October 2014
4★

Tear-jerker. Nice read even if it was a little too wordy at times. I thought the romantic premise was predictable. But this delved into more than that. There was a lot of family issues here. And as this was based in Texas, there was also a town social drama, with the Wake family in the center.

The main character being a "Last Meal Chef" at a Death Row prison was interesting. And a little emotional at the end too.
I liked both the sisters, Queen Elizabeth (Queenie for short) and Merry Carol Wake. I felt bad for just the names they were given. Also, they had to deal with their mother's consequences (which was pretty bad). Queenie felt like she was always "haunted" by her past and her mother's, even when she was in an entirely different country. The book is told through Queenie's point-of-view, and I did connect with her the most.

The "wrong side of the tracks" romance was predictable, but nice. I really liked Everett Coburn and Reed Blanchard (the two heroes to the sisters). It was a little bit of a tear-jerker moment when the sisters discussed about not feeling like they deserved to be happy, because the town and their mom's past always stopped that.

I did like Palmer's writing and might try one more of her books.

5★ ♥♥

"Youth is still where you left it, and that’s where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life’s journey, you’ll already have taken with you."

I absolutely loved this book. I loved both Lottie and Fliss's life. I think this is Sophie's first book with 2 character's point of view (both sisters). And normally I don't feel connected to the divorced-single-mom. But Fliss's bitterness, etc., over the divorce was quiet realistic. And Lottie. Well I agree (slight spoiler) that one should never try to return to their youth times. And I laughed out loud quite a bit at some of the "honeymoon from hell" scenes.

A really good Kinsella book. I think it's better then I've Got Your Number.

Also, in regard to this book being contemporary fiction, well... it's Sophie Kinsella and Brit humor. This may be a rom-com, but Sophie tries her best to help her readers relate to the characters. Sometimes she goes to the extreme of today's woman *cough Shopaholic* but these stand alone books are good.

Wedding Night also has me thinking what it would be like to revisit some of my youth favorite vacation spots. There's places that I've enjoyed so much that I'll tell others that it's a must to add to places to go and see. So now I'm questioning what it would be like to go back to those places. And how much the place has changed as well as myself.

Questions of how much I have changed since the last time I've been there and if the place has changed at all. Even childhood camping places because we're still telling people about them. Like Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California. We love that place when we were kids. Camping and swimming at the ocean... such fun. What would it be like to revisit it? Hmmmm...

2014
3.5★
(Fool's Gold Novella)

“THE BABIES ARE coming! The babies are coming! Someone call nine-one-one!”
Such a over the top reaction to a cat having babies that Fay had. (I just called her Fay, but her name is Fayrene)

Too short and not sure of the timeline of the story. A few days? Weeks? But still an ok novella of the Fool's Gold series. Cute. Would have enjoyed it more if there was some more romance. But this seemed more to develop Susan's characters in her series than a novella of the main characters intended for