The Wedding Girl

I am a bit of a fan of Sophie Kinsella and
have read several of her books now. I was quite surprised when I spotted this
book as it is written by the same author but under her real name of Madeleine
Wickham. I decided that I would give it a go as she is such a good writer and
her stories always have good characters and storylines to them. I am very
pleased that I did as I thoroughly enjoyed this book and felt it was very
different from her other ones.


 

The story is about Millie, she is
due to marry Simon and her mother has taken over the whole event and made it a
massive occasion with hundreds of guests arriving. Millie’s mother is showing
off slightly as Millie is marrying the son of a very wealthy business man.
Unbeknown to the family and Simon Millie is hiding a secret, she is
already married. At the age of 18 Millie met two men who became her best
friends and when one of them was due to leave the country she married him so he
could stay. Millie’s has never told anyone of this secret as she feels if she does
not mention it then it will not be real.

However, Millie is about to get a blast from 
the past when she meets her photographer as he remembers her from the wedding,
standing out the front of the registry office showing off her dress. After some
thought Millie decides to head off to London to see if she is still married or
whether her husband filed for divorce. Will Millie get the outcome she wants
and be able to marry Simon or will she still be married and have to reveal her
secret to the world?


 

All of the characters were good
in their own way. Millie was the main one and I felt I got to know her very
well. I enjoyed reading how she handled her problems and was forced to face up
to things, she showed a lot of strength throughout the story and this made me
warm to her much more. I also found the character of sister Isobel, came across
as more level headed and was always on hand to help her little sister out
despite having her own issues. She was a little distant at the start of the
book but once we got to know more about her I could relate better to her. We
did have some other good character in the book and I felt we got to know just
enough about them to know what roles they played in the story but not too much
so the story lost some of the mystery it had.


 
The writing style was very good and I did find this book very easy to read. It had lots of details included in the story so I was able to get a good mental picture of the characters and the places. The one thing which I did find missing from this book, as the others from the same author had it, was a little humour. 
 
I am more than happy to
give this book the full 5 stars despite there being a lack of fun and humour. I
loved the story and got to know all of the characters with ease. This is
definitely a new style for this author and I do look forward to reading more of
her work under the name of Madeleine Wickham.