Wedding Night

A Novel

By: Sophie Kinsella

Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle, Fiona Hardingham, Mark Bramhall

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose during lunch at one of London’s fanciest restaurants. But when his big question involves a trip abroad, not a trip down the aisle, she’s completely crushed. So when Ben, an old flame, calls her out of the blue and reminds Lottie of their pact to get married if they were both still single at 30, she jumps at the chance. No formal dates - just a quick march to the altar and a honeymoon on Ikonos, the sun-drenched Greek island where they first met years ago.

Their family and friends are horrified. Fliss, Lottie’s older sister, knows that Lottie can be impulsive - but surely this is her worst decision yet. And Ben’s colleague Lorcan fears that this hasty marriage will ruin his friend’s career. To keep Lottie and Ben from making a terrible mistake, Fliss concocts an elaborate scheme to sabotage their wedding night. As she and Lorcan jet off to Ikonos in pursuit, Lottie and Ben are in for a honeymoon to remember, for better...or worse.

©2013 Sophie Kinsella (P)2013 Random House Audio

Laugh out loud! And laugh some more!!!

I absolutely loved this book. Great narration. Loved the characters and belly laugh worthy of one of my favorites!!! Would even listen again!

Funny, light, enjoyable

Narrative was first person singular, flip-flopping between the two main female characters, Lottie & Fliss. The male characters are expressed through their actions and what the female characters think of what they are told versus what they observe. There are some laugh out loud moments of the slapstick variety, as well as some witty dialogue. Only problems I had were the slow beginning and how flaky the character of Lottie came across.

Story overall good; Ending...meh.

I enjoy Sophie Kinsella books in general as a fun, no stress read. I really liked this story and the build up but found myself more invested in Felicity's story, than Lottie's....which became problematic in the end of the story as Lottie's story was wrapped up and Felicity's really wasn't.

Great story, bad ending.

Would you consider the audio edition of Wedding Night to be better than the print version?

I

Any additional comments?

I loved this audio book and the author/actors performance. I truly only have one negative thing and that is the last few sentences. Such a great story through and through the ending could have been better

Fun book

It’s not great literature, but it is a really fun book, took my mind off of the state of 2020

Cute & happy story -got through a roadtrip smiling

Where does Wedding Night rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

near the top

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lottie - great personality - funny

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

All of the characters were great - variance in voicing made it interesting to listen to!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Leave the past in the past - anything worth having from it you have already taken with you.

Hilarious!

Narrators did such a wonderful job! Sophie really pulled all the stops. I was dying of laughter! Was sad when it ended. A must read!

So much fun!

This listen was so much fun! There are many parts that are absolutely not realistic...but that's the FUN part of a Sophie Kinsella book!

Fliss is the older sister who thinks she is trying to protect her younger sister, Lottie. But, for Fliss, it's really about something else. Lorcan thinks he is such good friends with Ben, but there's jealousy, a rivalry and Lorcan's concern about Ben's business decisions.

If you want to lose yourself in a girlie book that is fun and unrealistic, then I recommend this for you!

A Comedy of Errors

Would you consider the audio edition of Wedding Night to be better than the print version?

The multiple narrators help bring the story to life! Each character has a unique voice.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

This book is really funny! The "wedding night" was such a comedy of errors!

Ho - Hum

You know, every summer there are a couple of songs they play on the radio - CONTINUOUSLY... so by the end of the summer, you cringe when you hear them? I'm afraid this book reminded me of that feeling.

I adore Sophie Kinsella - I do - However, this book is like a tired song... it was just not fun to listen to. It was like a song played one too many times. You've heard it before and there's nothing new about it.