Publisher:
S&S
Release
Date: 22nd
May 2014
Edition:
e-proof,
review copy
Other
Titles by this Author: Lucy in the Sky, Johnny be
Good, Chasing Daisy, Pictures
of Lily, Baby
Be Mine, One
Perfect Summer,
The
Longest Holiday,
The
Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson
Last year,
Bronte left Sydney for a wedding in England, where she met newly single Alex.
After a night of passion they parted ways, and Bronte returned to Australia.
Now working on
a picture desk for a magazine in London, Bronte is about to meet her new
colleague, who turns out to be all too familiar. Although awkward at first, as
Alex is now engaged to the girl he was on a break from when they met, they soon
become friends.
But as the two
get closer, and the wedding day looms, it is clear that Alex and Bronte have
unfinished business...
A charming,
bittersweet novel from the author of The Longest Holiday.
I worship Paige Toon. Her novels sweep
me up effortlessly and I fall in love with her characters mere pages in; Thirteen Weddings was no exception.
Bronte is adorable. Toon is yet to
write a heroine that I don’t want to be best friends with, but I really, really
loved Bronte. I love her ambition and dedication to her job and her bravery of
moving to the other side of the world for it; her sense of humour; her friendships;
her insecurity about her home and childhood. I LOVED the way she was with the
people in her office and with Bridget – I just wanted to be a part of their group,
or at the very least, have my own version. Then comes Alex. The tension and
chemistry between them was electric. I was shipping them so hard; still am.
The appearance of Lachie and Zara was definitely
a complicated that made them sizzle even more. Alex’s relationship was
incredibly frustrating and so was Lachie in a way. Though he’s cute and funny
and clearly worships Bronte, I just felt like he was in the way and an added
complication! The back and forth, the flirtation and the will-they-won’t-they
between both Bronte and Alex and Bronte and Alex and Lachie keep my heart in my
throat and staying up way later than I should on a school night to see how Bronte’s
story concluded. I have to admit that the end result was unexpected, and I’m
not sure how I felt about it, but I still loved the novel as a whole. I’m
holding out hope that Bronte will pop up in a later novel and something may
have changed.
I do love the older character cameos. We
got updates on Lily and Ben from Pictures
of Lily, Laura and Leo from The
Longest Holiday, Alice and Joe from One
Perfect Summer and Lucy and Nathan from Lucy
in the Sky. I have to confess to squeaking with excitement every time they
popped up – I just love catching up with characters I fell in love with years
ago and seeing how their lives have developed outside of the pages. It makes
them so real.
Although I was a smidge disappointed
at the very end, I still absolutely loved Thirteen
Weddings. So. Next one, please?
Thanks to S&S and NetGalley for
the review copy.
Sophie
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