Wedding Night

by Sophie Kinsella

Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march to the altar! Next comes the honeymoon on the Greek island where they first met. But not everyone is thrilled with Lottie and Ben's rushed marriage, and family and friends are determined to intervene. Will Lottie and Ben have a wedding night to remember or one to forget?

• ISBN10: 0593070143
• ISBN13: 9780593070147
• Publish Date: 25 April 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 14 December 2013
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Bantam Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating 3.5 Stars

I love Sophie Kinsella books. This was not my favorite, but it had all that Kinsella charm and wackiness that I love. I will agree with the masses, that I enjoyed Fliss and Lorcan's interactions way more than Ben and Lottie. I even liked Richard a lot more, but Ben and Lottie were like a one hit wonder. I also felt their chapters were longer than they needed to be. BUT, overall, this was a fun, rom-com, and I laughed often.

[Rowena]

Lottie is dating Richard and when Richard brings up going on a special dinner, Lottie thinks he’s going to propose and when that turns out to not be the truth, she flees the scene and dumps Richard as well. Lottie is depressed and does what any sane woman would do after a heartbreaking break up (not really). She marries her old boyfriend from many, many years ago. That whole thing didn’t come off the way that I’m sure the author wanted it to come off for the reader. As insane but in a funny way. I thought this was completely dumb.

To make matters worst, Lottie’s sister Fliss (short for Felicity) comes up with the plan to break up the marriage by flying to Ikonos to put a stop to all of the madness. And she stops the madness by hiring her friend at the hotel Lottie is staying at to create diversion after diversion so that Lottie and Ben (the new husband) can’t have sex. If they don’t consummate the marriage, they can get an annulment and an annulment will save Lottie from the heart break and bitterness that Fliss is drowning in (being divorced and miserable as she is). Fliss meets up with Ben’s best man Lorcan, who is a guy that Ben doesn’t even like (because he was jealous of Lorcan’s relationship with his late father) and they both intend to fix the mess that Ben and Lottie find themselves in. The only problem with that is Lottie and Ben don’t to end the marriage. And both Fliss and Lorcan have different reasons for wanting to break up the marriage.

Getting to know all of the characters in this story made me want to wring someone’s neck. I mean, the situations that they found themselves in (both Lottie and Fliss), the decisions they made, the crap they jumped into – it all made me want to punch a wall or something. But there were times when I laughed and the ending really made up for the rest of the book. I liked the ending and I’m glad that I stuck with it but the ending only saved me from giving this book a 1. While I ended up liking the characters in the end, getting there was a lot of work and came with a lot of frustrations.

[tweetybugshouse]

very funny loved every mintue great Sophie book

[Leah]

I love Sophie Kinsella. She’s my favourite author, ever, and there’s no one that compares to her. Yes, there are other authors that write like her (Paige Toon, Jane Costello to name two and they’re both fabulous!) but you just can’t beat a new Sophie Kinsella novel. I was so excited when I saw a new novel of hers up for pre-order on Amazon and as soon as I heard the synopsis for Wedding Night and saw the beautiful cover, I fell in love. I was so pleased to receive a copy to review – I nearly died of happiness, that is how much joy comes from receiving a Sophie Kinsella book and I dived in as soon as I had some free time.

Wedding Night is the first Kinsella novel to split the narration. Instead of just being from the point of view of one character as with the rest of her novels, Wedding Night is told from the viewpoint of two sisters, Fliss and Lottie. Lottie thought she had found the man of her dreams and is convinced he’s about to propose, and when he doesn’t, she realises he doesn’t want what she wants and they break up. When old flame Ben comes back into Lottie’s life and reminds them of their pact to get married if they were both still un-wed at 30 (or 33!), Lottie jumps at the chance. Her sister, Fliss, however, couldn’t think of anything more horrific. Marrying someone you haven’t seen for 15 years? She knows what Lottie is like after a break-up and suspects this is Lottie’s mad-cap reaction to the break-up and will stop at nothing to stop this wedding going ahead, knowing first hand what divorce is like and how awful it can be. When Lottie and Ben head off on honeymoon, Fliss isn’t far behind, but can she stop Lottie and Ben before they make the biggest mistake of their life or is Fliss about to make the biggest mistake of her life in chasing them down?

I absolutely loved Wedding Night! The dual narration was awesome at letting us follow each sister, as Lottie and Ben try to consummate their marriage and as Fliss does everything in her power to stop that happening, whilst chasing them down to their Greek honeymoon in Ikonos. I found myself alternatively rooting for Lottie and rooting for Fliss, but mostly, I was rooting for Fliss if only because her ways of stopping Lottie were inventive, and that’s being mild! What Lottie and Ben go through in Ikonos seems as if it’s come straight out of a Carry On film and it was brilliant. Utterly brilliant. I was totally ensconced in the book and I didn’t want it to ever end. Kinsella’s plots are always so much more than most Chick Lit novels and this is one of her most inventive yet. She must have had such fun plotting what Fliss would do to stop Lottie and Ben, she must have had a cat on her lap as she did it and kept laughing evilly! Honestly, it was mad-cap but it was so, so good.

The characters were ace. I was never truly convinced about Ben, he seemed to have some hidden, sneaky depths and I never felt we got to see the true Ben. Lottie and Fliss were fabulous, I loved Fliss, even if her methods were unorthodox. One character I did absolutely adore was Lorcan! Lorcan was ace. I adored him. Wedding Night is just totally Kinsella. I just adored it. It had me chuckling on numerous occasions, as only Kinsella is capable of doing. This book will be a hit and rightly so. I absolutely loved it and I’m looking forward to the time when I’ll read it again. I’m so sad it’s over, so sad I’ll probably have to wait another year for a new Kinsella, that’s the thing, I always want to savour Kinsella books because once you’ve read it, that’s it! You can’t read it again for the first time, sadly. I loved Wedding Night and you will, too!

[Cocktails and Books]

I always love Kinsella's books and this was no exception!

Lottie's not very lucky in love and you will find yourself cheering her on in this book as she makes "unfortunate choices" on the road to finding her one true love. Her sister Fliss wants Lottie to be happy, but is also very protective. Afterall, she doesn't want Lottie to end up in a bitter divorce like she did. Even with these some of these serious topics unfolding, this book contains a lot of humor.

The story takes the reader to the Greek island of Ikonos where Lottie spent her gap year and had life-changing experiences. You'll have to read on to find out if that's where she finally finds true love! Along the way there are plenty of twists and turns to keep you intrigued--and laughing. You may be surprised by just how many happy couples there are in the end.

This was a cute story about love--between sisters, a mother and child and of course romantic love! Read it.