I really liked this book. Though I haven’t been in many bridal parties, as a single girl I could totally understand Lilly’s frustrations with being the single gal. So I personally found this story relatable and had a few good laughs from it.
The story was written in a way that was easy to follow along and I liked how it was told through the single perspective.

I look forward to read more from the author!

This book was fun! I literally laughed out loud on more than one occasion and got some strange looks from my family members.

I wasn’t sure what I was expecting and I wouldn’t really say Lily’s story was relatable as I have never been a bridesmaid and bridesmaids are not really done where I am from. I did attend one wedding in the States far too many years ago, so I saw the group of bridesmaids but I had no idea the amount of stress, planning and money that went into being a bridesmaid. I am not sure what I assumed, but definitely not that the bridesmaids had to pay for the hideous dresses themselves even though they would never ever dream of wearing them again.

Anyways the story about Lily who is a bridesmaid in five weddings in 1 season and decides to vent in a blog about it is a really entertaining and easy read.

I really enjoyed Lily’s snarky manner on her blog and did even think she was being that bad. I mean if Bride A and her friends had treated me like that I would not even be apologizing for what I wrote. She went too easy on those women!

I think my favorite character in the whole book was Lily’s grandma.

If there is ever a second book, following up on what happens to Lily after all this drama I will definitely be reading it.

Thank you NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the free copy in exchange for an honest review! all thoughts and opinions are my own.

i absolutely loved this book! i laughed and cried along with the main character, lily, because i could completely relate with her in many ways.

lily is invited to five different weddings as a bridesmaid, but she has never been married herself. at thirty-two, she isn’t physically pursuing a relationship. with tons of wedding dress fittings, bridesmaid dress fittings, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, and, of course, the actual weddings to attend, lily realizes that things are about to get expensive.

she cuts down on her monthly spendings but many weddings start to get extravagant in prices. lily loves to write, so she decides to start a blog about the five weddings and the chaos that happens. it starts off small and anonymous, and barely makes any money for lily.

i really liked how the author wrote about the weddings, making them all unique in their own way. with bossy bridesmaids, controlling mothers, and bridezillas, lily has a lot on her plate. her friends expect a lot of her, such as dying her hair, getting botox, or eyelash extensions. despite all of this, lily is very body positive and does her best to please her friends, including wearing chest minimizers.

throughout all this chaos, lily maintains a friendship with alex, who sympathizes with her wedding troubles. they buy each other coffees and hang out on lunch dates, just enjoying each other’s company. lily secretly likes him, but can’t date him because he’s a groomsman in one of her friend’s wedding. slowly, their romance progresses throughout the book.

also, lily keeps writes snarky comments about her friends on her blogs. when the blog suddenly appears on buzzfeed and blows up, her five friends are all outraged with her. they all feel hurt by the comments, and betrayed by lily. lily scrambles to make apologies, feeling terrible. while her friendships crash and burn, so does her budding romantic relationship.

lily manages to make amends with most brides, although others kick her out of their wedding. lily makes the decision to delete the blog, but then regrets it due to the money that it has amassed. nevertheless, she makes the decision to put her friends first and not bring the blog back. instead, she starts up a new blog, hoping that the notoriety of her name will bring readers.

she manages to attend most weddings and be happy for her friends, as well as fix her romantic relationship. the book ends on a happy, hopeful note, and i would definitely recommend this for anyone looking for a fun and crazy story about being a bridesmaid!

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

Lily is single and works in a mediocre job that pays the bills. She's agreed to be a bridesmaid/maid of honor in 5 of her friends summer weddings. It's overwhelming and gets to her so she starts an anonymous blog venting her stress.

it was very wordy but contained witty humor expressed by Lily.
Lily is a relatable character and her predicament is amusing but the story moved slowly.
I could identify w/some of her experiences.
I also liked that it was local to the DMV area which I'm from.
the banter between Alex & Lily was very amusing & witty.

The negative is that the blog posts were funny but not enough of them were included. Instead the reader slogged thru the wordy narrative.
Also, I found the details of her drunk one night stand confusing. I wasn't sure if it occurred at the wedding or the engagement party. Was the first chapter a flash forward or a flashback?

This book was SO good.

Throughout the book, I found myself getting irritated with the main character and her attitude in certain situations. BUT I was pleased to see the author redeems those moments and the main character experiences some definite growth!

This was a very clean rom com with banter, friendships, and a sweet sweet ending. I felt the two major plot twists were predictable from the beginning, but that didn’t take away from me enjoying the book! I was sucked in from page one!

Thank you NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for this free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was taken in by the genre and the premise, but sadly, I find this book not to my taste.
Lily Weiss, 32-year old journalism major and spinster has been roped in as a bridesmaid for five weddings, including that of her younger siblings. So over the next few months, Lily has to juggle bridesmaid responsibilities and conflicting schedules along with her dwindling bank balance while also battling conflicting emotions regarding her own single status amidst so many happy-everafters.

While I was expecting a rom-com, this book was anything but. Even at 65% there was barely a hint of romance and comedy was non-existent. I love a snarky heroine with a self-deprecating humour. But Lily was downright mean and just plain jealous. Though she may have proved herself to be a good friend or daughter at several points, her woe-is-me attitude was annoying. The writing flow was good which made for smooth reading, but sadly there were no likeable characters apart from Alex. I found the blog to be appalling; yes, it was a medium for Lily to vent her emotions, but the fact that all of her emotions were so negative and whiny quickly got grating.

Overall, a disappointing read. Thanks to Netgalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a FUN read, and if I had a friend getting married this would be attached to their gift.

This is the story is 32-year-old Lily, who is about to be a bridesmaid in 5 weddings. Between the familial drama of her own life and joining new friend groups, this book felt both realistic and slightly exaggerated but mostly was just a solid and enjoyable read.

You could finish this in one sitting easily, and I laughed out loud a few times! I loved the banter between Alex and Lily.

Thank you for this ARC.

When Lily gets asked to be a bridesmaid in 5 different weddings over the course of 2 months, things unravel pretty quickly. Each bride poses different challenges to Lily, who has to navigate overbearing moms, extremely rude other bridesmaids, and her own family drama as 2 of the weddings are for her brother and sister. She ends up starting a blog to chronicle the events, because some are just too absurd and awful to be true.

I really liked the premise of this story, and also loved the love interest, Alex, and the romance storyline between him and Lily! However, many of the other characters were just so awful! Granted, that was the point, that there were bridezillas and bridesmaidzillas and mother-of-the-bridezillas that Lily had to deal with, but at some points it just took away from the story for me. I would definitely check out other books by this author, and would recommend this one if you are looking for a quick, easy, and entertaining read!

For the Love of Friends is both serious and funny and a great read for any woman. It kept my attention from start to finish and I cared for most of the characters.
I enjoyed For the Love of Friends by Sarah Goodman Confino. I look forward to reading more books by her.

I received a free digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I enjoyed this book. The writing was funny and the main character was likable. I did see the whole Alex debacle coming, but otherwise a lot of the book felt fresh and funny. There was a lot of forgiveness and love in this book- after all the snarkiness- which helps make the happy ending even better. It was easy to like the characters you were supposed to like and despise the ones you were supposed to like!

This is not your typical rom-com nor chiicklit fiction. It is funny and witty and also emotional! This is also my first Sara Goodman Confino’s book. Lily is so easy to love as a character. She is a talented writer , smart , caring, humorous and gets all the spot on drama of wedding planning. She can be impulsive but she gets on her big girl pants and become responsible. Bridesmania can be a good blog to visit! I am satisfied for the ending. All is well in a happy loving world!

Thanks #netgalley for the advance readers copy in exchange of honest review

This is Sara's debut book and I hope to read more by her! Poor Lily has an overbearing mother who would love to see her married. Lily gets asked to be a bridesmaid for 5 different brides and starts describing her experience on a blog. I'd be petrified of being in that many weddings so close together and can't imagine remaining sane. Loved this plot, writing was great, and the book kept me entertained throughout. I actually read it in one day because I just couldn't put it down!

I really enjoyed this book!

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Lily is 32 years old, hopelessly single, and working in a job she doesn’t love. Within a short span, she’s asked to be a bridesmaid in FIVE weddings (legit my worst nightmare 😆) with two being her younger sibling’s. It’s all fun and games until things quickly become unmanageable. Everyone’s personalities come to light and her to-do list of responsibilities seems never ending. Think catty bridesmaids, bossy mother of the brides, demanding brides, and a nagging mother.

Lilly starts a blog anonymously to unleash her built up resentment and share all of the woes of being in five back-to-back weddings. I smiled, laughed out loud, and genuinely enjoyed Lilly as a character- she was both relatable and likable. This book was the perfect combo of friendship, wedding drama, romance, and humor.

Thank you @netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! This is the first book from @saraconfino and I’m excited to read more of her work in the future! Be on the lookout- pub date of 08.01.21!

If you like rom coms, snarky blogs or over the top wedding drama, you’ll enjoy this book. This was a quick read that kept my attention and put me in a good mood.

* Initially I was a bit disappointed by the way the blog took a back seat in the storyline. For the first half of the book it sort of felt like it was irrelevant - it does tie in much better in the end but I couldn’t help feeling like I wanted more of it early on. The blog posts were the funniest parts!
* Some of these characters! Wow, they really were absolutely horrible. There were chapters that were actually hard for me to read because I found the characters so incredibly annoying, the author really managed to make me feel strongly about some of these women.
* The ending was pretty predictable, but it’s not a thriller, so nobody was expecting a huge twist. I actually liked that it wasn’t a complete happy ending because I do find that to be a bit boring at times.
* Overall, I enjoyed the book. It’s a funny, relatively lighthearted read. I would likely read another book by this author.

I really enjoyed this book, especially having lived through two or three summers where everyone I knew was getting married and expected the hen do/dress fitting/expensive hoopla. This book was funny and real and I definitely recommend it. Thanks NetGalley!

I was only a bridesmaid once, and that put me off having any in my own wedding. Being a single thirty something when all your friends get married, right up there with depressing life stuff. I really felt for Lily. At 32, she is single and somehow a bridesmaid at 3 friends weddings. Things deteriorate when both her younger brother and then younger sister also announce their engagements and ask her to be part of the wedding party. It’s no wonder that Lily gets a bit drunk and can’t remember the events of the evening. But Lily finds her voice when the wedding planning gets going. Pity that the voice isn’t too complimentary about her friends and family. I enjoyed this story. It’s a pretty light read but deals with that time in life when all seems pretty hopeless.

I loved this so much I read it twice. Very clever plot, well-written characters and very real. Funny, sarcastic and cute all at once. Don't take my word for it - read it!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC of this book.
I loved it. It was some what predictable but I didn’t mind that. I loved Lily and her struggle to self awareness seemed very authentic. I thoroughly enjoyed her 32 year old, stressed out bridesmaid experience. Not being in that position myself at her age, I imagine I would have shared some of the same snarky feelings. I’m not sure what that says about me? I also found the family dynamic in the story very real and relatable.
I have been struggling being drawn in by books in the last year and I couldn’t put this one down. It will be a great beach read this summer. Can’t wait to see what else this author writes. I am a fan.

Oh my! This book is awesome! Of course, any book that starts out with mentioning waking up next to Leonardo DiCaprio, is a must-read! The snark and sarcasm was amazing. The main character, Lily, is blogging her way through several weddings, complete with Bridezillas, Botox, crazy moms, and a lovable naked grandma. I laughed so hard at some points, my kids asked me if I was okay! And while it all blew up for Lily in the end, I love how the story tied up all the loose ends and made me smile. I was surprised by the ending though, figured some thing was odd about the whole groomsman situation, but never expected THAT! I really hope Sara comes back with a follow-up - maybe Lily's wedding with all her friends pregnant and crazy! This is a definite must read! One of my favorite new books!

Thank you to NetGalley for a digital copy of this book to review.