Rating: 
Summary: Relatively fun read
Review: The independent and plain-speaking Emma Greyson is a great gal, but her refreshing personality makes her role as a professional companion problematic. She has lost at least one post in the past and fears losing her present one. She needs money badly to support her sister as they are both orphans.Enter the iconoclastic and fabulously wealthy Edison Stokes, who is on the hunt for a psychic potion and missing book from a secret mystical society he used to belong to. Turns out one villain has big plans for Emma, plans that make her a valuable assistant for Edison. Edison therefore secretly hires Emma, and the pleasing, often funny, banter between Emma and Edison begins. A shocking development soon pushes their relationship deeper than either had intended. I Thee Wed is at its best when it focuses on their developing rapport. Author Amanda Quick is very good at creating entertaining dialogue. I Thee Wed has well-drawn characters, humor, an engaging plot, and a believable love story (though I would have liked for it to have been more passionate), which makes for a pretty good read. The only thing that took away from my enjoyment was the secret society storyline. It was not developed in a believable way so often took me out of the story. Vanza came across as a childish and simplistic society, when I'm sure Quick intended for it to have more substance behind it. As it was, I couldn't imagine why our hero had ever been a member of it. Furthermore, he certainly didn't act like anyone who had ever been a member of a mystical society-he did not have a spiritual bone in his body or spiritual insight in his mind. This lack of credibility in the suspense portion did mar my enjoyment. I hope that Quick develops this portion of her stories more fully in the future.
Rating: 
Summary: Lacks that certain something
Review: While I Thee Wed was entertaining it was nowhere near the exciting and fun read her previous books were. I have loved ALL her previous Quick books and despite the mixed reviews had high hopes for this one. I enjoyed the way Emma and Edison met and how they came to be engaged. The mystery was interesting and I didn't figure it all out until the end. However - the romance between Emma and Edison was very poorly developed. In her previous books I always felt the sexual tension buliding and could hardly wait for the characters to actually get together! Here, I never felt the attraction between the two. Also, the secondary characters, especially Edison's grandmother, just seemed to be kind of thrown in on the edges, not really part of the story. It's hard to explain - but I guess this book just didn't "grab" me. I would MUCH rather go back and re-read (again) Ravished or Desire or Deception or any of her previous books. As I did with this one, I'll definetly be waiting for "Wicked Widow" to come out in paperback.
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