Book Review, Giveaway: Did I Mention I Was Getting Married? by Julie Butterfield

Did I Mention I Was Getting Married?

by Julie Butterfield

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Two years ago Rebecca Miles won the lottery and ended her marriage to her overbearing and unpleasant husband Daniel. She had every intention of putting the past behind her and starting again, but it turned out to be so much more difficult than she had imagined. Then Daniel announces he is getting married again and as Rebecca broods over how he has found it so easy to move on her daughter phones with good news - she’s getting married too! Determined not to be left behind Rebecca throws caution to the wind and finally meets someone who can give her the new start she so desperately wants. Now her ex-husband is back in her life, the future Mrs. Miles wants to be her best friend, she has her daughter’s wedding to plan and a ramshackle old wedding venue to renovate to its former perfection in just a few months if only she can find a builder who will take on the job. There are challenges, surprises, love, and heartbreak ahead but at the end of a long, hot summer, will there be any weddings?

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

'Well you know, the old Mrs Miles meeting the new Mrs Miles.’ Rebecca stared at the phone. He made it sound like a relay race where she would hand over the baton to her successor.

She was just starting to relax in his company when he produced several travel brochures featuring exotic and very expensive locations and said that it was Rebecca’s turn to pay for their next date and why didn’t they make it a fortnight in St Lucia.

Old girl? Had her ex just called her old girl? Still standing on the doorstep was a tiny creature, only an inch or so shorter than Rebecca but with an incredibly petite frame, a narrow waist that made Rebecca instinctively pull in her stomach and tiny sparrow hands that fluttered in the air, showing off an immaculate manicure and a large diamond ring.

Rebecca remembered reading somewhere that in Nature it was always the males who had the extravagant display of plumage and they would sway and wriggle and show off everything they had to the chosen female. The whole room seemed to be waiting for Charles to fluff up his feathers and perform the mating dance thought Rebecca wildly.

My Review:

I’ve gotten a big kick out of this series and book two was as cunningly humorous and sharply written as the first. I smirked and chuckled my through this delightfully comical and lushly appointed story.  Julie Butterfield has a keen sense of humor yet she cleverly hovers her story on a well-honed edge between levity and tension with uncommon agility and enviable craft.  This wily author tapped all the feels from gleeful joy to crushing heartbreak with insightful observations, rueful inner musings, and pained second-guessing being par for the course. The engaging storylines were enjoyably amusing and highly entertaining while the writing was lushly detailed and briskly paced. 

Two years after their divorce Rebecca’s over-bearing ex-husband alerts her to his upcoming marriage, to an obvious gold-digger, although it is Rebecca’s gold that Annabelle is aiming to mine.  Her obnoxious ex-husband has managed to attract a fiancé who more than rivaled his insufferable and demanding nature.  Rebecca was again having difficulty locating her spine, although, to her credit, a few vertebrae did make an occasional appearance.  However, it appeared nearly impossible to stop the steamroller of expectations and expenses that the manipulative Annabelle shrewdly kept in motion.   

Empress DJ

About the Author

Julie Butterfield belongs to the rather large group of 'always wanted to write' authors who finally found the time to sit down and put pen to paper - or rather fingers to keyboard and wrote Did I Mention I Won the Lottery? It should be pointed out this is a complete work of fiction and she did not, in fact, receive millions in her bank account and forget to mention it her husband - even though he still asks her every day if she has anything to tell him! 

Her second book was Google Your Husband Back and the latest addition is Did I Mention I Was Getting Married? - which revisits Rebecca a few years after the lottery win which changed her life.

Social Media Links – 

@juliebeewriter twitter

Juliebutterfield.co.uk - website

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