"A sweet tale with a delightful gimmick"
Boston magazine declares that Lauren Gallagher, owner of
Lauren's Luscious Licks, is the new face of wedding
cakes. Lauren's bakery is a success especially helping
brides and grooms select their big event cake. She also
believes she knows which coupling will end in divorce
based on how and what they select. When her fool-proof method shows that her friend is making
a mistake marrying Steve, Lauren launches Operation Save
Paige. When her former boyfriend Neil arrives with his
fiancée Julie she is stunned because he picked Lauren's
perfect wedding cake. She wonders if she made a mistake
not traipsing to DC with Neil. However, she is even more
confused because she is also attracted to a lawyer. This is a sweet tale with a delightful gimmick that does
not contain enough flour for a feature length novel.
Though predominantly a one layered cake, the story line is
fun to follow as Lauren's antics will bewilder and amuse
readers as they wonder will she let the cake test choose
her life mate and if yes how will she get Julie out of the
picture. Of course she also mounts a military campaign to
rescue Paige; while her pastry chef walks out filling the
rest of Lauren's time in the kitchen. DRESS REHEARSAL is
fine chick lit tale that is more cupcake than seven layer
victory cake in spite of a likable loon of a chef. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 18, 2004
Sometimes love is just the icing on the cake...
SummaryNo one knows wedding cakes better than the owner of
Lauren's Luscious Licks, Boston's hottest cake boutique.
Lauren Gallagher is a pro when it comes to helping brides
and grooms pick out the perfect Big Day dessert. But what
her clients don't know is that her talent doesn't end
there. Because while the happy couple is choosing between
buttercream and royal icing, Lauren is predicting which
relationships will last, and which marriages will crumble,
simply by watching them pick a cake. Her latest prediction,
however, is anything but sweet. Unless her marital Magic
Eight Ball is off, one of her best friends is about to tie
the knot with Mr. Absolutely All Wrong.
Lauren's got to save her friend, and prove her cake theory
is true, even if it means taking her predictive powers
public. All of a sudden it seems everyone wants to learn
Lauren's secret for relationship success, but is predicting
a sure thing the formula for true love, or a recipe for
disaster?
And while Lauren's trying to prevent a potential mismatch,
she's got her own problems—involving an ex-boyfriend, his
new fiancée, and the cake of Lauren's dreams...
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