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Oof. This one was hard to get through. I don't even know what the worst part was- it was pretty much all bad.
Every conflict between Lisa and Adam was ridiculous. Referring to her ex-fiancé when telling her backstory as "my fiancé"? Normal. Getting mad that a guy you've known for a whole week didn't tell you he won the lottery? So dumb. Especially when you didn't even have his phone number until the day before. All of it- so dumb.
Speaking of the whole knowing someone a week- the book takes place over a week, maybe two at most. Not only are they in love <spoiler> but he proposes </spoiler>
Adding to the ridiculousness is the poor editing. I knew early on that the author had to be British, not American (I looked it up after several hints and discovered she is Scottish). Which is fine- but when you set a story in Montana, it should not use British terms. A couple of specific examples: using "hospital" instead of "the hospital", using the word "queue" for a line and "queueing" for waiting in said line. To me, those are the types of things an editor should catch.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The Fairy Tale Bride by Scarlet Wilson is the first in the Montana Born Brides series. It is a series of seven or so books by different authors that center around the small town of Marietta which has had a recent case of wedding fever. This book introduces readers to Lisa Renee and Adam Brady. Both have secrets from their pasts and need to work on trust issues. Living in a small town, where gossip is high, can be challenging.
Lisa has lived in Marietta her whole life and has built a business up for herself in selling wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses. Lucky for her, another previous local from the town who became a famous actress is back and looking for Lisa to help her crazy bridesmaids find dresses for her upcoming wedding. Between this potential boost for her business and her volunteer time at the hospital, she doesn't have a whole lot of time for her love life. But she meets Dr. Adam Brady while helping out at the hospital.
Adam Brady barely moved to Marietta a few months before meeting Lisa at his work. It's perfect for him because the small town hospital lets him work in more than one specialty. He wanted to escape large city living for several reasons, and he finds Marietta to be ideal for him. Lisa interests him from the moment he sees her and it isn't only because she is gorgeous. He wants to puzzle out her past and reasons for doing all that she does.
Between the two of them and the small town, it's not hard for them to bump into each other often. And when they do see each other, it seems as though they cannot help but shamelessly flirt with each other. I thought the way they learn about each other and get to know each other was done very well, except for the timing. The relationship goes way too fast for me at some points. There is a small amount of "smut" as some would call it, but it was mostly just a lead up and skips over the really intimate details.
I liked this book, but I didn't love it. It just went way too fast for me to be completely convinced. There were a lot of loose ends as well in my opinion on side parts to the story, like what happens with the actress and her fiance? Or what happens between Lisa and her estranged sister, Melody? Despite that it was a quick feel good romance if that's what you're looking for.