Calamity Rayne—fiancée of very sophisticated and
powerful billionaire hottie, Hale Davenport—has a wedding to plan! With
no clue how she managed to out-Darwin a bazillion other women and land
one of the world’s most desirable bachelors, she becomes the paparazzi’s
newest target. Receiving a crash course in charm school and wedding
etiquette, she fights tradition and ends up following a lazy bride's
guide to catastrophes and chaos in this laugh-out-loud,
opposites-attract, billionaire romantic comedy from bestselling author,
Lydia Michaels.
Save The Date! Here comes the awkward bride—with a heap of poor judgment and tequila on the side!
I must start with a disclaimer. I accepted this ARC without realizing it is part of a series, and I don’t believe the book works well as a standalone. That said, Lydia Michaels is a talented writer, and I will look for other books by her in the future.
What I liked:
Some funny scenes made me laugh out loud. I can sit with a good romantic comedy and zip the story. A few scenes also touched my heart and made me a little teary, especially with Rayne and her father. There are a wide variety of characters; some I liked and some not so much. For me that is a good book, as it is close to real life.
Rayne’s relationship with Remmington, her future father-in-law, is special. She is devoted to him, and he treats her as someone special. He supports her relationship with Hale. I’m sure there is much information about him in the previous books, but I understand him a little.
Barrett. He broke my heart. It is difficult not to feel for him. Often I found him more likable than Hale.
What didn’t work too much for me:
The intro chapter put me in the wrong headspace. I don’t like dishonesty or cheating. As the
story progresses, we go through the three months prior to the prologue and the
run. Michaels tries to explain why Rayne
is in the room with Barret, but at one point, we are told that Rayne and Barret
have never talked about the event since that night. Why?
What really happened? They told Hale they would never betray him,
and I believe that is true, but something is fishy.
Elle is selfish and should never be the maid of honor. Rayne needed to replace her with Seraphina. I understand that Rayne was trying to hang onto her best friend, but is it necessary? Seraphina was there to help Rayne every step of the way. Elle not so much.
Hale took over the wedding to make it what he wanted. If Hale loves Rayne, let her do the wedding she wants. I understand he is wealthy, but many wealthy people don’t need their big day in the papers. Maybe this is explained in one of the previous books, but reading this one alone, it feels like Hale wants what Hale wants and too bad for Rayne.
Finally, Rayne and Hale are getting married, but she can’t be honest with him about the credit card. What kind of foundation are they building their forever life on? BTW, billionaires don’t have credit limits on their AMX cards. That whole reason for running was childish and didn’t work for me.
I know this sounds more negative than positive, which isn’t how I feel. This is a decent romantic comedy. It could be on the Hallmark Channel. I really believe if I had read the previous books and not been thrown into the disastrous first chapter, I would have had a very different experience with this book.
3.5 Stars
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