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Borrow-A-Bridesmaid
by Anne Wagener
Once in a while I come across a book with a very unique premise that instantly grabs me. Borrow-A-Bridesmaid is such a book.
Piper Brody is a recent English Lit graduate stuck in a thankless job shelving books at an airport bookstore. In order to pay her seemingly insurmountable student loan debts, she decided to sell her body...as a bridesmaid on Craiglist. She met Charlie in the very first wedding she was hired in and immediately hit it off. Their connection was instant and Piper is more than willing to see where it leads. But then Charlie disappears. After a month, Charlie reappears in her life as the groom of the same wedding Piper is working in.
Poignant, sweet and hilarious. Borrow-A-Bridesmaid takes a candid look at life after college. That point in your life that says, "You're an adult, start figuring stuff out now." Piper doesn't have her life together. She quickly figured out that four years in college pouring over great literature does absolutely nothing to prepare her for life in the real world. She desperately wants to write and make a living at it, instead she’s stuck at a dead-end job with a horrible boss.
The book focuses on Piper as she navigates her life as bridesmaid for hire picking up friends along the way. Piper is an endearing heroine. She’s not perfect and she’s overwhelmed a lot. But slowly, Piper started finding her voice thanks in part to her experiences of being a bridesmaid for hire.
The romance between Charlie and Piper was the weakest part for me. But since this is chick-lit, I’m not going to rate this based on how strong the romance is. It’s okay and it does play a big role in the plot but the romance is just the icing for me. When it came to this book, the cake was Piper’s journey. And that’s okay because I still get the romantic ending I craved. So win-win!
I had fun reading this book. I laughed my ass off so many times because the dialogue and Piper’s inner monologue is hilarious. And the secondary characters were delightful. Alex and Lin were probably my favorite secondary characters. Lin because he’s always been there for Piper and Alex for just being a badass, OCD former client of Piper turned friend and confidant.
Overall, it’s a very solid debut for Anne Wagner. If you’re in the mood for some light-hearted chick lit, I’d definitely recommend to Borrow-A-Bridesmaid.
ARC provided by the publisher.
Piper Brody is a recent English Lit graduate stuck in a thankless job shelving books at an airport bookstore. In order to pay her seemingly insurmountable student loan debts, she decided to sell her body...as a bridesmaid on Craiglist. She met Charlie in the very first wedding she was hired in and immediately hit it off. Their connection was instant and Piper is more than willing to see where it leads. But then Charlie disappears. After a month, Charlie reappears in her life as the groom of the same wedding Piper is working in.
Poignant, sweet and hilarious. Borrow-A-Bridesmaid takes a candid look at life after college. That point in your life that says, "You're an adult, start figuring stuff out now." Piper doesn't have her life together. She quickly figured out that four years in college pouring over great literature does absolutely nothing to prepare her for life in the real world. She desperately wants to write and make a living at it, instead she’s stuck at a dead-end job with a horrible boss.
The book focuses on Piper as she navigates her life as bridesmaid for hire picking up friends along the way. Piper is an endearing heroine. She’s not perfect and she’s overwhelmed a lot. But slowly, Piper started finding her voice thanks in part to her experiences of being a bridesmaid for hire.
The romance between Charlie and Piper was the weakest part for me. But since this is chick-lit, I’m not going to rate this based on how strong the romance is. It’s okay and it does play a big role in the plot but the romance is just the icing for me. When it came to this book, the cake was Piper’s journey. And that’s okay because I still get the romantic ending I craved. So win-win!
I had fun reading this book. I laughed my ass off so many times because the dialogue and Piper’s inner monologue is hilarious. And the secondary characters were delightful. Alex and Lin were probably my favorite secondary characters. Lin because he’s always been there for Piper and Alex for just being a badass, OCD former client of Piper turned friend and confidant.
Overall, it’s a very solid debut for Anne Wagner. If you’re in the mood for some light-hearted chick lit, I’d definitely recommend to Borrow-A-Bridesmaid.
ARC provided by the publisher.