A Review by Diane
What Happens at a Wedding: A Short Story Anthology
by
Lucy Gage, Renee Ericson, Tessa Teevan, Jessica Ingro,
Vanessa Morse, Melissa Collins, Elle Christensen, Elle Jefferson
Four Eclectic and Very Different Stars!!
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We all know
weddings……happy times……a couple in love……families coming together……but do we
really know anything about the people in attendance??? Who are they??? What brings them to this moment in time to
celebrate someone else’s happiness?? Are
they happy themselves?? Well, with a
different twist to storytelling What Happens at a Wedding: A Short Story
Anthology by a composite group of authors (nine to be exact) is a collection of prequels and short stories
about….you guessed it….people who attend those weddings.
Now, I must
have missed the “A Short Story Anthology” in the title because this book is not
what I expected nor something I would normally pick to read. However, with that said, I found stories I
really enjoyed and wanted more of (one in particular that was kind of a cliff
hanger) and some that were okay, and some I just couldn’t get into, if you know
what I mean, so it was easy to skip to the next story. But I think that’s what you get when you have
a mix and eclectic group of authors coming together in a book like this. What is interesting is how a group of authors
can all take the same subject matter (attendance at a wedding) and write their
own story to it. Very intriguing to say
the least, and quite honestly, after reading this book, there are a couple of new
authors I will be looking for some of their upcoming projects.
Overall each
story had their own level of romance, spicy banter between characters, and hot
and steamy sex so that every reader will find what they like. For me personally, it was Elle Christensen’s
six chapter story that had me flipping through the book for more, going to my
internet to see if she was writing this book in more depth…..what…..you can’t
leave me hanging here!!! What happened
to Avery???? Does Jake find her????
See what I
mean? Read it and find yours!
A collection of short stories and prequels: Honeymoon Suite by Elle Christensen; Who We Were by Melissa Collins; Fake It Until You Make It by Renee Ericson; Mine by Lucy Gage; Here's to You Mrs. Robertson by Jessica Ingro; Totally Screwed by Elle Jefferson; Malcolm's Sun by Vanessa Morse; Halfway Gone by Tessa Teevan
This is how you write a review! Fantastic Diane, I was able to see the positive in the book even though you didn't realize it was a group of different stories.
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