Hitched written by J F Murray and published by Pan Macmillan

Kate is all set to marry dental surgeon Norman and as the ultimate planner/control freak she has planned everything to a “T”!

With her three best friends, they head off on the hen part in Vegas – and the planning and itinerary fly out the window, especially when on the first night, she bumps into her ex Trevor, who is now a successful DJ. After far too many drinks and blacking out, Kate wakes up the next morning to find that in her drunken stupor she ended up marrying Trevor! Now all her perfect plans for the wedding to Norman have flown out the wedding. Trevour has agreed to sign annulment papers if Kate agrees to go out on three last dates with him. With her fairy tale wedding hanging in the balance, Kate agrees to his plan but will it end in happy ever after?

This book is absolutely hilarious!! I have often seen on Tik Tok and reading reviews of various books that people say "this was a real laugh out loud book for me!" but I've never experienced that until now!! I would be reading this in bed and laugh and then have to read the paragraph out loud to my partner and we would both be in fits of giggles. I especially adored "I knew Burger King when he was just a prince!!!" Fantastic!!

If I did have a few "icks" - the name of Norman aka Normie - for a character as strong as Kate, I hated the fact that she used "baby language" when talking to him, and the number of times she used it wound me up completely. Also Siobhan's constant sex talk and innuendos got a little tiring after a while, and she would have driven me mad if I'd been on a hen weekend with her!!!!

However! Saying that this book was wonderful and extremely funny and I could relate to it as I too, got married in Vegas, although my wedding was planned and the marriage lasted a little longer!!

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