The cover of this book I thought was instantly attractive, couple that with a plot that sounds both funny and dramatic and that’s a recipe for success, right!
I found this book as funny as I thought it would be. Mix the humour with the antics that Mia gets up to this creates a book a really fun read and I found it tough to put down, this was a good thing as I was on a race against time to finish the #sundaychallenge I take part in on twitter (check out This Chick Reads on twitter to find out more!).
From the first few chapters we get to know Mia as a seemingly cold hearted cow, for want of a better phrase. I wasn’t sure I would like her, but that changed almost immediately when she met her sister, Belle. From that point on I felt she was very unfairly treated by pretty much everyone bar Chris and Leo. I think most of it was a set of unfortunate circumstances, though I have to say some of the incidents I really wish Mia had stopped a bit and thought about things the pulp fiction issue is an example of what I mean. However for a lot of it, it was bad luck. Mia never really purposefully went out to upset Belle, who is perhaps the most typical example of ‘Bridezilla’ you can imagine, over reacting about every single thing and blaming Mia. Deep down I think Mia does care about her family, hence why she came in the first place, yet everyone was too busy blaming and moaning at her.
Most of the other characters weren’t massively likeable as they were mostly being mean to Mia, half the time for no valid reason. While this would normally put me off a book, because this was the point of the book it made for some fun reading. You just want to slap them all for being so petty. Though there were some occasions I thought they were right to moan, so it balanced the book nicely.
However, Leo was as lovely as you’d expect and I really liked how he saw how badly she was being treated and was Mia’s ally, sticking up for her.
Overall this book did not disappoint in the slightest and I cannot wait to read more from Portia!
Published by: Carina
Gratefully received from the Publisher for review.
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Want to wind down after a long week/day at work with a good book and a glass of wine?
I will talk about a nice wine I drank which I think suits the mood of this book.
The wine I have chosen for this book is the French classic, Chablis. I drank Morrison’s ‘M Signature Chablis’ which can be bought online here. I think this wine is perfect for this book. Mia seemed partial to white wine in this book. This wine is crisp, acidic, slight apple notes and more steely/minerally flavoured than a lot of white wine out there, this is due to the soil that the vines are grown in. This mixes well with the story because I think Mia wants you to think of her as having a heart of stone, but this seems to be a protective instinct from the teasing she suffered when she was a teenager, when you look into it she has quite a kind personality. Made from 100% Chardonnay grapes, I am a big fan!
