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The Rogue Wedding Guest (2011)

by Ally Blake(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0373528167 (ISBN13: 9780373528165)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin

review 1: Actual rating: 2.5 (It was ok).I was talking to a friend the other day (who also uses Good Reads) and compared to her my ratings are harsh....worse than harsh, they are down-right mean. So I need to preface this 2.5 rating with 1) According to Good Reads 2.5 is "ok" (hover over the stars!). It means I didn't like it. I didn't love it. But I also didn't hate it. It was just Ok. 2) As someone who has attempted to write and has about 3 different projects floating around on her PC - I take my hat off to anyone who has the drive, talent and skill to finish a book and get it published. So my 2.5 stars is not a slap across the face as come on...you published a book. It is just that the book didn't speak to me the way I needed it to to rate it higher.Now on to this book. ... more A friend of mine entered an online competition for this book. You had to suggest a Karaoke song for the lead male to sing and the winner chosen would get the song included in the book (well that was my understanding). My lovely friend won with a really cool Hunters & Collectors song and she was excited as she is a big Ally Blake fan. When I saw this book, I GRABBED it as I wanted to see the song section. But....it wasn't there. The Author had left it out and instead got the male lead singing....wait for it......keep waiting as it is really bad and tacky......."You are the One that I want" from Grease. Seriously!!! How you can take a male seriously who sings that....anyway, I think the whole leaving the song out was really disappointing and BAD BAD BAD PR. Don't run the comps unless you are serious.As for the book itself, well it was my first Ally Blake and putting aside all the song issues it was not a great introduction to her for me. My friend who likes Ally also agreed it was not one of her better books. The usual formula (which we know and love) is there and the dialogue is quite witty - but it left me feeling a little cold and not overly invested. It hit the "quick reading fix" requirements of short, sweet, hot guy, gorgeous girl and a happy ending - but lacked something.... I won't be reading it again and I will pass my copy onto my Mum who will hopefully appreciate it more than I did :-). Just Ok I say!
review 2: This was absolutely fantastically good fun to read. Ally Blake is one of my favourite category authors for the touch of humour and realism she brings to all her books. I loved the Tasmanian setting and although the whole "fall in love at a wedding" trope is familiar, she managed to avoid cliche the whole way through. I was also really impressed by how the story seemed so authentically Australian -- although international readers wouldn't have any problems reading or understanding it, the voice and descriptions and activities were very real. I could picture myself at the wedding! I really enjoy category books that are down-to-earth like this one -- I'm much less fond of the glamorous CEO/sheik/international playboy. I like stories where "real girls" get "real men" (albeit a little more perfect than real-world men!). This fit the bill for me perfectly. less

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