Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (Red Dress Ink)

By Melissa Senate

Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? by Melissa Senate released on Nov 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373250770
• ISBN13: 9780373250776
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Way out of the ordinary

Pros: Before I even start reviewing this book, I have to admit that I'm about as anti-commitment as anti-commitment can get. I don't want kids. I don't want to get married. I have the worst time staying in relationships. But halfway through this book, I started daydreaming about my OWN wedding and took a "Dream Wedding" quiz to put on my MySpace page. I felt like I sold out to Proudly Single Sistas everywhere, but hell, when a book is good, it's good and GREAT books make you think about things you usually don't pay attention to. Now on to the book...Melissa Senate uses her dry sense of humor, sarcastic jokes, and great dialogue sense to weave a hilarious story about two people who are being paid to have "free" weddings, although these weddings are planned beforehand and the exact opposite of what the two brides want. There's everything from feathers on a dress to copper rings to hired family members to replace those "less fortunate." "Acid" was entertaining with her strict stylistic view, but Devlin cracked me up. The "Modern Bride's" honeymoon location made me cringe, especially since I'm FROM this city and frozen in December! The story went smoothly throughout and I enjoyed the twists and turns of cold feet, pregnancy, marriage, family, and the identity crisis. Cons: What is up with Red Dress Ink books? Are the authors required to only make blonde people with blue eyes as the good-looking ones? Hitler would be proud, but what about everybody else? That is getting old. In mid-conversation, there were sections on someone having blonde hair. For no reason at all, the author said one of the ladies flipped her "blonde hair" and put it in a ponytail. Why does the color of hair need to be constantly remembered? Maybe it seems so insane to me because I come from a different culture where the color of hair does not make a woman pretty. I also got tired of Emmett's constant fits, but it's not like it wasn't realistic; just annoying. Regardless of the few cons I could think of, I really love this author's writing style. I thought Lynn Messina was going to be my favorite author from this publishing company, but she may have a run for her money.

Senate does it again. . .

WHOSE WEDDING IS IT ANYWAY brings back loveable characters (ie Eloise, Jane, Amanda & Natasha) from Senate's debut novel, SEE JANE DATE. WWIIA's heroine is Eloise Manfred who's just signed a contract w/her boss for a free $100K wedding to be featured in her employer's magazine "Wow Weddings". Although, people tell Eloise nothing's for free, she finds out the hard way as she's forced into "choosing" a Big Bird wedding dress, rubber bridesmaids dresses and square wedding rings that her boss insists are perfect for the ultra Modern Wedding spread. In addition to boss-related wedding disasters, Eloise's impending marriage has her chomping a pack of Tums per day despite having found the perfect man. During her hilarious and crazy experiences putting together the ultimate Modern Wedding, she's forced to deal with long-ignored and painful family issues that ultimately lead her to the answers about herself and her family that she never knew she always needed. The characters in WWIIA are heartwarming and real in yet another fast-paced enjoyable read by Melissa Senate - can't wait to see what she comes out with next.

Another fun chick-lit from Melissa Senate!

Is there such a thing as a free wedding? Eloise Manfred gets an offer she cannot refuse. She will have a $100,000 wedding with all the trimmings if she accepts to be part of a new wedding feature in Wow Weddings magazine -- the magazine she works for. She is the "Modern Bride," and her wedding gown, bridesmaid dresses, reception hall, rings, honeymoon, and wedding registries should all be what the egocentric editor-in-chief sees in a modern wedding. The problem is that Eloise hates everything that has been chosen for her (all tacky stuff) and adores the beautiful things that are chosen for the feature's "Classic Bride." But Eloise has more things to worry about, like the fact that she's having cold feet. Why is she having second thoughts about marrying a guy as perfect as Noah? To make matters worse, her troubled brother is having some commitments problems of his own and Eloise wants closure regarding her wayward father. There are some fun twists throughout the novel. This is a spin-off of See Jane Date. This is Eloise's story. I read See Jane Date about two years ago, possibly longer than that, and it took me a while to remember Jane and the other characters. Ms. Senate took a little too long to release a spin-off novel. But it doesn't matter, for this novel makes a great stand-alone. The story is fun, fast-paced, and entertaining. The characters are well developed and the story is consistent from beginning to end. Eloise annoyed me at times with her commitment phobia, but her phobia is justified later on in the book. I would have liked to read more scenes with Noah in them though. And the whole baby and reluctant new father storyline reminded me of one of the character's dilemmas in The Solomon Sisters Wise Up. Anyway, all in all, I enjoyed reading Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? This isn't the best chick-lit out there and the ending is kind of predictable, but the novel is a cute, no-fuss read to enjoy on a lazy afternoon, and I recommend it as such...

Good

Another entry into the Red Dress Ink chick lit series. This one is pretty good. Melissa Senate is a good writer and entertains. This book is fairly standard chick lit fare in that it revolves around weddings and friends. Throw in the usual "eccentric, ego-centered boss" and you pretty much have your usual cast of characters. While I thought the premise of this book was a little farfetched - the main character happens to work for a wedding magazine and ends up being their "modern bride demo", there were a few cute moments. What I truly did enjoy in the book was the unexpected look at the relationship between our main character and her brother and grandmother. Both of which were highly touching. I could have done without the brother's annoyingly pregnant girlfriend (I have to pee again...). Another bright spot was the main characters circle of friends (including 2 year old Summer). I would love to see Senate's next book focus on this circle of friends - there is potential there. This is fairly standard chick lit stuff - pleasant and breezy. A good buy.

Good reading...

Can you get something for nothing? If you think so, then read this book and be disabused of that fallacy. Elouise thinks she is getting a free wedding, courtesy of WOW weddings, in return all she has to do is be filmed and journal every stage for the magazine. It sounds simple enough to her and the other bride. Elouise will be the modern bride and Phyl the traditional bride. They did not realize the freedom of choice they have about each facet is severely limited. Nor did they realize that although Elouise looks very modern, she does not want a Big Bird Trekkie wedding. Phyl does; traditional trappings remind her of her grandmother. Added to all this chaos, Elouise longs to reconnect with her family, which is not as easy as it might sound. With her job and her future happiness riding on what happens next, what will Elouise do? **** Often silly and more often realistic, a touching center hides under the laughter. Readers need not be familiar with the prequel to be able to follow along. ****