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The Bridesmaid
by Vic P. Victory
on April 3, 2020
Genres: Romance, Romantic Comedy
Pages: 269
Format: Kindle
Source: YA Bound Book Tours
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May I introduce Emma to you?
Emma, early thirties, dependable magnet for mishaps, “screw ups”, and small to medium catastrophes, trusting victim of womanizers, and a newly minted frustrated single. Nachos with cheese sauce, frozen chocolate tarts, family packs of vanilla ice cream, a little too much red wine, and a gigantic serving of self-pity are helping her drown her misery. When her friend Olga choses Emma to be her bridesmaid amidst her own personal crisis, she would rather burst into flames. After an initial period of stagnation, she begins to accept the task thrust upon her, and fully dedicates herself to project “Wedding”. If only it wasn't for the bride, who slowly mutates into a self-righteous, megalomaniac, obsessed with perfection and allergic to any well-meant criticism. In other words, a bridezilla. Despite Olga’s unrealistic expectations and unabashed fits of rage, Emma resists the thought of a jumbo-sized Kentucky fried chicken bucket, straightens her 3-buttons-blouse, pulls herself up, has another sip of red wine, and charges into the fight to save a wedding and a friendship.
The Bridesmaid by Vic P. Victory is a humorous tale of a bridesmaid assisting her friend to plan a wedding and finding herself along the way.
Will Emma, Olga, and Marie still be friends once the wedding is over?
Emma
Emma is the Bridesmaid of our story. She also seems to be the bride’s slave. Emma is a beautiful woman who has low self-esteem and, for some reason, is attracted to loser men. It doesn’t matter how many flags she sees on her dates; Emma gives the man another chance. She is intelligent, as she is in a high position at an engineering firm and makes a good wage. Yet, she is a klutz and is always getting hurt.
What I like about Emma is that she is beautiful and smart, with practical issues like her clumsiness and that she tries to eat her problems away. I can relate to that last part. If Emma were real, I could see us as friends.
Olga and Marcel
Olga is our bride. She has a few things going for her, but she also has tons of things not going well. Olga is a single mother, and her parents are very different from the norm. She doesn’t seem to have a job currently. Ogla also has some anger issues that she should try to work. Marcel is Ogla’s fiancee, and he loves her and her baby boy so much. Ogla is lucky to have him, but his parents are out there. Although it is clear that Marcel’s parents are mean, Ogla also isn’t the nicest person around either.
Personally, If I was Emma, I don’t think I could have made it to the wedding.
Four Stars
I found The Bridesmaid by Vic P. Victory entertaining. There are so many times throughout the book that I found my mouth open in shock as to what was happening. Other times I just laughed as the crazy antics. Ms. Victory has a different writing style. It took me a bit to get used to it, but once I got it, I flew through the tale. Therefore my rating for The Bridesmaid by Vic P. Victory is four stars.
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About Vic P. Victory
I love food, sleep little, and work a lot. I dig hats, sunglasses, suspenders, and shirts, but don’t consider myself a dandy. I hate fast cars, find old people fantastic, despise rumors and gossip, I’m very inquisitive, I cannot sit still for long and often rack my brain with stupid banalities. I hate know-it-alls, despise scandalmongers even more, and often wonder why there is no German word for ‘no longer thirsty’. Well, now there’s a made-up word for it, but, seriously, whoever’s heard of it? My weakness for whiskey I got from you. My weakness for cigars I got from my great-granddad, my love for music from my granddad. I like cooking and traveling, but enjoy neither long road trips nor flying nor squid. The invention of the dishwasher should be honored with a Nobel prize. Likewise the invention of the camera. I pick up slugs from the cycle path and put them in the grass. As a child, I thought gramma’s name was ‘Gramma’ and was astounded to find out that she had a real name. I love the smell of petrol, drink too much coffee, and hate appointments. I feed on discovering the world and I am thankful for what I can do. My books are my survival training! If I didn’t write, my brain would implode. Or I would die of obesity – from words. That is why I write. To survive.
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