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Here Comes the Bride

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Cate Padgett has been dating Ethan for a couple years and after finding a brochure from a jewelry store, is convinced he will pop the question. Maybe even on their upcoming trip to Cancun for a friend's wedding. What Cate does not count on is the appearance of Janet, the gal who broke Ethan's heart years ago, and it appears she wants back in his good graces. Instead of the romantic proposal she was hoping for, Cate spends the better part of the weekend ill in the hotel room.

Back in San Diego, Ethan proposes by placing the ring around her cat's collar, only to have the cat and ring disappear. Add to that the fact that Janet has relocated from San Francisco and seems to find all kinds of reasons to pop by the house that Cate and Ethan just purchased, while Ethan remains clueless as to her motivations. As Cate struggles to put together the perfect wedding, appease her mother who is against her and Ethan living in sin to not boycott her wedding, and deal with Ethan's cousin who manages to be the bridesmaid from hell, Cate finds herself questioning if she and Ethan are meant to be together.

Fans of Lyle's "Always a Bridesmaid" will enjoy the chance to see perennial bridesmaid Cate walk down the aisle while trying to avoid becoming an obnoxious bridezilla. Quirky secondary characters and realistic witty dialogue keep the story fresh and entertaining.

Whitney Lyles is a new author to me. So far, I love both of her books - Always the Bridemaid and now this one.
Granted, there are some spelling errors in the book that I think the editor should pay more attention to.

Cate is funny and as crazy as lot of bride-to-be are, however, she is not completely Bridezilla. Ethan is such a sweet, good guy and can be clueless at time.

I definitely will watch out for this author in the future.

With weeks to go before my own wedding, I picked this up as a fun read that related to my life. I finished in about two sittings (and I'm not normally a very fast reader). I was left with the impression that it took me about as long to read as it took the author to write. Its entertaining, its easy, and its brainless. The story moves quickly and its a fun read for someone going through the wedding planning process. Beyond that, its pretty poorly written. This story, in the hands of a more skilled writer, could have been a million times better. The characters would have had depth and would have acted in ways that made sense, the plot would have been fleshed out, and the climax of the book (the wedding) would have taken more than 2 minutes to read. Overall, its not breaking any new ground, so take it for what it is, an easy beach read.

i loved the first book! and being someone who fell in love and is marrying her best friend i though the second book would be good. there were some really frustrating parts, especially with ethan not stepping up and being a man and telling his ex to leave.

This book was great! It was just like reading about my wedding that happened 6 months ago. It had me in tears from laughing so hard. I LOVED this book and couldn't wait to start on First Comes Love. The only "error" you could find about it was one or two spelling errors but who cares b/c you'll be in tears from laughing so hard to even really notice them!

I agree the missing words and other errors were annoying, but I still loved this book. The main characters are all likeable, and it was a book I couldn't put down. I enjoyed Always the Bridesmaid too and look forward to reading the next book in the series.

I'm not normally a fan of wedding type chick lit, but thought I'd try it anyways. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It started out slow and a bit confusing because I hadn't read about the characters in the first novel 'Always the Bridesmaid'. Once I got into it, I really loved it. Cate and Ethan are a cute couple and are wonderfully written characters. All the families and friends coming together in this were great as well.

Now, I'm really excited to read the next book 'First Comes Love' that will be released soon. Whitney Lyles is a new favorite author of mine!

Dont be mistaken by the title - this is not a book only for brides to read! It is a hilarious story of drama and laugh out loud moments. It is a wonderful beach read-wherever you read it, you won't be able to put it down!

This book is by far the worst 'trashy' novel I've ever read. There are numerous spelling errors and grammatical errors it was ridiculous. Don't waste your money. This book was given to me and I will use it to start a fire rather than pass it on.