My rating: ⭐⭐
From the cover:
"Charlie Grant’s older sister is getting married this weekend at their family home, and Charlie can’t wait—for the first time in years, all four of her older siblings will be under one roof. Charlie is desperate for one last perfect weekend, before the house is sold and everything changes. The house will be filled with jokes and games and laughs again. Making decisions about things like what college to attend and reuniting with longstanding crush Jesse Foster—all that can wait. She wants to focus on making the weekend perfect.
The only problem? The weekend is shaping up to be an absolute disaster.
There’s the unexpected dog with a penchant for howling, house alarm that won’t stop going off, and a papergirl with a grudge.
There are the relatives who aren’t speaking, the (awful) girl her favorite brother brought home unannounced, and a missing tuxedo.
Not to mention the neighbor who seems to be bent on sabotage and a storm that is bent on drenching everything. The justice of the peace is missing. The band will only play covers. The guests are all crazy. And the wedding planner’s nephew is unexpectedly, distractingly…cute.
Over the course of three ridiculously chaotic days, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And she’ll realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future."
Not my favorite. I thought the characters were great, but they were pretty much the only thing that kept me reading after about the first quarter of the book, which...not great. Perhaps if it had been shorter it would have held my attention better, but the first 3/4 of the book is nothing but a series of ever-more-ridiculous terrible things threatening to ruin Charlie's sister's wedding, all of which she somehow ends up responsible for fixing, despite the presence of two wedding planners, two sets of parents, the bride and groom, and several grown-ass siblings not currently in high school. All the actual human conflict gets packed into the last few chapters, which is a huge bummer since the conflict between her brother and the rest of the family is talked about throughout the entire book. Don't make me wait the bulk of the book for more details! Weave the interpersonal drama in with the ridiculous wedding drama! Also, "And the wedding planner’s nephew is unexpectedly, distractingly…cute"? Goods not as advertised. Dreamy Billiam is barely in the first half of the book, and legit nothing happens between the two of them. Almost the entire book focuses on her depressing hang up on Jesse the obvious douchebag. Don't tease me with a budding romance between the main character and a sweet, funny dude and then torture me the entire book with some asshole. Bleh.
Ultimately, while this would make a great movie, it was not that successful as a book. You can pass on this one.
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