Wedding Night

If you liked the Shopaholic novels, you'll love Wedding Night, which is by the same author, Sophie Kinsella. Madcap rom-coms are sort of her thing, and I can definitely see a movie coming out of this novel, maybe with Keira Knightly as Lottie.

Lottie is at lunch with her long-time boyfriend Richard, and she's sure he's going to propose. When he doesn't, she walks out on him, brokenhearted. Then her old love interest Ben calls, who she was madly in love with 15-years-ago when she was 18 and living in a guesthouse on the island of Ikanos, but whom she hasn't seen since. They have a fabulous dinner after which they decide to get married, but to not have sex until their wedding night.

Enter Lottie's older sister Fliss (you gotta love these names), who's going through a difficult divorce and doesn't want to see her sister ruin her life by marrying the wrong guy. So she decides to do everything in her power to prevent Lottie and Ben from consummating their wedding, so that Lottie can have the marriage annulled when she comes to her senses. Add Ben's friend Lorcan, Lottie's ex Richard, and Fliss' precocious son Noah to the mix and the story flies right on by.

I've read a number of Kinsella's books, and I really love her characters, they are likeable and imperfect and very real. The story became a bit trying at times (the measures taken by the resort staff at Fliss' request are a bit unbelievable), but it moves right along and is lots of fun. This is a really great beach read.

Wedding Night