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Book Review: The Wedding Dress Club by Lisa T Snow

I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. 3 stars

I will admit this book took a couple of tries to read. The beginning was complex and confusing and I felt very overwhelmed with the many characters introduced right away…

After getting past that, there seemed to be more character introductions, which has thrown me again. I finally felt as if I had a control on all parties involved almost 1/2 of the way through the story…A very frustrating issue.

The story once it began is actually a fun one. It’s about several individuals from different walks of life that find themselves bonding over a love of pretty things…and when I say pretty things I say beautiful amazing wedding dresses. Because many of us have great memories of seeking out our wedding dress and finding that perfect one. These folks just take it a bit further, almost like an obsession and form a club. All of the member’s work together in an office, so perhaps it’s how they enjoy their down time. The club eventually turns into a fund raising idea and all of these once lonely people seem to bond and find friendship through their love of pretty things.

The story, once you actually get past all the introducing of characters and it gets moving is actually a fun story. I really enjoyed it and all the characters were fun.

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Cover Reveal: A Questionable Friendship by Samantha March

A Questionable Friendship
By Samantha March
Pub Date: February 2014
Cover Design by Scarlett Rugers

Brynne Ropert and Portland Dolish have been best friends since being paired as roommates in college. Seven years later they are now twenty-five, married, and living in Maine–– but the two women couldn’t be more different. Brynne finds fulfillment in her life as a wife, mother and owner of a small café and bookshop, but is struggling to expand her family. Portland is still coping with her mother’s death during her childhood, and her marriage is unraveling before her eyes. Portland envies her friend’s seemingly stable and easy life while Brynne doesn’t understand the growing distance between them and cannot begin to guess what secret Portland is hiding about her husband and crumbling marriage. While one woman feels shut out, the other enters into a web of lies to protect herself.
A Questionable Friendship explores what really makes someone a true friend, a support system, a sister. How much trust goes into a friendship and when is being a friend not enough? Brynne and Portland’s story will attempt to answer those questions, and show that happily ever after isn’t in the cards for everyone.
Samantha March is an author, editor, publisher, blogger, and all around book lover. She runs the popular book/women’s lifestyle blog ChickLitPlus, which keeps her bookshelf stocked with the latest reads and up to date on all things health, fitness, fashion, and celebrity related. In 2011 she launched her independent publishing company Marching Ink and has three published novels – Destined to Fail, The Green Ticket and A Questionable Friendship. When she isn’t reading, writing, or blogging, you can find her cheering for the Green Bay Packers. Samantha lives in Iowa with her husband and Vizsla puppy.
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Book Review: Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
Summary:
Daisy McCrae knows that change can be sudden—and devastating. And while it doesn’t have to be a bad thing, change has the power to turn your whole world upside down….

Running the family bakery and living in the store’s attic might not be Daisy’s dream life, but she’s beginning to understand what being content feels like. And then she gets some unexpected news. In one moment, Daisy’s calm existence turns into chaos. Now she’s struggling to keep it together, especially with renovations at the bakery spiraling out of control.

But when a box of recipes and mementos is found hidden behind a wall in the bakery, Daisy suddenly has something to cling to—a mystery that echoes her own troubles and gives her the opportunity to figure out what she really wants out of life….
Review:
I read the first book in this series, Union Street Bakery, and thought it was marvelous! There was a good storyline and a bit of ghost aspect as well, and I read it quickly. Finally getting my hands on Sweet Expectations, I was looking forward to seeing how Daisy’s story continued to play out. Let me tell you – there is a quite a twist right at the beginning to really throw you for a loop! Once again we are introduced to a mystery that is hidden in the walls of the bakery, found when the sisters start to do renovations. I loved the sub-plot of that took Daisy on a search and find mission, and both sisters got a little more limelight in this one as well. The only thing I didn’t like as much was constantly being reminded that Daisy was abandoned by her mom and the fact that she really can’t seem to move past it. But other than that, really good book and I recommend the first one as well!
4.5 stars