Killing Bridezilla (Jaine Austen Mysteries)

Killing Bridezilla (Jaine Austen Mysteries)
by Laura Levine

Killing Bridezilla (Jaine Austen Mysteries)
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Author: Laura Levine
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-06-01
ISBN: 075822043X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Kensington

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Book Review: So much fun!
Summary: 5 Stars

I had just attended my (number too large to insert!) high school reunion when I sat down with Jaine Austen's latest caper. All those high-school feelings were very fresh so it was especially fun for me to read about Jaine's reunion experience. Thankfully I had had no Bridezilla to contend with. The series just keeps getting better and funnier! The characters are interesting and the mystery here is very well done. I suspected absolutely everyone except the killer! Also, there are a couple of lovely conversations Laura Levine has directly with the reader. Those little asides made me feel as if we were really going through this all together. And the emails from Jaine's parents are a warm, funny, exasperating touch. Laura Levine has done it again, a laugh-out-loud mystery with a heroine I can relate to. I always recommend this series to my friends and this one is no different.

Summary of Killing Bridezilla (Jaine Austen Mysteries)

When writer-for-hire Jaine Austen signs on to script vows for the ultimate Bridezilla, "I do's" soon become "I wish I hadn't's"--and curtains for the bride spell a veil of woes for Jaine...

Jaine's accepted her share of lame gigs to pay the bills, but rewriting Shakespeare's got to be an all-time low. The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane. It seems Patti will soon be sashaying down the aisle with another former classmate from Hermosa High, and she'd like the exchange of vows to evoke Romeo and Juliet...except without the "downer" of an ending.

Even worse than the assignment itself is dealing with Patti as a client. At least Jaine's not alone, as nobody can stand the demanding, spoiled, and incredibly rude Bridezilla from Hell. Patti's managed to rack up an amazingly long list of enemies in a short time, not the least of whom include her prospective mother-in-law, the soon-to-be ex-wife of Patti's stolen soon-to-be groom, and just about everyone involved in the wedding preparations. So it isn't a complete surprise when the erstwhile Juliet plunges to her death during her balcony scene.

The loosened bolts that brought down the bride were clearly an act of sabotage--what's not so obvious is whom, among Patti's numerous haters, committed this murder most foul. Was it the caterer she threatened to ruin? The bridesmaid tossed out of the wedding party for being too chubby? Jaine's determined to learn the truth--if only to end the hideous walk down memory lane kicked off by her association with Patti.

Between fending off advances from the nerd of her high school nightmares and figuring out ways to stop Prozac the cat from corrupting the victim's pet Poodle, Jaine's involvement in this case keeps veering between comedy and tragedy. That is, until another body is discovered--and the killer starts laying plot for a final act--starring Jaine...

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