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I hope you're all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.
Does anyone else automatically want to read wedding books come spring and summer?
There's just something about these seasons that make me want to read about I Do's, which in a way is kind of weird for me since my own wedding took place in the fall.
However, I always seem to want to read about weddings during the spring and the summer, and I've got some pretty amazing ones sitting in my tbr pile right now.
It happened to work in my favor that the fourth and final book in the 86 Bloomberg Place series is about weddings, and so today I'd like to share with all of you what my thoughts were about it when I finished it last week.
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah by Melody Carlson:
Source: Church Library
Publisher: David C Cook
Publication Date: September 1st, 2009
Genre: Inspirational Fiction/Chick Lit
Series: 86 Bloomberg Place
Synopsis:
In the final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Melody Carlson follows the girls in a crazed competition for bridesmaids, wedding locations, and showers.
Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately there are scheduling conflicts for that same weekend. For starters, Megan and Marcus have a family wedding commitment. Anna and Edmond have promised to attend his younger stepbrother’s Bar Mitzvah and, to everyone’s surprise, Kendall has just accepted her “Maui Man’s” proposal of marriage and also wants to be wed on that first weekend in June. Wedding madness ensues at 86 Bloomberg Place, yet at the same time friendships are being forged that will last a lifetime.
*****synopsis from goodreads*****
My Review:
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah is the fourth and final book in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, and when I first started reading this series about seven or eight months ago, I honestly didn't think I'd be so sad to see it come to an end. However, that all changed when I finished the third book, Spring Broke, and saw such growth and maturity in these four friends who started out as perfect strangers. And so I saw myself both anticipating, but dreading reading this final book in the series.
All in all, I have to say that Melody Carlson wrote a fantastic conclusion, that really wraps up each girl's story in a way that felt realistic to the reader. I wasn't the biggest fan of Megan's character in any of the previous books, but I felt like in this one she truly learns her lesson when miscommunication almost costs her one of the most important people in her life. Anna was a character that I'd liked on and off through the other books, and I was happy to see her finally come into her own strength in this book, and finally appreciate what's been there in front of her the entire time. Of course to get to this point she has to go through several frustrating experiences that had me wanting to shake her to realize the mistakes she's making, but I was very happy overall with how her story wrapped up. Lelani was probably my favorite right from the start, and I was so happy with how Melody Carlson chose to wrap up her story. There was one particular instance where I was worried she was going to throw all her newfound strength away, but instead she handles herself beautifully, and shows that she's definitely both mature enough and ready to embark on the new journey towards her own happily ever after.
For Miss Kendall, I feel like I could almost write a whole paragraph on her journey alone. While she was definitely the most frustrating of the girls throughout the series as a whole, I feel like she also was the one who went through the most character growth, and really came to be the character I truly cared the most about. In Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah, the reader is really shown just how much Kendall has changed and matured since the day she put out the ad trying to find new roommates, and how strong of a person she's become in the process. While I really enjoyed her relatively new romance, I actually enjoyed reading about her special relationship with her grandmother even more, and the way that the other three girls really rally around her when the rest of her family isn't treating her right.
Throughout this series, I've come to really appreciate the way that Melody Carlson wholeheartedly portrays relationships and friendships so realistically, and I'll definitely be sad to say goodbye to this series that ended up surprising me with just how much I enjoyed it. While I'd still say overall that I prefer her Dear Daphnne series a little bit more, this one was definitely an enjoyable read that I will be recommending to others in the future.
Final Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks so much for reading guys! I hope to see you all soon.
This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners.
I hope you're all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.
Does anyone else automatically want to read wedding books come spring and summer?
There's just something about these seasons that make me want to read about I Do's, which in a way is kind of weird for me since my own wedding took place in the fall.
However, I always seem to want to read about weddings during the spring and the summer, and I've got some pretty amazing ones sitting in my tbr pile right now.
It happened to work in my favor that the fourth and final book in the 86 Bloomberg Place series is about weddings, and so today I'd like to share with all of you what my thoughts were about it when I finished it last week.
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah by Melody Carlson:
Source: Church Library
Publisher: David C Cook
Publication Date: September 1st, 2009
Genre: Inspirational Fiction/Chick Lit
Series: 86 Bloomberg Place
Synopsis:
In the final installment in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, Melody Carlson follows the girls in a crazed competition for bridesmaids, wedding locations, and showers.
Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately there are scheduling conflicts for that same weekend. For starters, Megan and Marcus have a family wedding commitment. Anna and Edmond have promised to attend his younger stepbrother’s Bar Mitzvah and, to everyone’s surprise, Kendall has just accepted her “Maui Man’s” proposal of marriage and also wants to be wed on that first weekend in June. Wedding madness ensues at 86 Bloomberg Place, yet at the same time friendships are being forged that will last a lifetime.
*****synopsis from goodreads*****
My Review:
Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah is the fourth and final book in the 86 Bloomberg Place series, and when I first started reading this series about seven or eight months ago, I honestly didn't think I'd be so sad to see it come to an end. However, that all changed when I finished the third book, Spring Broke, and saw such growth and maturity in these four friends who started out as perfect strangers. And so I saw myself both anticipating, but dreading reading this final book in the series.
All in all, I have to say that Melody Carlson wrote a fantastic conclusion, that really wraps up each girl's story in a way that felt realistic to the reader. I wasn't the biggest fan of Megan's character in any of the previous books, but I felt like in this one she truly learns her lesson when miscommunication almost costs her one of the most important people in her life. Anna was a character that I'd liked on and off through the other books, and I was happy to see her finally come into her own strength in this book, and finally appreciate what's been there in front of her the entire time. Of course to get to this point she has to go through several frustrating experiences that had me wanting to shake her to realize the mistakes she's making, but I was very happy overall with how her story wrapped up. Lelani was probably my favorite right from the start, and I was so happy with how Melody Carlson chose to wrap up her story. There was one particular instance where I was worried she was going to throw all her newfound strength away, but instead she handles herself beautifully, and shows that she's definitely both mature enough and ready to embark on the new journey towards her own happily ever after.
For Miss Kendall, I feel like I could almost write a whole paragraph on her journey alone. While she was definitely the most frustrating of the girls throughout the series as a whole, I feel like she also was the one who went through the most character growth, and really came to be the character I truly cared the most about. In Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah, the reader is really shown just how much Kendall has changed and matured since the day she put out the ad trying to find new roommates, and how strong of a person she's become in the process. While I really enjoyed her relatively new romance, I actually enjoyed reading about her special relationship with her grandmother even more, and the way that the other three girls really rally around her when the rest of her family isn't treating her right.
Throughout this series, I've come to really appreciate the way that Melody Carlson wholeheartedly portrays relationships and friendships so realistically, and I'll definitely be sad to say goodbye to this series that ended up surprising me with just how much I enjoyed it. While I'd still say overall that I prefer her Dear Daphnne series a little bit more, this one was definitely an enjoyable read that I will be recommending to others in the future.
Final Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thanks so much for reading guys! I hope to see you all soon.
This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners.
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