![]() ![]() Lottie is young, idealistic and longs for romance, whereas Fliss is a recently divorced mother of one, who cannot help being bitter about love. The difference between the voices of the women is jarring, their actions too different. This work is Kinsella’s first attempt at narrating the story from two different points-of-view - that of Lottie, and that of her older sister, Fliss. After one reading, it saddens me to say that my closeted love affair with Kinsella may have come to a screeching halt. However, in Wedding Night Kinsella disappoints in the creation of the protagonist Lottie. We followed them through their compulsions, confessions and credit card defaults. Thus we came to expect from Kinsella loveable, clumsy heroines. ![]() It was a well-lacquered critique of consumerism balanced expertly on the Louboutins worn by a single 30-something. Since Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary in 1996, chick lit had no better champion. We guiltily loved Madeleine Wickham aka Sophie Kinsella because of her best-selling six-book Shopaholic series. Even romance novels need plot and depth of character even if they are light reading. ![]()
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