Alison Espach's rom/com novel, WEDDING PEOPLE starts off with major bummers for its heroine, Phoebe. Phoebe's husband leaves her for the wife of their close friends, she miscarried, her unfinished novel is going nowhere, she's unmoored at work and her beloved cat died. Life pretty much sucked for Phoebe who decides the thing to do is take herself for a last hurrah to a four star hotel to live it up on her last dime and then commit suicide. Phoebe arrives at the posh hotel dressed in her silky green best, no. luggage in tow; ready to throw in the towel. Fortunately or unfortunately for Phoebe, her plan for a permanent solution rubs Lila, the bride-to-be planning to hold her wedding at this elite establishment. Lila's perfectly hatched plans would simply be ruined by a corpse crashing on the property. Mistakenly, Phoebe obtained a hotel room in what Lila thought was reserved or her and her entire wedding party. Despite being depressed, Phoebe's pugnacious attitude towards Lila who believes she's in charge of everything and everyone, gets us to root for Phoebe to push back at Lila and stick around a little longer as a thorn in the side of the consummate Godzilla bride. WEDDING PEOPLE is for people on vacation, on a plane or at a beach. This is light fluff with funny moments and gratifying comeuppances for the bride and also a snide sister-in-law to be. But, the predictable plot outcomes are obvious and cloying. Depression never overshadows the light at the end of the tunnel. WEDDING PEOPLE doesn't belong on the same literary bookshelves mentioned at the fancy hotel or referenced by Phoebe as an adjunct English Professor. Spoiler alert: Phoebe doesn't kill herself and the intended nuptials are put asunder. WEDDING PEOPLE falls under the category of a palette cleanser between the pages of a Eng. Lit. course syllabus.
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