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Summer Fun: Weddings Gone Wrong
Missing weddings? Cure your longing with breezy books about big day disasters.
Pubblicato il 09 Luglio 2020
Big Summer: A Novel
Jennifer WeinerThe new novel from “Mrs. Everything” author Jennifer Weiner brings the beach to your couch. Set seaside at a Cape Cod mansion during a glamorous wedding where something big goes wrong, “Big Summer” sparkles with friendship, forgiveness, and intrigue.
The Guest List: A Novel
Lucy FoleyThey planned a picture-perfect destination wedding, but stormy weather isn’t the only thing ruining a celebrity couple’s big day in this summer thriller. Reese Witherspoon picked “The Guest List” as one of her June book club picks, saying “Get ready for so many twists and turns as you try to figure out the who, what and when of this mystery. It reminds me of some of my favorite mysteries from Agatha Christie.”
Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel
Casey McQuistonAfter their confrontation at a royal wedding goes viral and threatens to damage international relations, Alex (the First Son of the United States) and Henry (the Prince of Wales) are forced to make nice for the cameras. But their fake friendship wakes up very real desires to be more than just frenemies. A sweet LGBTQ+ love story that provides a heavy dose of much-needed escapism from real-world politics.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth WareWe all know that what happens at bachelorette parties, stays at bachelorette parties. But what happens when the festivities are held over the weekend at a rural cabin in the middle of the woods where everything goes horribly wrong? This thriller from mystery maven Ruth Ware (“The Turn of the Key,” “The Woman in Cabin 10”) might help readers miss wedding season a little bit less this year.
The Worst Best Man: A Novel
Mia SosaCarolina, a Brazilian wedding planner, finds herself falling in love with the brother of her ex-fiancé — the very sibling who encouraged her romantic partner to stand her up on her wedding day. Yeah. Talk about awkward. Mia Sosa has written the perfect enemies-to-lovers story.
Parakeet: A Novel
Marie-Helene BertinoThe week leading up to your wedding can be stressful enough, even without your deceased grandmother visiting you in the form of a parakeet telling you that instead of getting married, you need to go find your brother. From the acclaimed author of “2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas” comes a novel brimming with warmth and humor and questions about the nature of our memories.
The Unhoneymooners
Christina LaurenChristina Lauren combines two romance tropes — enemies to lovers and fake dating — with charm and humor. Olive Torres and Ethan Thomas pretend to be newlyweds so they can go on a free honeymoon in Olive’s sister’s name after the rest of the wedding party gets violently ill. During this all-expenses-paid-trip to Hawaii, the tides of hate begin to turn into waves of love.
The People We Hate at the Wedding: A Novel
Grant GinderThe perfect wedding with a less-than-perfect family. Alice and Paul are not psyched to be attending their half-sister’s posh London nuptials, where the fanciness highlights just how much their own lives are crumbling. A funny and tender look at the inescapable undercurrents of family drama.