Matt Dunn is to me a great writer like Mike Gayle of male chick flick books. He is really good at telling a story from the guys angle and it’s usually the guy you feel most for in his books. I think I’ve now read 4 or 5 of his books and have enjoyed each and everyone of them, and just because he writes it from a guys angle it does not mean that his books don’t appeal to everyone, in fact I am pretty sure my lady readers will enjoy his books as much as my male readers.
‘At the Wedding’ is set over 24 hours in the life of Jed and Livia, who have been together for over10 years happy as a couple but never married. Livia is expecting their first baby and she arranges for them to spend a long weekend in Barcelona, the city they first met in. Over dinner on their first night, Jed finds Livia getting out of her seat and down on one knee proposing to him and as much as he loves her, he really does not know what to do or say as marriage has never really been on his radar and has never appealed to him as he is happy as he is. Whilst waiting for his answer, Livia drops her second bombshell by telling Jed that their wedding is booked for tomorrow and a small group of their friends and Jed’s brother are arriving in the morning to join them in the ceremony. Forced into a decision Jed reluctantly says yes but immediately starts to think about how he can get out of it without ruining his life with Livia.
As the friends head out to Barcelona, Patrick is with Izzy who is half is age and he is still licking his wounds from an expensive divorce after his wife cheated on him. Rachel has fallen out with her boyfriend Richard about the trip and he has decided to stay at home and Liam, Jed’s brother is attempting to pull every lady in Spain on the back of his 2nd place in Big Brother !! Jed awakens still confused and unsure what to do re his pending nuptials amd goes out for a run, a very long run to try and get his head around it all.
As the day unravels and the time of the wedding approaches fast, we learn about the lives of each and everyone of the characters in an often humorous way. Jed’s past concerns him, Livia can’t understand what the fuss is about and the friends all have their own problems and pleasures to deal with along the way. How they all manage to for so much into one full day is beyond me, but fill they do and will heavily pregnant Livia and Jed make it up the aisle together and will their own fears and other people get in the way of them doing that ?
At The Wedding is a good humoured fast paced read then scores a very presentable 7 out of 10 for me. It is certainly a good holiday read and comes recommended to be done so by the pool Ona hot day, especially with the Caribbean cruise season fast approaching.
More information on Matt Dunn and his numerous other books (which are also good easy holiday reads !), can be found at http://www.mattdunn.co.uk/
As ever hope you enjoyed the review, leave a comment with your thoughts while I get busy reading my next book ready for review 😊
Happy Reading
Canberralover
As the day unravels and the time of the wedding approaches fast, we learn about the lives of each and everyone of the characters in an often humorous way. Jed’s past concerns him, Livia can’t understand what the fuss is about and the friends all have their own problems and pleasures to deal with along the way. How they all manage to for so much into one full day is beyond me, but fill they do and will heavily pregnant Livia and Jed make it up the aisle together and will their own fears and other people get in the way of them doing that ?
At The Wedding is a good humoured fast paced read then scores a very presentable 7 out of 10 for me. It is certainly a good holiday read and comes recommended to be done so by the pool Ona hot day, especially with the Caribbean cruise season fast approaching.
More information on Matt Dunn and his numerous other books (which are also good easy holiday reads !), can be found at http://www.mattdunn.co.uk/
As ever hope you enjoyed the review, leave a comment with your thoughts while I get busy reading my next book ready for review 😊
Happy Reading
Canberralover
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