Disengaged by Beth Orsoff

Disengaged is a good title for a story about getting engaged and the rocky journey that follows because of it.

It starts off with a proposal by Brad to Allie at a party held in honour of a soap star's Emmy Award (cue outrageous soap plot-lines that are so outlandish they could be real). Jax Montgomery applauds the pair believing they are actors new to the soap rehearsing their first scene but embarrassingly that is not the case. And thus the main characters are introduced.

The rest of the book follows Allie as she prepares for this wedding, although the interfering mother-in-law-to-be, who Allie has an icy relationship (leading to some humorous, barbed exchanges) takes over, much to Allie's dislike. It turns the wedding into a relationship-ruining affair and makes Allie reconsider her love for Brad.

And at the same time through the process Allie seems to be innocently meeting the Jax fellow from the opening scene ("And that's how I ended up on a second non-date with Jax Montgomery.")

Throughout much of the book I had a smile on my face. It is written in a light-hearted fashion but still has length. The humour never breaks up the story and the characters are defined, although maybe some a little one-dimensional (Brad possibly, and his dad who only seems to watch televised sport).

I enjoyed the book throughout, despite me being a man and it being aimed at women, and recommend it.

I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed HERE.