Always The Bridesmaid . . .

If you have ever watched the TV show Bridezillas, then you know how bad brides can get. Maybe you have even seen it in real life, whether it’s a family members wedding or a friends. Everything becomes dramatic; everything has to be absolutely perfect, or guess who has a meltdown? Well, no one has seen this happen half as much as Abby Beaumont. In Hailey Abbott’s The Bridesmaid, Abby is the daughter of the most famous local wedding planners, and so she’s seen lots of weddings, and bridezillas.

                Abby’s older sister Carol and her saw how brides get, and early on they decided not to ever get married. But things change quickly for Carol when she gets home from graduating college. She announces right when she arrives that she is getting married to a guy named Tucker Robb. At first Abby is so mad at her sister for backing out on their promise, but she’s even madder when carol asks her to be her maid of honor.

                Away from the wedding, she is constantly asked by her best friend Delila if she has sent in a request for the exchange program to Italy. Her other best friend, Christopher, who plays soccer with Abby, informs her that her idol in professional soccer is going to be the coach of their team in Italy. Abby immediately wants to go, but she doesn’t think her parents will let her.

                Speaking of her parents, they are fighting constantly over the wedding and it’s putting pressure on carol and Abby. Abby is still mad at Carol, and doesn’t really like the too-perfect Tucker. She’s also having issues with her job at her parent’s business, as well as her continuing crush on her blue-eyed knight in faded jeans, Noah Spencer, son of the local cake decorating guru. But if this isn’t enough to handle, everything goes wrong just before the wedding, which might ruin carol’s chances at a happily-ever-after.

                This book was very good. Abby is almost always mad in this book, but she has allot of fun, too. Like when she has the cake fight with Noah, and going to the Red Sox-Yankees game, and her soccer games with Christopher. But, as things get continuously worse, Abby seems to not know how to deal with it all, like most teenagers. You may not be able to relate to the wedding part of this book, but you will definitely connect with the problems she has.

RED’S ALL STAR REVIEW: 3 ½ stars of 5. It was interesting, with a good point of view. A good, sweet ending that makes it seems that everything turns out ok.

MASS APPEAL: Girls will relate more, but some of the people who know a bridezillas will laugh at some of the moments in this book. So will regular teenagers, though.

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