A review by litwife
Lily and the Wedding Date Mistake by Seven Steps

4.0

Lily and the Wedding Date Disaster is the first book I’ve read by Seven Steps outside of the St. Mary’s series so I wasn’t totally sure what to expect. Needless to say, it didn’t disappoint. It was just as adorable and, even though it was still centered on high school students and the parents seemed more involved, it still felt a bit more mature. The mom In me wanted to shake the characters sometimes and tell them to get it together & use their words but it wouldn’t have been authentically teenaged if they did. Despite the age gap, I really related to Lily - and not just in a nostalgic way. I totally felt her struggles with insecurity and the way it lingered even after “fixing” the physical or action oriented parts that she thought she needed to. The insecurities don’t just magically go away until you learn to accept yourself exactly as you are and, in a book for this age group, I appreciate the author for making that message so central to the story. That aspect plus the lack of complete teenage recklessness make this a book I’ll be glad (and totally comfortable) to pass onto my daughters.