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The Wedding Date
The Wedding Date
Author: Elizabeth Young
One wedding. No funeral. — One unqualified catastrophe. — "Dominic" was the little white lie thirty-and-still-unwed Sophy Metcalfe told to soothe her nagging mother. But now her perfect sister Belinda is tying the knot, and Sophy's going to have to produce the charming, successful, ideal boyfriend she invented -- since the genuine ar...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060799229
ISBN-10: 0060799226
Publication Date: 1/1/2005
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 64 ratings
Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Audio CD
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BethG avatar reviewed The Wedding Date on + 108 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book is a charming, light weight tale about a young woman who is overly sensitive about her looks and weight, and very imaginative. She makes up a boyfriend because her Mom is always worried that she won't get married. But then her sister's wedding comes along and she has to produce the boyfriend. Oops.

The book was originally titled "Asking for Trouble." The title was changed when it became the basis for the movie "The Wedding Date."

It is significantly different from the movie, especially as all characters are British. Sometimes the British slang is a bit hard to translate, but not too often.
reviewed The Wedding Date on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
BETTER then the movie! Very cute book.
grandmasusan avatar reviewed The Wedding Date on + 45 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The movie "The Wedding Date" was based on this novel, originally called "Asking for Trouble." I found this wonderfully funny, insightful and romantic
barbsis avatar reviewed The Wedding Date on + 1076 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
In order to keep her mum from harrassing her, Sophy invents a boyfriend and now must produce him for her sister's wedding. It sounds like a great premise but the British colloquialism make the dialogue almost incomprehensible. Sophy's hires a rent-a-stud to play her boyfriend and spends the first 50 pages or so in a panic that he won't be able to play the part. She's so bitchy to him that I can't believe he didn't give up. After the wedding, she calms down and the romance starts and the book gets much better. I only picked this book up because I needed a "Y" author otherwise I would have stopped reading this within the first 50 pages. Definitely not an author I would read again.
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Cissa avatar reviewed The Wedding Date on + 40 more book reviews
This book was first published with the title "Asking for Trouble".

It's a fun rom com.
DanielleFM avatar reviewed The Wedding Date on + 177 more book reviews
great story great movie too!
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Likeable story, very different to the book. Love Sophie - a character every younger sister could relatet too.


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