{"id":15246,"date":"2022-01-09T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T16:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itwaslikemagic.com\/?p=15246"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:29:25","slug":"wedding-night-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wedding-night-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wedding Night’ (2014) Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Potential Spoilers Below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis from the Publisher:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad \u2014 not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, they\u2019ll just get married . . . right now. Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. But Lottie is determined to say \u201cI do,\u201d for better, or for worse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review: <\/strong><\/em>Whew! This book took a bit of concentration and patience to get through. I admit, the synopsis sounded like a lot of fun, but once I got into the nitty-gritty of what Wedding Night was about, it was… very bizarre. Bizarre and implausible. After her boyfriend disappoints her by not proposing, Lottie ends things and, within a week, marries an ex-fling she had hooked up with fifteen years ago. Her sister Fliss is going through a bitter divorce and is determined to spoil the honeymoon so Lottie can get an annulment rather than go through a divorce herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, the book is Lottie being convinced that her new husband, Ben, is her soulmate, when in fact, he\u2019s a creepy pig. Their attraction is purely physical, and all they want to do is get it on, but Fliss has somehow convinced the Greek hotel where Lottie and Ben are honeymooning to keep the newlyweds from consummating the relationship until she can get there to talk some sense into Lottie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book jumps between Lottie and Fliss’s POVs, and honestly, neither sister is mentally balanced. Lottie is a nutter… even when she and Ben realize and agree that their marriage is doomed, she texts (crying, no less) her sister that the marriage is wonderful, Ben is wonderful, and they\u2019re so happy<\/em>. What\u2019s the point of this other than to drag out the misunderstandings and shenanigans for another thirty pages? I don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t believe any self-respecting hotel would ever do what this hotel did to Ben and Lottie to keep them from having sex. Ben even gets to where he\u2019s willing to have sex with Lottie with people watching, just to do it. Blech. I just don\u2019t know how to feel about this book other than it was… again, blech. There are very few likable characters. Lottie is a dingbat, Fliss is overbearing and bitter, and Ben is a creep… Lorcan – Ben\u2019s best friend and business partner – is probably the most sensible and clear-headed, but that doesn\u2019t make up for all the blahness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gave this two stars because there are some<\/em> humorous parts, and I ended up finishing the book. Sophie Kinsella\u2019s writing style is appealing to me, so I do want to read more from her. I just hope her other books are more entertaining than this one was. And with more relatable, more interesting characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more of my book reviews here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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