REVIEW: The Bridesmaid by Cate Quinn

Well, that was odd.

This book tried to do way too much. Like I am still a little confused, and not in a good way.

There is an evil boarding school. Evil dad. Evil lesbian. Evil drug addict. Evil bride, evil groom.

EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.

I was a little lost on the family history. Like it is a very tangled mess of weird stuff. I was like, ok, this is what happened. But I forgot that this other thing happened and this person is this and that person is that.

I think this book is trying to be feminist? Based on the ending? It is strange because most of the book does not write women in a Cool Way. Holly is #notlikeothergirls, Petra is sleeping with a weird old man, Ophelia is a CrAzY lesbian, Georgia is dark-skinned and will be described as such often, and Adrianna is a BONKERS entitled rich girl.

This book is not very eat the rich friendly. It is very rich people have problems too! Like nah these people are billionaires and their misery is exclusively of their own making.

Mark, dude, you gotta get out. What are you doing.

There are so many characters and I don't care about any of them. Wow Holly gets a love interest?? Cool definitely a relationship that makes sense and is natural.

The more I write the more I feel like this should be less than 3 stars. But I had a pretty okay time reading most of it. Just by the end I was rolling my eyes a bit.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the ARC! All opinions are my own.