Book Review: From Notting Hill With Four Weddings.. Actually by Ali McNamara

From Notting Hill With Four Weddings.. Actually by Ali McNamara

Publisher: Sphere (23rd Oct 2014)

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Received a copy for review from Sphere, thank you!

Blurb:

Movie addict Scarlett O'Brien is finally living the jet-setting life she's dreamed of - but it all hangs by a shiny, golden thread.

Flying between London and New York, running two businesses, planning her wedding to handsome fiancé, Sean, with best friends Oscar and Maddie - life couldn't be better.

But then Scarlett meets paparazzi darling, Gabriella Romero, and life suddenly becomes even more extravagant and glamorous. As she begins to experience the other side to being rich and famous, it's not only Scarlett's perfect wedding that's put in jeopardy, but her whole world.

I cannot believe it’s the THIRD book of the With Love.. Actually series. I won’t forget the first time I read From Notting Hill With Love.. Actually and was introduced to Scarlett’s world. Two books down and I am in awe. Ali McNamara really knows what she’s doing and having been a fan of her books, she can add From Notting Hill With Four Weddings.. Actually, into her list of successes.

In the latest book, the Scarlett’s story continues where it left off in From Notting Hill to New York With Love.. Actually and I got the warm welcome from the characters in the series. From the first chapter, I felt at home with Scarlett and the gang, especially the absolutely fabulous Oscar! After Sean’s grand romantic proposal in the end of the second book (hopefully this isn’t a spoiler to those who haven’t read the previous books), the newly engaged bride-to-be is juggling her hectic work schedule, planning the perfect wedding and all the while travelling back and forth across the Atlantic. But surely the thing that matters most in a holy matrimony is promising to love your other half as long as you both live, right? And being Scarlett, she's bound to stumble upon a few stars - find out who makes a cameo appearance in this book!

As a huge fan of Ali McNamara’s books, the third book in the With Love.. Actually was one of my most anticipated reads, no objections. I love her stories and there will be sparkling surprises in them. In the third instalment of the series, I couldn’t help but fall in love with the characters and Ali’s magical plot again. The book is split between New York and London, which, in my honest opinion, is the best of both worlds. I LOVE reading about my favourite cities in the world and reliving Scarlett’s special moments in the beautiful and vibrant New York City. With a devastatingly beautiful and heartwarming ending, you will wipe the tears from your eyes, rejoice with the characters and hug this book after you flip the last page. If there’s a writer I know who can craft an absolutely delightful and touching ending, it has got to be Ali McNamara.

Incredibly feel-good, insanely funny and utterly magnificent, From Notting Hill With Four Weddings.. Actually is a delight from start to finish. Not a dull moment in the book, you’ll be thrilled, entertained and touched by Ali McNamara’s absolutely fabulous new novel. You know that warm, gooey feeling you get when you finish watching a rom com? Yep, you'll get that after reading this. OK, or the feeling like you can soar. Or feel your heart fill with love.

 

Anne Hathaway as Scarlett and the irresistibly charming Gerald Butler as Sean