In the first of a new series, Lauren Layne takes readers
down the aisle with
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. As you can expect from the title and
the cover of
this book, this entire series is wedding themed. But this
book isn't filled with
happy faces and I-love-yous completely. In fact,
the hero of this book, Seth
Tyler, is quite the pessimist so this book wasn't what I
expected. When his
sister is about to wed a scumbag, Seth does his best to get
his sister
to reconsider her wedding. However, it doesn't work as well
as he plans and
it actually has the opposite effect of what he intended.
Now, he's stuck with
dealing with a celebrity wedding planner while things just
seem to get worse.
Unfortunately, I had trouble getting into this book and the
main reason for
this was because I didn't like the hero. I thought Seth was
introduced in a
very negative way and for the rest of the book, I just
didn't fall in love with
him like I expected to. He's kind of a sour puss and to top
it all off, he is a bit
cocky and demanding as well. Those, for me, are traits that
didn't make me
enjoy his character as much as I hoped.
When the heroine is introduced, I hoped she would change him
or at least
show a different side of him, but again, Seth just didn't
wow me. I wish he
did. Because of this, the romance faltered. I wasn't a huge
fan of the
dialogue or the banter between the hero and heroine. I did
enjoy Layne's
writing style though, so I think I will be reading the next
book in the series
just to see if I can still get into it. I just felt that the
hero could've been a lot
better, especially if he's intended to be the man the
heroine is going to marry.
USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Layne is the
“queen of witty dialogue and sexy scenes” (Rachel Van
Dyken)! Now, Sex and the City meets The Wedding
Planner in The Wedding Belles, her sizzling brand new
contemporary romance series about three ambitious wedding
planners who can make any bride’s dream come true…but their own.
Discovering her fiancé is an international con man just
moments before they exchange vows devastates celebrity
wedding planner Brooke Baldwin’s business—and breaks her
heart. Now a pariah in Los Angeles, she seeks a fresh start
in New York City and thinks she’s found it with her first
bridal client, a sweet—if slightly spoiled—hotel heiress.
Then she meets the uptight businessman who’s holding the
purse strings.
Seth Tyler wishes he could write a blank check and be done
with his sister Maya's fancy-pants wedding. Unfortunately,
micromanaging the event is his only chance at proving Maya’s
fiancé is a liar. Standing directly in his way is the
stunning blonde wedding planner whose practiced smiles and
sassy comebacks both irritate and arouse him. He needs
Brooke’s help. But can he persuade a wedding planner on a
comeback mission to unplan a wedding? And more importantly,
how will he convince her that the wedding she should be
planning…is theirs?
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