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Book Review ~ Desert Wedding by Penny Kim 


Title:  "Desert Wedding"
Series:  N/A

Author:  Penny Kim
Publisher:  Story Girl Press LLC
Publication Date:  7/29/12
Pages:  210
Buy from Amazon:  HERE


My Overall Feeling of the Book:

I found it really hard to connect with Elsie.  She is such a difficult character to understand and sometimes to even like.

I don't think I would have rated this book as high as I did except for the fact that I really enjoyed the events that lead up to the surprising ending.

Main Characters:

Elsie McKenna:  Maid of Honor and ex-bride-to-be.  She thinks every relationship will turn out the way hers did.  I found her very heavy handed and demeaning to her "best friend."  She does come around, though.

Res Mba:  Bride-to-be.  She doesn't want to see her fiance for the slob that he is.  She is easily taken advantage of.  I love her spunk near the end.

Jonah:  I don't even know his last name.  I felt that Elsie was majorly stringing him along.  Again, surprise ending!

My Favorite Scene:

I enjoyed the interaction and conversations between Elsie and her co-workers.  In fact, that is where I actually saw her being herself.

A Brief Excerpt:

"Wait, why haven't you mentioned this before?"  Res stopped helping Elsie fold the clothes and was now looking at her with a little furrow in her brow.  "I feel like I don't know you sometimes," Res continued, pulling more clothes to her.  "I tell you everything and I thought I knew everything about you and Jonah."

Page 101


I'm not really wild about the cover.  It is fairly "ho-hum".

Other Notes:

-This is most definitely a mainstream book and has adult language, situations and topics.

-There is drinking, partying, and a very crude scene in an "adult store."




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