Title: Advice from a Jilted Bride
Author: Piper Rayne
Series: The Baileys #2
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Contemporary romance, Small town romance
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2019
I had already guessed that Brooklyn was going to be the next sibling in the Baileys series, I mean, her story arc was already perfectly set up in Lessons from a One-Night Stand. What I wasn’t sure of was how this was all going to unfold. I mean, it was pretty obvious that Brooklyn was going to be left at the alter by a horrible man. Because leaving someone at the altar already puts you into this category, but I didn’t know how she was going to find her forever partner, or how the ex-groom would continue to be vilified. It happened, it happened brilliantly, and I seriously loved this whole story.
The Meet Cute for Brooklyn and Wyatt was brilliant – I mean, she’s in a wedding dress, throwing a book out the door, and then making Wyatt bleed in the very opening portions. Then, they start to get to know one another. I really loved how this wasn’t the most picturesque and romantic of meetings, and honestly, Brooklyn kind of acted like a psycho (understandably). But, it was certainly a memorable meeting. One that will have me giggling anytime I reflect on this story and good jilted bride tales.
Like Austin in Lessons from a One-Night Stand, Wyatt had to stop and seriously reconsider what his life goals were. I also love that he is the big city business man who, ultimately, decides to give it up to follow a happier ever after. I’ve read plenty of stories in which the woman has to give up her dreams and rejig her future to match her partner, but this is one of the few that I’ve read in which the man has to shift his priorities in a way that involves moving to a small town and following love. Which, I absolutely adored. After all, sometimes it should be the man who needs to compromise in a larger manner.
I read Advice from a Jilted Bride in one sitting due to insomnia. And it was honestly a great way to distract myself and keep myself calm. This was a beautiful, cute, and sweet story. It made me smile, laugh and believe in happily ever afters. Which, sometimes is all I really want from a good book. Plus, Jeff is an idiot. I just had to put that out there, because, seriously idiotic.
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