Fabulously fun chick lit. Sophie is a professional bridesmaid. She secretly handles anything and everything to make a brides wedding day perfect and stress free. A mother hires Sophie for what will be the society wedding of the year, but Lady Cordelia Swann wants nothing to do with her. She is a bridezilla sending Sophie on outrageous errands. This is an enemies to friends story that is sweet and heartwarming.

Sophia is quiet, people pleasing and is successful at not being the center of attention. Cordelia doesn't trust anyone but her fiancé and family. She can't fire Sophia but she can make try to make her quit. The story throws in extra snippets of other wedding adventures to add to the humor or the story. The focus is on female friendship but there is a bit of a romance potential with handsome brother Tom. And his is a viscount!!!

Clean romance with some cursing. Enjoy on a day when you need something to make you laugh and smile. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC ebook in exchange for a honest review.

I really liked this book. The concept was really original and I liked all the characters. It took me a long time to warm up to the main bride, but eventually I came around. Sophie was a great character and I liked all the things she learned about herself throughout the book.

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I absolutely LOVED this story.

It is a cute, light hearted, funny story about friendship & a dash of romance that will make you feel warm and giggly throughout (there were multiple times where I actually laughed out loud)!

Sophie is a hired bridesmaid, like a wedding planner, but working undercover as a bridesmaid. She's been hired to help plan the wedding of the year which is set to be no easy task with a bride who is seriously against the idea. Sophie is immediately tested and thrown obscure tasks to try and throw her off, but that doesn't stop her!

The friendship that Cordelia and Sophie build throughout the story is endearing and the true love story here. But, we also get a hint of a future love story to come!

A special thank you to Net Galley & St. Martins press for this advanced copy! The Secret Bridesmaid is on sale May 4th, 2021 and I highly recommend you get your hands on a copy!

What a fun read! Cute, fun and a topic that’s new to me. I can say now I’m intrigued by the thought of a professional bridesmaid. Fast paced enough for one sitting or you can linger with a nice cuppa.

This piece of chick lit reminds me of plenty of books that came about since the Shopaholic series. The Secret Bridesmaid is a fine confectionary piece of escapism, exactly how you'd expect it.

This is a cute story about a young women who helps brides with their wedding preparations, in a somewhat unorthodox way. As a professional bridesmaid. Basically, she gets paid to be the bridesmaid but is more of a personal assistant. Almost like a wedding planner, but without taking so much control away from the brides. All is good until the bride from hell, who resists her assistance at every turn. Of course the brides handsome brother is an added perk.... until he finds out who she really is. There is humor, (some of which is on the silly/goofy side.) In addition to the main story (her and this particular bride,) there are email/text exchanges between her and other brides/clients which bring some added laughs. Her character is quite likeable. She is a goody goody, who follows the rules. She has a way of talking to the brides to help them see reason and makes things run smoothly. A regular Miss Fix-It. The other characters fit their respective roles brilliantly. I would have liked to have seen more screen time with the brides 'hot' brother, who is the romantic interest, even if this story was more about the bride and her relationship with the bridesmaid than any romantic aspect. The romance was more of an afterthought. It is written from the bridesmaid POV exclusively. There is no sexual content and is safe to read for teens and up. (There is mention of drugs.)

*I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley.

I seriously have a soft spot for a British rom-com read. Add in modern British aristocracy, a professional bridesmaid, crazy hilarious and ridiculous brides, mean girls, a handsome Lord, practical jokes and a stately English home and I’m really sold!

This is a fun, light-hearted and quick read of Sophie and the brides she plans weddings for under the guise of bridesmaid/friend. One of those brides is Lady Cordelia, whose mother, the Marchioness of Meade, has secretly hired Sophie. To put it mildly, the Lady has no intention to warmly welcome Sophie into to her wedding, circle or life. Can Sophie plan and pull of the wedding of Cordelia’s dreams and the society event of the year - all while avoiding all manner of hiccups, a bit of a hunky aristocratic distraction and keeping her secret role under wraps??

This was reminiscent of the movie The Wedding Planner, with the interspersed antics of various bridezillas, combined with a Sophie Kinsella novel, staring a quirky heroine who’s always in a mess, but has a good heart and you can’t help but love. The closed door romance is completely charming, full of misunderstandings, and I just wished for a little more of it. Overall, a fun escapist read!

This book was marketed to me as a romance, and love is certainly at its heart – but more than romantic love, this delightful comedy is mostly about celebrating love between friends. To which I say, yes! more, please!

Sophie Breeze is a professional "secret bridesmaid": for the bride who wants to plan her own wedding but needs a little extra support, Sophie will pose as a friend and lend emotional and organizational support. A starry-eyed romantic, she loves her job – until she's hired by the Marchioness of Meade to be a secret bridesmaid for her daughter, former teenaged It Girl Lady Cordelia Swann. Cordelia's experiences have made her distrust new people, and she pegs Sophie as a social climber right off and is determined to make her quit. Can Sophie break through Cordelia's walls and be the friend she needs in the midst of the high society chaos?

It's always good to see writers taking friendships seriously – because romantic love is far from the only valuable form of love, despite how much attention it gets in pop culture – and this book is chock-full of fantastic female friendships. Despite a rough start… and middle… Sophie and Cordelia eventually forge a true bond as they challenge and fight for each other. And, of course, Sophie's also supported every step of the way by her loyal friends and family – especially her mom and her cousin, Cara (I swear, the text chains between Sophie and Cara sound exactly like me and my bestie). The Secret Bridesmaid is a true exploration and celebration of female friendship, and I walked away wishing I could be part of this funny, sassy (you'll get it when you read it) circle of women.

(But don't worry, romance lovers: there is also a side plot romance with a charming viscount, and it is a lovely addition to the tale.)

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this book! It was fun, witty, and well written. The idea of being a bridesmaid as a your job is a refreshing. I fell in love with the characters, and the story line. I ended up waking up my husband over laughing so hard about the main character running down the street as Chewie... I literary had tears running down my face. The only thing I would suggest is at times in the book there is random writing that is hard to follow. It is like the author started writing about it, but then just moved along. It was strange, and at times I believed I missed something going back several pages trying to figure out what happen. Nevertheless, this is a great book to read.

The Secret Bridesmaid was a total delight! I love the idea of wedding planners and this took it to the next level. There were many laughs and cute moments, and I found all the characters thoroughly enjoyable to get to know. This is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I'm typically not a rom-com reader but this sounded like a really fun read. I did enjoy it, but it was a pretty predictable story. I really like the story line of the 'professional bridesmaid' because it's so interesting to me in real life, but this story just didn't do it for me. It just felt better suited for the plot of a cute Netflix film and not a book.

This book was so fun! It’s like a Hallmark movie meets 27 Dresses with a royal twist. It had so many laugh out loud parts and such heartwarming and charming characters. In addition, I enjoyed the emails/WhatsApp additions between chapters that helped further develop the story. The perfect light-hearted read to escape into right now! I look forward to sharing this title with our audience and will consider it in the future for our book club. Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin’s Giffin for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

it was such a fun read! i literally read this book in one sitting. it was funny, cute and adorable. there wasn’t really a lot of a romance here (and i did expect it to have a lot) but the story itself was so great and entertaining that i didn’t even have a problem with that. the growing friendship of sophia&cordelia and their development as characters was absolutely amazing. it’s a book i will definitely recommend. 4 stars.

- arc provided via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

London, royalty, weddings galore... what's not to love?! I enjoyed this book and cheered Sophia on through her hijinks (of which they were many, some of which were literally LOL moments). Sweet and fun.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC.

I’m normally not the type to give 5 stars to a chick lit/romance book, but this one deserves it. It’s so cute, funny, and exactly what I needed.

Sophie Breeze is a professional bridesmaid. She’s hired by brides to play the role of a close friend while keeping all wedding things in check. She handles everything from toilet situations to dressing up as ridiculous characters for her brides’ themed weddings. Sophie meets her match when she’s offered a huge opportunity for the Marchioness of Meade — Lady Victoria’s daughter Cordelia, whose having the biggest wedding of the year in just two months. Cordelia wants nothing to do with Sophie and proclaims it her mission to make her job a living hell. Throw a hot, older brother into the mix and you’ve got yourself a story!

Let me start by saying this book is heavy on the British verbiage, but not enough to where it’s difficult for Americans to read. I did learn that people in the UK call a bachelorette party a “hen.” You learn something new every day!

This is an entertaining, fun, laugh out loud read. I don’t laugh at books very often but this one did it for me. I also found myself checking to make sure no one was looking at me smiling ridiculously for these characters. I love Sophie’s personal development as she learns to take some chances and be “out there.” I even came to love Cordelia and the way she brought Sophie out of her shell. I think these two make up a perfect friendship and really loved that the book focused more on this than the romance side. Their banter is great and I can personally relate to Cordelia’s reactions as being the more unemotional friend. Is it predictable? Yes. Did I care? Nope! I would love to see a sequel with these two. Moral of the story is — 1. Everyone needs a Sophie in their life and 2. Don’t hesitate to add this book to your #tbr.

Thank you Net Galley & St. Martin's for providing a copy to review!

This interesting read is light when you aren’t looking for something too serious. Katy Birchall did a great job of creating relatable characters and a fun storyline (Professional secret bridesmaid? Definitely a job I couldn’t do!). It was a humorous not your typical rom-com novel. An enjoyable and entertaining read!

The Secret Bridesmaid took me by complete surprise. A laugh out loud, women’s fictions I loved the glimpses at all the bridezillas (Star Wars wedding an absolute favorite) and watching the friendships blossom between Sophie and Cordelia. I will definitely be recommending this book to friends and family.

This book dragged on for so long and was honestly one of the blandest romances. No chemistry whatsoever and no swoons. Quite disappointing.

This book follows a professional bridesmaid as she plans the wedding of the season in England. I found it funny and loved how the main character grew through out the book. I really disliked the bride at the beginning of the book but by the end loved her. I really enjoyed this book.

This was delightful! Very funny and light. My only critique - there were parts that were longer than necessary and the last 10% was super rushed. I loved the main character Sophie and thought the book was well done!

Thank you to the author, St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for providing a copy to review!