Wedding planner Sherilyn Keyes has left Chicago behind to marry Andrew Drummond IV, an Atlanta native with a family name that tops all the social registers. She joins Emma, her old college roommate and baker, in working at the Tanglewood Inn, a destination wedding hotel. But Sherilyn faces a series of challenges to her relationship and her faith as she and Andrew settle into their new jobs and begin planning their own wedding.
Always the Wedding Planner, Never the Bride
, which I enjoyed much more.
Some of what I found funny might have been unintentional. For example, at one point in the story, Emma bakes a new desert. She says, “it’s called Pavlova. It’s an Australian dessert that Russell told me about”. Hmmm. The actual origin of Pavlova is the source of much trans-Tasman rivalry, and we in New Zealand don’t exactly agree with this interpretation. Equally debated is the nationality of actor/singer Russell Crowe, who seems to have a lot of the same characteristics as Always the Wedding Planner's
I also found the Southern perception of English food and drink amusing. In ten years living in England, I never saw a smoked salmon sandwich with cranberry jelly on pumpernickel bread. The English use cranberry sauce (not cranberry jelly), and I never ate pumpernickel bread in England - that was German. The English did serve smoked salmon with dill and cream cheese on Vogel bread as an open sandwich (very nice). However, cold chicken curry is a popular dish and sandwich filling, except that they called it Coronation Chicken, as it was created for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (I don’t like Coronation Chicken – curry, in my opinion, should be served hot).
Overall, Always the Wedding Planner
Thanks to Abingdon Press and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
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