Nice Day for a White Wedding by A.L. Michael
Published: 22nd August 2016
Publisher: Carina UK
Pages: 187
Available on Kindle
Blurb
Sometimes, Happy Ever After is where the real trouble begins...
Chelsea Donnolly wasn’t supposed to amount to anything. But if there’s one thing the bad girl
from the estate liked better than trouble, it was a challenge. So, to the amusement of her best
friends Evie, Mollie and Ruby – and the disbelief of her teachers – this bad girl turned good.
These days, Chelsea is the kind of girl people are proud to know – and, after a surprise trip to
Venice, she has a ring on her finger to prove it. But to get there, she’s had to learn to keep her
deepest secrets from everyone – even her fiancé. And when wedding preparations threaten to blow
her cover, Chelsea can’t help but wonder: in her battle to the top, might she have left the best parts
of herself behind?
Review
Nice Day for a White
Wedding is the second book in the Camden House series by A.L. Michael. It
follows on from the first book Goodbye Ruby Tuesday but this time the main
character is Chelsea and not Evie.
At the beginning of this book life couldn’t be better for
Chelsea, she’s back in touch with her old school friends and their creative
arts project The Ruby Rooms is doing really well, she’s doing great in her job
and things are perfect with boyfriend Kit. When Kit whisks Chelsea off for a
spur of the moment romantic holiday and proposes in Venice Chelsea couldn’t be
happier, until she realises that they will have to now meet each other’s
families. Something Chelsea has been dreading for months as Kit has no idea
about Chelsea’s past or even her real surname, so meeting her family will be a
shock for him.
Kit suggests they spend a few days with his family at their
Italian holiday home. Reluctantly Chelsea agrees and what she finds when she
arrives makes her wish she hadn’t. Kit’s family (apart from his sister) are
awful snobs and almost immediately they see Chelsea as an outsider. As the week
goes on Kit starts to change and Chelsea begins question whether or not he’s
the right man for her after all. Can these two overcome their differences
concerning money and their backgrounds and make things work?
I was a bit unsure about this book at first when I realised
Chelsea was the main character as I didn’t like her as much as Evie and Mollie
in Goodbye Ruby Tuesday. However we see a different side to Chelsea in this
book and learn more about the way she ticks. Coming from a poor estate
background Chelsea has learned the money can mean the difference between eating
and not eating and has grown up still being extra careful with her money and
spends it wisely even though now she has a good job and can afford nicer
things. When she meets Kit’s family she is disgusted by the way they waste
money and their attitude that because they have lots of money they are better
than anyone else. His mother Jemima
being the worse for this as despite being wealthy she is still a vulgar
horrible person who is incredibly rude to Chelsea for no reason and quite
possibly the worst mother-in-law you could have.
As Kit and Chelsea try and work through their differences we
are given lots of drama from the additional characters which had me hooked and
made this a really enjoyable and well-rounded story full of brilliant comedy
moments. My favourite scenes involved Chelsea having her eyebrows shaped, comedy
gold I loved it!
I love A. L. Michael’s writing, she creates wonderful characters
and drama filled stories which are both funny and emotional. I’ve loved Nice
Day for a white Wedding and am really looking to book three. I can highly recommend this to anyone who
wants to get lost for a few hours in this wonderful read.
Thank you so much to A. L. Michael, the publishers and
Neverland Blog Tours for this copy to review and for inviting me to be part of
the blog tour.
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