
Sep 14, 2010
Angelc
rated it:
Bronwen always felt so different from her mother, her stepfather, and her brother (the golden child) that she thought she might have been switched at birth. She knew this wasn't really true, but it was a fantasy that her 'real' family was out there and was more like her. In her senior year, she meets Jared, who is in college. They fall in love and before graduation, Jared asks Bronwen to marry him. Their parents are reluctant to accept the decision, and so do Bronwen's friends. When Jared pushes
More...
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
