Zany characters, a plot so thin it’s practically translucent and laugh-out-loud moments make Wedding Night, a tale told by two very different sisters, everything you’d expect from chick-lit queen Sophie Kinsella.
The story centres around Lottie, a 30-something who has a string of long-term relationships behind her.
Lottie is convinced that the man she has been dating for three years, Richard, is about to propose. He asks her what she thinks of his last name and she takes this as a sign of good things to come. He books them into a fancy restaurant. He says he wants to ask her a big question. This is all Lottie needs to go out and buy him an engagement ring, text her friends, and gleefully announce her engagement to total strangers. But the big question turns out to be about a trip overseas, leaving Lottie crushed – but not for long. Ben, an ex she spent a glorious teenage summer with, shows up on the scene.
He reminds her that they made a pact that if they were still single at 30, they’d marry. Jumping at the chance, Lottie ditches the idea of a big white wedding in favour of a quick trip to the registry office followed by a honeymoon in Greece.
Fliss, Lottie’s sister, provides the second voice to the novel. She’s struggling to balance work and single motherhood while embroiled in an epic and very bitter divorce.
She’s no stranger to Lottie’s impulsive character and when she hears her sister’s news, she devises an elaborate plan to sabotage their wedding night – with some help from Ben’s colleague, Lorcan.
Sophie’s ability to write the maniacal inner monologues of her characters makes them hilariously cringe-worthy, as they’re the sort of private dialogues you’d be mortified to have broadcast in public.
Filled with implausible decisions and outrageous experiences, Wedding Night is the perfect romantic comedy to curl up with and devour on a rainy winter’s day.
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