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Summer Weddings #3
Falling for the Bridesmaid
Always the bridesmaid?
Violet Huntingdon-Cross is always the bridesmaid - but given her disastrous romantic past, that's fine by her. Then she meets gorgeous journalist Tom Buckley, and suddenly Violet realizes he's the biggest threat to her heart yet.
Tom might be writing a book about Violet's father, but this beautiful bridesmaid is a total distraction! Now Tom needs to persuade her he is different from all the other guys - and help her discover love isn't just something that happens to other people.
Violet Huntingdon-Cross is always the bridesmaid - but given her disastrous romantic past, that's fine by her. Then she meets gorgeous journalist Tom Buckley, and suddenly Violet realizes he's the biggest threat to her heart yet.
Tom might be writing a book about Violet's father, but this beautiful bridesmaid is a total distraction! Now Tom needs to persuade her he is different from all the other guys - and help her discover love isn't just something that happens to other people.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 15, 2015
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About the author
Sophie Pembroke
240 books127 followersSophie Pembroke writes very British romances for Orion, Mills & Boon / Harlequin Romance, Avon and HQ. She has been dreaming, reading and writing romance ever since she read her first Mills & Boon as part of her English Literature degree at Lancaster University, so getting to write romantic fiction for a living really is a dream come true!
She lives in a little English market town with her scientist husband, wildly imaginative ten year old daughter, and adorable four year old son. She spends her days writing, drinking tea and curling up with a good book. (Oh, and planning. There is a lot of planning.)
In Sophie’s world, happy is for ever after, everything stops for tea, and there’s always time for just one more page…
She lives in a little English market town with her scientist husband, wildly imaginative ten year old daughter, and adorable four year old son. She spends her days writing, drinking tea and curling up with a good book. (Oh, and planning. There is a lot of planning.)
In Sophie’s world, happy is for ever after, everything stops for tea, and there’s always time for just one more page…
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December 6, 2019
Kebiasaan banyak baca buku-buku manga yang berasal dari novel-novel HQ bikin akhirnya aku penasaran bagaimana membaca buku aslinya langsung. Tentu saja aku cari yang terjemahan. LoL Namun adegan-adegan yang biasanya terasa terlalu cepat di dalam manga, justru jadi terlalu lama dan monoton di dalam novel. Haruskah aku membaca berulang-ulang deskripsi perasaan dan adegan di dalam kepala si tokoh utama?
Yeah, alhasil sebagian besar aku skip. Tapi aku memberikan tiga bintang karena kisahnya lumayan, setidaknya berhasil membuatku membaca sampai selesai, dibandingkan buku satunya yang belum selesai-selesai sampai sekarang. :))
Yeah, alhasil sebagian besar aku skip. Tapi aku memberikan tiga bintang karena kisahnya lumayan, setidaknya berhasil membuatku membaca sampai selesai, dibandingkan buku satunya yang belum selesai-selesai sampai sekarang. :))
December 31, 2018
Suka sama covernya.
Tidak dengan alur ceritanya yang garing segaringnya.
Tertolong karena karakter ayahya, Rick Cross. Pemain musik di band legendaris The Lemons yang sangat menyayangi keluarganya. Dan tahu kapan harus mengeluarkan petuah-petuah bijaknya untuk anak-anak perempuannya.
Buku terakhir dari kisah perempuan-perempuan Hutingdon-Cross, Violet.
Saudara kembar Rosi. Violet memiliki kepribadian yang pemalu. Sebagai gadis perangkai bunga. Yang masa mudanya hancur gara-gara sebuah video porno yang ditayangkan oleh mantan pacarnya di internet telah menghancurkan kepercayaan dirinya. Tetapi tidak untuk kepribadiannya. Hanya Tom Buckley lah yang bisa menarik kepribadian Violet yang sesungguhnya untuk keluar.
Tidak dengan alur ceritanya yang garing segaringnya.
Tertolong karena karakter ayahya, Rick Cross. Pemain musik di band legendaris The Lemons yang sangat menyayangi keluarganya. Dan tahu kapan harus mengeluarkan petuah-petuah bijaknya untuk anak-anak perempuannya.
Buku terakhir dari kisah perempuan-perempuan Hutingdon-Cross, Violet.
Saudara kembar Rosi. Violet memiliki kepribadian yang pemalu. Sebagai gadis perangkai bunga. Yang masa mudanya hancur gara-gara sebuah video porno yang ditayangkan oleh mantan pacarnya di internet telah menghancurkan kepercayaan dirinya. Tetapi tidak untuk kepribadiannya. Hanya Tom Buckley lah yang bisa menarik kepribadian Violet yang sesungguhnya untuk keluar.
November 14, 2018
Violet ini seperti gabungan Kim Kardashian dan Ozzy Osbourne. Skandal sex tape internet masih menghantuinya krn itulah dia "tenggelam" hanya menjadi florist saja. Tapi sejak bertemu Tom si jurnalis, bayang-bayang masa lalu kembali menghantuinya.
Chemistry mereka "kering" di novel ini. Maaf deh. Malah serasa terlalu menjaga jarak, layaknya pesohor dan wartawan, seperti anjing dan kucing saja. Malah yg dibahas yg gak penting, spt bunuh diri Jez si gitaris. Gak ada hubungan dgn judulnya, bridesmaid. Daku kecele.
Chemistry mereka "kering" di novel ini. Maaf deh. Malah serasa terlalu menjaga jarak, layaknya pesohor dan wartawan, seperti anjing dan kucing saja. Malah yg dibahas yg gak penting, spt bunuh diri Jez si gitaris. Gak ada hubungan dgn judulnya, bridesmaid. Daku kecele.
January 6, 2020
that cute enemies to lovers plot. gaining trust, from getting most uncomfortable with him to getting most comfortable and reliable to him. the story turns out to be a cute on flick read. i know i took my precious time to complete this book but if you are looking for an enemies to lovers quick read, its a good grab
October 8, 2021
The weakest of the trilogy. Whilst Rose and Daisy and Seb and Will were fabulous characters, Violet was a disappointment. She’d allowed one mistake to rule her life, instead of getting out and fighting her corner. Her refusal to trust Tom went on far too long. I wanted Tom to walk away from her toxic mistrust. It was a decent read but I didn’t enjoy it like the first two.
July 19, 2017
2,5 🌟
Dari judul, mulanya aku mengira kalau ceritanya akan mirip dengan film 27 Dresses, yang bercerita tentang seorang wanita yang sudah menjadi pengiring pengantin sebanyak 27 kali. Sayangnya, ternyata bukan. Bahkan, aku boleh bilang kalau "bridesmaids" di sini hanya sekadar tempelan, terlepas dari si tokoh utama yang menjadi pengiring pengantin dua kali untuk dua saudarinya. Agak kecewa, tapi nggak kecewa-kecewa amat.
Novel ini lebih tepat jika dikatakan sebagai kisah tentang seorang anak musisi terkenal yang berusaha keluar dari kisah masa lalunya saat terbelit sensasi akibat video pornonya yang bocor ke media. Lalu, seorang wartawan bertugas untuk memberikan wawancara eksklusif dan juga akan membuat buku tentang ayahnya dan grup bandnya yang fenomenal, datang ke kehidupannya. Mengingat pria yang menjebaknya dalam skandal dulu adalah seorang wartawan juga, membuat Violet, sang tokoh utama bersikap antipati pada Tom, pada mulanya. Apalagi, seperti yang ia pikirkan, bahwa Tom memiliki kesan pertama yang sama dengan kesan orang lain terhadapnya. Sebuah misi dari sang ayah membuatnya terpaksa harus keluar dari persembunyian yang selama ini menjadi teman setianya.
Overall, ceritanya terlalu datar, dengan konflik sederhana. Namun, saya mengakui, novel ini enak dinikmati apalagi saya melahapnya dalam waktu singkat. Terlebih, adegan dewasa pada novel ini tidak eksplisit, cukup aman untuk dibaca.
Dari judul, mulanya aku mengira kalau ceritanya akan mirip dengan film 27 Dresses, yang bercerita tentang seorang wanita yang sudah menjadi pengiring pengantin sebanyak 27 kali. Sayangnya, ternyata bukan. Bahkan, aku boleh bilang kalau "bridesmaids" di sini hanya sekadar tempelan, terlepas dari si tokoh utama yang menjadi pengiring pengantin dua kali untuk dua saudarinya. Agak kecewa, tapi nggak kecewa-kecewa amat.
Novel ini lebih tepat jika dikatakan sebagai kisah tentang seorang anak musisi terkenal yang berusaha keluar dari kisah masa lalunya saat terbelit sensasi akibat video pornonya yang bocor ke media. Lalu, seorang wartawan bertugas untuk memberikan wawancara eksklusif dan juga akan membuat buku tentang ayahnya dan grup bandnya yang fenomenal, datang ke kehidupannya. Mengingat pria yang menjebaknya dalam skandal dulu adalah seorang wartawan juga, membuat Violet, sang tokoh utama bersikap antipati pada Tom, pada mulanya. Apalagi, seperti yang ia pikirkan, bahwa Tom memiliki kesan pertama yang sama dengan kesan orang lain terhadapnya. Sebuah misi dari sang ayah membuatnya terpaksa harus keluar dari persembunyian yang selama ini menjadi teman setianya.
Overall, ceritanya terlalu datar, dengan konflik sederhana. Namun, saya mengakui, novel ini enak dinikmati apalagi saya melahapnya dalam waktu singkat. Terlebih, adegan dewasa pada novel ini tidak eksplisit, cukup aman untuk dibaca.
February 13, 2021
Good read. The story was simple.
February 3, 2023
Great links and storyline to the other ones in this series. Loved the Violet and Tom story.
August 18, 2015
Third Book of 'Summer Weddings. Repetitive Heroine
This book is the third in the Summer Weddings Series. It was a fair to good read, however, it did not live up to books one and two. For me book one and two were 4.5-star reads.
I liked the characters, Violet and Tom, but they weren't as well-developed and defined as Daisy, Seb, Rose and Will. Violet and Tom did not seem to have as many dimensions to their characters being more one-dimensional. Because of that I didn't feel I knew them very well. In books one and two I felt I knew the heroes and heroines extremely well and felt as though I was living in the story being told. Not so with 'Falling for the Bridesmaid.'
Violet was a different sort of character. She had something awful exposed eight years ago and never set the record straight with the public (and she really should have!! Bad mistake on her part.) She lived like a hermit and let that one mistake define her whole life giving her an abundance of limitations. She did not want anything to do with life outside her family's compound. I believe it went way too far in that direction and the redundancy of her thoughts and feelings of that time and the here and now were over the top. It was the same old thing throughout. Instead up sucking it up and getting on with life she chooses to relive her agony every single day. It just became old very quickly.
By the time they got together and were 'so in love' I just didn't feel it between them. There didn't appear to be a deep connection or that they were anywhere near close enough to be making a life decision. I like my heroines to be a bit stronger, tougher and smarter. Needless to say I was disappointed.
This book is the third in the Summer Weddings Series. It was a fair to good read, however, it did not live up to books one and two. For me book one and two were 4.5-star reads.
I liked the characters, Violet and Tom, but they weren't as well-developed and defined as Daisy, Seb, Rose and Will. Violet and Tom did not seem to have as many dimensions to their characters being more one-dimensional. Because of that I didn't feel I knew them very well. In books one and two I felt I knew the heroes and heroines extremely well and felt as though I was living in the story being told. Not so with 'Falling for the Bridesmaid.'
Violet was a different sort of character. She had something awful exposed eight years ago and never set the record straight with the public (and she really should have!! Bad mistake on her part.) She lived like a hermit and let that one mistake define her whole life giving her an abundance of limitations. She did not want anything to do with life outside her family's compound. I believe it went way too far in that direction and the redundancy of her thoughts and feelings of that time and the here and now were over the top. It was the same old thing throughout. Instead up sucking it up and getting on with life she chooses to relive her agony every single day. It just became old very quickly.
By the time they got together and were 'so in love' I just didn't feel it between them. There didn't appear to be a deep connection or that they were anywhere near close enough to be making a life decision. I like my heroines to be a bit stronger, tougher and smarter. Needless to say I was disappointed.
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January 12, 2016"Both Violet and Tom have strong voices throughout this contemporary love story. Readers will get a kick out of the dry humor and the several ups and downs, which make Pembroke’s latest a real page-turner" (RT Book Reviews, 4 stars).
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June 13, 2016
not the best start to my harlequin romance research. I'm still wet behind the ears but the relationship just fell flat. no chemistry and very little in the way of a believable back story. I hope my second HR is better.
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December 10, 2016wahhh... akhirnyaaaa.... ada tokoh cewek HQ yang kusuka jugaaa... nggak menye-menye, dan sangat berkepala dingin.
May 24, 2016
Loved this series and truly enjoyed reading about the entire family.
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