Without a Hitch – ARC Book Review

Sweet Home Alabama meets Emily in Paris in this hilarious romp through the world of extravagant southern weddings.

When floundering and unlucky-in-love twentysomething Lottie Jones lands a new career as a wedding planner at a top-tier boutique event firm, she begins navigating a cutthroat workplace specializing in over-the-top details, unlimited budgets, and a broad spectrum of taste. Whether planning for parachute landings or wrangling intoxicated groomsmen, she has her hands full at every million-dollar wedding she helps organize.

After her boss announces he’s opening a new office, Lottie sees her chance to finally carve out her place—and earn an income that justifies her dating app subscription fees. The weddings get bigger, the clients get wilder, the mishaps get funnier, and the stakes get higher. And Lottie’s forced to discover what she’ll risk for love and how far she’ll go to find herself.

Set against the glamorous, ruthless world of high-end Southern weddings and inspired by real events in the authors’ lives, Without a Hitch is a hilarious romp about taking ownership, facing fears, planning your ex-boyfriend’s wedding, and choosing a happy ending that wasn’t what you once expected.

Here’s the thing–I thought the story was quiet cute and funny. And I learned so much the fact that being a wedding planner is one heck of a hectic job.

Lottie Jones lands a job as a wedding planner while trying to do LSATs. The story is set in the backdrop of Southern states, where Lottie is involved in planning glamorous weddings–which range from having ducks behind the photoshoot, to a drama between the bride and groom’s family and the last minute preparations. Lottie also have to plan for her ex boyfriend’s wedding in California as well. And in the midst of all this drama, there is a tinge of romance in the story as well.

I like the plot but the story is a bit way predictable. But I do like the funny scenes and all the drama in the book. But the story got sightly boring towards the middle. And as you all know, I never DNF the book so I continued reading the story, although I have a strong feeling that the ending will be like that. And I was right–the ending was way too predictable.

This could be what a real life wedding planner might be like. I do like how Lottie is get to travel in different states, planning different extravagant weddings and then witnessing drama and how she eventually earns herself to the top, managing her own customers.

If you do like a bit of a drama and funny parts, this book is one for you. I can give 2.5 stars for this.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.