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Not Quite A Bride

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I absolutely loved this book! It was so funny that I laughed out loud MANY times while reading it. I really love Sophie Kinsella books and since I've read them all I haven't found anything that tickled me as much as this book. I am SO excited to have a new author to read! I can't wait to read, Not Quite A Mom.

Molly is tired of being a bridesmaid. With an inheritance burning a hole in her pocket from her grandmother, she decides not to be a bridesmaid anymore, and be the bride. Good plan. Now, if only she had a groom. She opens the paper and finds an escort. Justin is just what she needs to pull off the scam of the century, as long as no one finds out that he's actually gay. With her family loving Justin, there's only one more person to impress, her best friend Brad. But Brad has problems of his own. He's engaged to the devil herself and she will do anything in her power to keep Brad and Molly apart. With no one to lean on, Molly goes through with all the wedding plans, including purchasing a hot Vera Wang dress. The tough part? Planning on how Justin will "leave her at the alter heartbroken". She gets so far into planning this, that she realizes that there are more feelings involved than she had planned. Then, to top it all off, she meets "the one".

Molly is a very compassionate character with whom you will be able to relate. Her constant chatter about weddings might get you a little bored, but keep reading, because you can see a deeper story laying within it. Her family is always watching and waiting for her to find someone, and when she does, they act like the world revolves around it. Also, Molly's run-ins with Claire (the devil) are very amusing. With Brad sauntering along, you root for him to get out of the relationship with Claire. While not a book that will get you thinking, this book is a good read, especially if you're looking for a beach book. Personally, it had me drawn in and I couldn't wait to see how the fake wedding was going to turn out for Molly. I was rooting for her the whole time.

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Molly has always been the dependable bridesmaid. Even her younger sister Jamie made it to the altar before her. To make matters worse, Jamie's about to have a baby and her best friend Brad has just proposed to his shrewish debutante girlfriend Claire. Tired of always being on the outside and with no opportunity on the horizon, Molly answers a personal ad from Justin, a male escort and hires him to be her date for the year, including a whirlwind fake romance and engagement, culminating in a wedding where he'll leave her at the altar (but she'll get the party and keep the gifts). Justin, a gay out of work actor thinks she's crazy one second but wants the hoopla of an engagement too. He ends up being a little too convincing - her family and friends fall head over heels for Justin. Only Brad has reservations about the union. Her new "romance" brings out a bit of rivalry between Molly and Claire who's convinced that given the chance, Molly and Brad would be a couple. As Molly schemes to make her wedding a reality, the strain on her friendship with Brad starts to show, while Justin is quickly replacing him in the best friend department. When her brother Logan comes out of the closet, they let him in on the secret and it's Justin who's there to help him adapt.

Sawyer's novel is at times very funny, but also pretty predictable (and the so-called "twist" at the end can be seen coming within the first 100 pages). I would have like to have seen further development of the relationship between Molly and Brad - it's not fully realized. Molly is a hard protagonist to like and her own worst enemy; while many of us would rather just buy the whisk from Williams Sonoma ourselves, she goes the extra mile to pull the wool over everyone's eyes at quite a cost (a wedding at the Plaza at $250 a head).

This book is a great read. I was so wrapped up in the main character's crazy schemes that I could hardly put it down and finished it in a weekend! The story is very well written; easy to read with a great deal of funny references that made me laugh out loud. The characters, who could be familiar to anyone, are great, and the protagonist is just the right balance of lovable and despicable to keep it interesting. If you need a fun read, I highly recommend it.

This is great chick lit - Molly's (far fetched) experiences in this book are both entertaining and absorbing. Kirsten Sawyer is such a fun, fast-paced writer that I had to take this book to work to read on my lunch hours until I finished it!

This was a purely enjoyable read. If you are in the mood for light, fun reading that ends happily, this book is for you. It was fun to just escape and see where the adventure took the main character Molly. I highly recommend, I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

First of all. I found the main character, Molly, very pathetic. Faking a marriage? Please. Apparently a story like this has been done before. Her whole idea of her faking an engagement is to be able to live it. Yet, she never seemed to enjoy any of it, and the author didn't seem to cover much of it.

And the end does not leave you surprised at all. I felt like I wasted my time on this. I'd write what they are, but you should be able to figure it out yourself after 1/4 of the way through.

In high school, Molly Harrigan assumed that by the time she turned thirty, she would be married, own a home and have two kids to raise. Now that she is turning thirty, she remains single, a Manhattan renter, and has no kids to raise. Even worse is the fact she has no prospects as she has no boyfriend. Her younger sister Jamie, married to Bryson, is pregnant; her best friend Brad Lawson is engaged to the evil Claire Reilly. There is also Logan. She loves all three of them and wants the best for each, but what about her also getting her desires achieved?

Though no male to call her own, Molly decides to have at least the wedding she always wanted by hiring an actor Justin to play the groom. He provides a perfect performance as her family and friends adore him especially her brother Logan. When Brad suddenly seems to wants his relationship ended, so does Logan for different reasons; still in his role Justin secretly agrees with both men. However, the complications of courtships make it seem inevitable that Molly will say I do to Justin even if it is staged.

This is an amusing chick lit tale starring an incredibly fully developed support cast and a likable lead protagonist who just wants her soulmate to appear. The story line is fun to follow as the complications of the fake courtship makes it increasingly difficult to back out of it especially since everyone loves Justin. Though Claire is a selfish shrew, readers will enjoy the escapades of the extended Harrigan family.

Harriet Klausner

Yet another story of a desperate-to-marry 20 or 30 something who *gasp* pretends to have a relationship with a *gasp* paid escort. Somehow all her friends and family are completely taken in, including the inevitable cute and sweet and heterosexual male best friend, who for some inexplicable reason isn't ever seen by the heroine as her one true love until after she engages in expensive chicanery with paid escorts. The writing is pretty lively and engaging (no pun intended)and some of the characters have real charm, but the plot is so old and hackneyed it practically creaks when you turn the pages. If you can't see the trite ending coming ten miles away, including the "twist," you might want to check your glasses.

I have to say this book was hilarious. Who would have ever thought to have Molly Harrigan, the protagonist rent a gay out of work actor as her "fake" boyfriend and the "fake" fiance for a year just so she could experience all the fun and excitement of an engagement and then marriage ceremony at the plaza?

While the book is light and humorous and the situation is definately far fetched, the book really focuses on relationships. It focuses on the relationships that Molly has with her best friend, her "fake" gay fiance, and her family. While close to her family she must deal with feelings of jealousy for her younger and happily married and now soon to be mother sister, her overbearing mother, her love/hate relationship with her best friend, Brad and her "fake" fiance. Throughout the book the relationships develop and some fall apart. The ending has a good twist and this was absolutely a book you should put on your must read list.
Though no male to call her own, Molly decides to have at least the wedding she always wanted by hiring an actor Justin to play the groom. He provides a perfect performance as her family and friends adore him especially her brother Logan. When Brad suddenly seems to wants his relationship ended, so does Logan for different reasons; still in his role Justin secretly agrees with both men. However, the complications of courtships make it seem inevitable that Molly will say I do to Justin even if it is staged.

This is an amusing chick lit tale starring an incredibly fully developed support cast and a likable lead protagonist who just wants her soulmate to appear. The story line is fun to follow as the complications of the fake courtship makes it increasingly difficult to back out of it especially since everyone loves Justin. Though Claire is a selfish shrew, readers will enjoy the escapades of the extended Harrigan family.

Harriet Klausner