A review by elliki
To Have and to Hold by Lauren Layne

4.0

Quick run-down of the book – Brooke is a very good wedding planner, whose own wedding that she planned herself blew up when her fiancé was arrested on their wedding day, thus standing her up leaving her embarrassed as she was oblivious to her fiancé’s crimes and turning her wedding planning business in shambles. She picks up and moves to New York where she gets hired as the newest wedding planner at the high-end wedding planning company The Wedding Belles. Her first job is to plan the wedding of Maya, a hotel heiress, whose brother Seth is CEO of. Seth who is quite bullheaded, insists on tagging along every step of the way as he believes Maya’s fiancé is a con artist marrying her for money. This of course causes him to butt heads with Brooke, sexual tension ensues and find themselves not hating each other as much as they thought they did.

Lauren Layne is one of my favorite rom-com writers. I love almost all of her books and re-read some of them yearly, even. This is the first book in a series following the women who work at The Wedding Belles company and their adventures in finding their happily ever after. This was a very good story and first installment to this series. I really liked both main characters, the comedy in the story made me laugh, the sad parts made me sad and I loved the end of the book.

I’m giving it 4.25 stars. The pacing could be a little slow at times, but is otherwise a really good book and story. I recommend for fans of rom-coms. This is my favorite book in The Wedding Belles series.