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A Previous Engagement (2011)

by Stephanie Haddad(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1461160243 (ISBN13: 9781461160243)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

CreateSpace

review 1: This was a light and not so thrilling story. Our main protagonist, Tessa, is a workaholic and her life depends on her job and her career. She has two really close friends and one of them is Christian. While Tessa tries to show her talent and how much her job means to her, Christian breaks up with his fiancée and now he is searching for a new woman aka wife, as he is so determined to get married.Firstly, the way the story begins is very pleasant and happy an cute, but I don't think 5 year old -there are supposed to be 5 right?- talk that way. It brought a smile on my face the way Christian tried to reveal his feelings but it really didn't felt that real for a 5 year old.I love how their relationship and friendship managed to stay healthy all these years but seriously how c... moreould they not see that they liked each other earlier? I mean they had their moments in the past and they thought that there wasn't anything else there, just friendship. That was unrealistic as well.Tessa was really hard on herself and i didn't like many of her decisions. I liked her but also i didn't. She was do caught up with work and her career, which is good , but she didn't allow herself to have fun and enjoy the things around her. I didn't like Christian's character along the way. At first I felt sorry for him, for his break up, his struggle with his feelings but he was always pushing Tessa, especially in the end. The dude just wanted to get married and he didn't care who his wife would be. Thats the idea i got. He pretty much confirmed my statement at his birthday party.And her friend, wasn't very likable either. If you know that you friends have feelings for each other you say or do something, and you cant possibly remain oblivious to your friends obliviousness.It was one of the books that i think that would look better in a movie concept. It would have been a good movie , with the romance and everything, because the story was movie material and it wasn't a good story for a book. The only character I really liked was Finn the goldfish and Tessa managed to kill him. Thanks a lot Tessa!
review 2: This is a very fun and engaging story of the intertwining life of 3 best friends and the paths our life takes us down, versus the ones we forage ourselves. The characters were well written with enough flaws (albeit not physically...) to be able to connect to. Additionally, while being a story about love and romance, it was NOT overtly smutty, which I sincerely appreciated. Overall, a very pleasant read and not at all a waste of time. less

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