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A review by readingundertheradar
The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt
4.0
My full review will be posted later on this month at Happy Book Lovers
Vegas, wedding chapels, and a family feud? Count me in. I was excited about this book from (virtual) page 1, and Leavitt definitely delivered a smart, cute, and quirky book about first love and what it truly means to get married.
Holly is left in charge of her grandfather's chapel, and basically, she has no clue what to do. I mean, she has some semblance, but because PLOT, she's got to figure a lot of things out for herself. Fortunately, she's a numbers girl. Which I thought was super cool. Since I'm an English and art person, it was really interesting to read about a character who functioned largely off of equations and formulas. She even calculates percentages of the likelihood that people who are married in Vegas will stay together. You know, just for fun.
On top of handling a close family member's death, she's also coping with her parents' divorce, an angsty middle-school brother, a distant college sister, and a long-standing family fight with a neighboring chapel, all while trying to actually run the chapel and earn enough money to keep it open. Oh, and school was a thing, too. I was so impressed with Holly's involvement in everything, and Leavitt's story didn't make the whole thing unrealistic. Holly struggled with keeping everything straight and on track, as she should, but she was still a teenager, and she still became emotional and reckless at times. I love that she was flawed, but trying so hard not to be.
Vegas, wedding chapels, and a family feud? Count me in. I was excited about this book from (virtual) page 1, and Leavitt definitely delivered a smart, cute, and quirky book about first love and what it truly means to get married.
Holly is left in charge of her grandfather's chapel, and basically, she has no clue what to do. I mean, she has some semblance, but because PLOT, she's got to figure a lot of things out for herself. Fortunately, she's a numbers girl. Which I thought was super cool. Since I'm an English and art person, it was really interesting to read about a character who functioned largely off of equations and formulas. She even calculates percentages of the likelihood that people who are married in Vegas will stay together. You know, just for fun.
On top of handling a close family member's death, she's also coping with her parents' divorce, an angsty middle-school brother, a distant college sister, and a long-standing family fight with a neighboring chapel, all while trying to actually run the chapel and earn enough money to keep it open. Oh, and school was a thing, too. I was so impressed with Holly's involvement in everything, and Leavitt's story didn't make the whole thing unrealistic. Holly struggled with keeping everything straight and on track, as she should, but she was still a teenager, and she still became emotional and reckless at times. I love that she was flawed, but trying so hard not to be.