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Kindergarten teacher, Cate Padgett, has walked down the aisle in four weddings in the same amount of months. None of them her own. She has worn the ‘must-not-have’ dresses of the season, paying thousands of dollars for them, and smiled her way through hundreds of photo sessions.
Cate is beginning to wonder what’s next. Why is her boyfriend, Paul, unwilling to make a commitment? Doesn’t he love her? Or is she high-maintenance, as some of her friends suggest?
And when Ethan comes back into her life, is this a good thing? Is it possible they could ever be more than good friends?
ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID is written in the third person. At first, I found this a bit hard to get into as I’m used to chick lit being in first person with a certain beat. Once I got into the book though, it was a good read. Cate is a character that is easily identified with, especially if you’ve ever been in a wedding party. You sympathize with her as she agonizes over wedding gifts, bridal showers, and gowns, and has to merge all this into her job in the real world.
Some of the scenes in ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID may take readers to places
they’ve never gone to before. I felt that there was too-much-information
given in some of these parts. Otherwise, ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID is wacky
and witty. It’s a good commentary about standing out in the crowd while
wearing the same celery-green dress. With wedding season quickly
approaching, ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID, is a timely book to read now.
Reviewed by Laura V. Hilton
for The Road to Romance
May 4, 2004
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