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Bridesmaids #3
The One With The Hen Weekend
Nora Dervan is ready for her Happy Ever After. With her darling Harry waiting at the altar, and all her family and friends around her. She is certain that her special day will not be forgotten/will be one to remember…
But with her four bridesmaids hiding more secrets, than bottles of champagne. Will her big day be remembered for all the right reasons?
Bea has barely gotten past the fact that her two best friends are dating, and now they’re engaged, whilst cupid’s arrow points in a forbidden direction for Cleo. She is so distracted by her off limits, hot new colleague that she has forgotten Daisy, who has been left dreading the singles table. There’s more romance in the cheesy pick- up lines than Sarah’s own marriage, which hasn’t turned out as she hoped it would be.
But with her four bridesmaids hiding more secrets, than bottles of champagne. Will her big day be remembered for all the right reasons?
Bea has barely gotten past the fact that her two best friends are dating, and now they’re engaged, whilst cupid’s arrow points in a forbidden direction for Cleo. She is so distracted by her off limits, hot new colleague that she has forgotten Daisy, who has been left dreading the singles table. There’s more romance in the cheesy pick- up lines than Sarah’s own marriage, which hasn’t turned out as she hoped it would be.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 11, 2016
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About the author
Erin Lawless
15 books331 followersErin Lawless would probably love to be your Goodreads friend.
Although she's predominantly on here with her reader hat on, she's published a book of short stories and flash fiction - The Last Train Home & Other Stories - and two bestselling British contemporary romances for HarperCollins' award-winning romance imprint Harper Impulse, The Best Thing I Never Had and Somewhere Only We Know .
Her most recent release, The One With All The Bridesmaids , follows one bride and her four bridesmaids from proposal to altar - and according to one review is like the film Bridesmaids, but funnier..!
Outside of Goodreads (and the third person) she blogs about dreadfully interesting things at www.erinlawless.co.uk and chats rubbish / spams pictures of her baby on Twitter and Instagram as @rinylou.
Although she's predominantly on here with her reader hat on, she's published a book of short stories and flash fiction - The Last Train Home & Other Stories - and two bestselling British contemporary romances for HarperCollins' award-winning romance imprint Harper Impulse, The Best Thing I Never Had and Somewhere Only We Know .
Her most recent release, The One With All The Bridesmaids , follows one bride and her four bridesmaids from proposal to altar - and according to one review is like the film Bridesmaids, but funnier..!
Outside of Goodreads (and the third person) she blogs about dreadfully interesting things at www.erinlawless.co.uk and chats rubbish / spams pictures of her baby on Twitter and Instagram as @rinylou.
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November 15, 2016"So I wanted to show you first," Claire chirped. "Just to check, you know; get the 'bridesmaid seal of approval and all that'. Claire was getting much better, Bea thought, but there was still just the barest nip of real bitterness in her tone. "But I think Nora's really gonna love these!"
To Bea, invitation to Nora's hen do was probably going to be in the form of an email and/or text, once Nora had provided the finalised list of lucky gals. When she'd mentioned this to Claire last week however the girl had almost choked on her gin-and-slim and begged to take over the sourcing of "proper" invitations. Already a little overwhelmed at the thought of marshalling twelve women into booking travel, accommodation and activities, Bea had readily handed over the invitation reins.
Now she was sincerely regretting it.
After a full minute's silence, she realised she'd better say something.
"Wow," she just about managed.
"Great, aren’t they?" beamed Claire. "Do you want me to explain a little?"
Phew. "Yes please!"
The invitations were much more of a… pamphlet than Bea had anticipated… The front cover was largely taken up by a close-up selfie of Nora, snagged from her Facebook page no doubt. Her mouth had been partially obscured by a bright pink lipstick print. Letters in a matching pink floating above her head proclaimed Nora to be KISSING THE SINGLE LIFE GOODBYE!!!
"That's actually my lip print!" Claire trilled. "I did it on the back of the receipt at the copy place and got them to digitise it; it's amazing what they can do with computers these days, isn't it?"
"No kidding?" Bea flipped over to the inserts with a slight frisson of trepidation. Claire's skill at Facebook stalking was no longer in any doubt – each of the twelve hens were represented by a square-framed photograph snagged from their social media and washed over with a liberally applied pink filter. Nora was first and most prominent, as was natural, followed by Bea, Cleo, Claire, Daisy and Sarah (Bea decided not to comment on the fact that Claire had interjected herself in the centre of the row of bridesmaids). Then came Alannah and Aoife, Nora's twin younger sisters (or maybe it was Aoife then Alannah..?) and four other friends made up the chosen dozen. ONE LAST FLING BEFORE THE RING!!! shouted the bright pink letters on this page. (Bea hated that. What, was Nora supposed to stop having fun once she became Mrs. Clarke? Grr.)
At least Claire hadn't been able to do much damage with the main page; Bea had been very clear with her instructions that the information was just to be copied and pasted, and not embellished upon in any way, shape or form. Claire had still managed to jazz it up though, by using a silhouette shot of what appeared to be a gigantic woman pole-dancing up against the Eiffel Tower as the page's background and entitling the page OOH LA LA!!! (Did this woman ever use less than three exclamation marks for anything? Bea couldn't be sure.)
Bea and Daisy's carefully drafted information was intact, however offensively-fonted, so Bea guessed she had to be grateful for small mercies. The hens were duly instructed to assemble at St Pancras International for a weekend in gay Paris, where Bea had booked them accommodation on a pair of twin houseboats on the Seine, as close to the Eiffel Tower as possible. The Saturday night's requisite fancy dress was 90s-themed (naturally), and the four bridesmaids 'Backstreet Bea', 'Cleo-patra, Coming Atcha', 'Princess Daisy from Super Mario' and 'Clueless Cher-ah Horowitz' hoped that everyone would join them in heartily embracing it. At least Claire hadn't added herself to the bridesmaid sign-off…
To Bea, invitation to Nora's hen do was probably going to be in the form of an email and/or text, once Nora had provided the finalised list of lucky gals. When she'd mentioned this to Claire last week however the girl had almost choked on her gin-and-slim and begged to take over the sourcing of "proper" invitations. Already a little overwhelmed at the thought of marshalling twelve women into booking travel, accommodation and activities, Bea had readily handed over the invitation reins.
Now she was sincerely regretting it.
After a full minute's silence, she realised she'd better say something.
"Wow," she just about managed.
"Great, aren’t they?" beamed Claire. "Do you want me to explain a little?"
Phew. "Yes please!"
The invitations were much more of a… pamphlet than Bea had anticipated… The front cover was largely taken up by a close-up selfie of Nora, snagged from her Facebook page no doubt. Her mouth had been partially obscured by a bright pink lipstick print. Letters in a matching pink floating above her head proclaimed Nora to be KISSING THE SINGLE LIFE GOODBYE!!!
"That's actually my lip print!" Claire trilled. "I did it on the back of the receipt at the copy place and got them to digitise it; it's amazing what they can do with computers these days, isn't it?"
"No kidding?" Bea flipped over to the inserts with a slight frisson of trepidation. Claire's skill at Facebook stalking was no longer in any doubt – each of the twelve hens were represented by a square-framed photograph snagged from their social media and washed over with a liberally applied pink filter. Nora was first and most prominent, as was natural, followed by Bea, Cleo, Claire, Daisy and Sarah (Bea decided not to comment on the fact that Claire had interjected herself in the centre of the row of bridesmaids). Then came Alannah and Aoife, Nora's twin younger sisters (or maybe it was Aoife then Alannah..?) and four other friends made up the chosen dozen. ONE LAST FLING BEFORE THE RING!!! shouted the bright pink letters on this page. (Bea hated that. What, was Nora supposed to stop having fun once she became Mrs. Clarke? Grr.)
At least Claire hadn't been able to do much damage with the main page; Bea had been very clear with her instructions that the information was just to be copied and pasted, and not embellished upon in any way, shape or form. Claire had still managed to jazz it up though, by using a silhouette shot of what appeared to be a gigantic woman pole-dancing up against the Eiffel Tower as the page's background and entitling the page OOH LA LA!!! (Did this woman ever use less than three exclamation marks for anything? Bea couldn't be sure.)
Bea and Daisy's carefully drafted information was intact, however offensively-fonted, so Bea guessed she had to be grateful for small mercies. The hens were duly instructed to assemble at St Pancras International for a weekend in gay Paris, where Bea had booked them accommodation on a pair of twin houseboats on the Seine, as close to the Eiffel Tower as possible. The Saturday night's requisite fancy dress was 90s-themed (naturally), and the four bridesmaids 'Backstreet Bea', 'Cleo-patra, Coming Atcha', 'Princess Daisy from Super Mario' and 'Clueless Cher-ah Horowitz' hoped that everyone would join them in heartily embracing it. At least Claire hadn't added herself to the bridesmaid sign-off…
December 27, 2016
Oh, this series just gets better and better with each instalment! Friendship and secrets interspersed with trademark Lawless humour. I can't wait for the finale now!
July 30, 2017
Excellent
Well worth a read. I have enjoyed the series so far. Can't wait for the final book in the series
Well worth a read. I have enjoyed the series so far. Can't wait for the final book in the series
December 7, 2016
Review: firstly, I think I've worked out that one of the things I love best about this a bridesmaids series by Erin Lawless is that, whilst the books are titled, the one with...The Engagment Party/ The Wedding Dress/ The Hen Weekend, there is so much more to the story than just that thing! The novellas are about the characters, they are character drive instalments of one big story and the humour that comes in the run up to a wedding. I love that fact that I can't wait to read more abut Cleo and Gray, about Bea and Eli, about Sarah and Cole, about Daisy and of course bride Nora!
This installment was always going to be an explosive one, and boy does it end with a lot of fireworks! The hen weekend always has the potential to be a source of animosity amongst guests and of course bridesmaids, and there are so many little things that niggle in this storyline, so many things I know would get my back up if I were the bride or the bridesmaid! And this author builds them all up so well, a little bitchy moment here, someone taking over moseying they shouldn't here, a costume no one wanted to wear over here and too much to drink there, so subtle but so effective! Whilst this is definitely a quick read and a Short story, we have every aspect of a fully blown novel storyline in here!
As I mentioned above, this is very much a characters driven story and each of the characters have their own issues that they bring to this third installment of the bridesmaids series. Each of their storylines is well-developed too. I think we hear a little more from freind, not bridesmaid Claire in this particular episode and we also get a little more insight into the character of Daisy. I'm really warming to Daisy in ways I dint think I would. Of course we get to hear a little more about Cleo and Gray, definitely my favourite storyline to follow, one moment with Cleo actually had me gasp and do a little shiver (no spoilers here!) and there are definitely some tense moments between the characters too!
I cannot wait for the final installment in this one, I seriously need to know what happens and how things that were left up in the air at the end of this installment are finally resolved! I loved this read and if you haven't read any of this series, there's still time to catch up, do it now!
This installment was always going to be an explosive one, and boy does it end with a lot of fireworks! The hen weekend always has the potential to be a source of animosity amongst guests and of course bridesmaids, and there are so many little things that niggle in this storyline, so many things I know would get my back up if I were the bride or the bridesmaid! And this author builds them all up so well, a little bitchy moment here, someone taking over moseying they shouldn't here, a costume no one wanted to wear over here and too much to drink there, so subtle but so effective! Whilst this is definitely a quick read and a Short story, we have every aspect of a fully blown novel storyline in here!
As I mentioned above, this is very much a characters driven story and each of the characters have their own issues that they bring to this third installment of the bridesmaids series. Each of their storylines is well-developed too. I think we hear a little more from freind, not bridesmaid Claire in this particular episode and we also get a little more insight into the character of Daisy. I'm really warming to Daisy in ways I dint think I would. Of course we get to hear a little more about Cleo and Gray, definitely my favourite storyline to follow, one moment with Cleo actually had me gasp and do a little shiver (no spoilers here!) and there are definitely some tense moments between the characters too!
I cannot wait for the final installment in this one, I seriously need to know what happens and how things that were left up in the air at the end of this installment are finally resolved! I loved this read and if you haven't read any of this series, there's still time to catch up, do it now!
December 29, 2016
Well pardon my language but sh*t just got serious. Holy moly, the latest instalment of the Bridesmaids series by Erin Lawless packed a hell of a punch.
In The One with the Hen Weekend, the female bridal party head to Paris for some coquettish fun and a bit of ooh la la but it’s not long before jealousy and rivalry become uninvited guests. Let’s just say that like any night out with the girls more than just drinks were spilled.
The One with the Hen Weekend I the most explosive book of the series so far. I was genuinely left gasping in shock when I turned the last page. It was an ordeal to read…and I want more. I cannot wait for the fourth and final instalment of this epic series.
Erin Lawless, once again, you have knocked my socks off!
Bridesmaids – The One with the Hen Weekend by Erin Lawless is available now.
For more information regarding Erin Lawless (@rinylou) please visit www.erinlawless.co.uk.
For more information regarding Harper Impulse (@HarperImpulse) please visit www.harperimpulseromance.com.
In The One with the Hen Weekend, the female bridal party head to Paris for some coquettish fun and a bit of ooh la la but it’s not long before jealousy and rivalry become uninvited guests. Let’s just say that like any night out with the girls more than just drinks were spilled.
The One with the Hen Weekend I the most explosive book of the series so far. I was genuinely left gasping in shock when I turned the last page. It was an ordeal to read…and I want more. I cannot wait for the fourth and final instalment of this epic series.
Erin Lawless, once again, you have knocked my socks off!
Bridesmaids – The One with the Hen Weekend by Erin Lawless is available now.
For more information regarding Erin Lawless (@rinylou) please visit www.erinlawless.co.uk.
For more information regarding Harper Impulse (@HarperImpulse) please visit www.harperimpulseromance.com.
November 15, 2016
Stayed up until midnight when it delivered to my kindle to read this immediately lol. I love Erin Lawless, she's one of my fave authors and this didn't disappoint - the best in the Bridesmaids series so far, I was crying laughing at some of the hen do antics (I'll just say "Smurf"!!!). As usual though it's not just lols, there's some really heartwrenching stuff going on here too and we get to know the girls better and better with every scene. I'm feeling so sorry for Bea! Didn't like her at first but now I think she's my favourite... And WOAH THAT ENDING!!!! I need book 4 like yesterday - but also I don't want it to end, hahaha!
November 15, 2016
WOW I saw on Twitter that the author said this was the best of the Bridesmaids series and she's not wrong - I absolutely loved this installment. I read it in one sitting and then I read it again the next day. I've never been to Paris but man I have travel envy now! Not sure about living on a boat in the winter though....
I don't know how she does it but Erin Lawless just excels at writing these really believable women and friendship dynamics - I love and hate all of them in equal measure :)
Desperate for The One with the White Wedding now... but at the same time I don't want Nora's story to be over :(
I don't know how she does it but Erin Lawless just excels at writing these really believable women and friendship dynamics - I love and hate all of them in equal measure :)
Desperate for The One with the White Wedding now... but at the same time I don't want Nora's story to be over :(
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