Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren

February 16, 2022 (Updated: February 16, 2022)

christina lauren
romance
contemporary
3 stars
winter tbr list
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Title: Beautiful Beginning (Beautiful #3.5)

Author: Christina Lauren

Publisher: Gallery Books 2013

Genre: Romance

Pages: 209

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Winter TBR*

One beautiful bastard of a groom. The most beautiful bitch of a bride. A panty-ripping office hook-up turned true love everlasting.

Wedding bells can’t chime soon enough for Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan. Chloe, exasperated and stressed by all the last-minute to-dos, is on the verge of saying “I do” to eloping. For his part, Bennett’s so worried about being distracted by Chloe’s body that he makes a no-sex-until-the-wedding-night rule that only seems to be making things worse by continually backfiring on him. As their crazy families descend for the big day- only a few of them actually trying to be helpful- the fiery lovers are about to test whether the couple that argues together can keep it together long enough to exchange rings, and not just heated words.*

Slim novella detailing the run up to Bennett and Chloe’s wedding. They are really not my favorite couple in this series and it shows in my reading. I just wanted to skip through their chapters to get to ones that featured the other characters. That’s not a great sign. Fundamentally, I do not enjoy how they treat each other. There’s too much perceived anger and combativeness for me to get behind this couple. Thankfully this one was a short novella that I could get through quickly.

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