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I used this book as the basis for my Scrapbooking Basics class at Barnes & Noble University. Very comprehensive and well-rounded overview of the scrapbooking hobby. Useful reference book full of resources!

I loved this book! I had a hard time getting into it at the beginning, maybe it was the jumping back and forth of time periods that I had to get used to, but after the first 100 pages or so I was hooked! It is a clean, wonderful story and I couldn't put it down. I will say that the author is a little too descriptive in parts and I felt that she was just going on and on, but overall I loved her writing and the inclusion of the Authoress' fairy tales.

I thought this book spent a lot of time on the whole Peeta/Gale thing. It felt like Twilight only with post-apocalyptic boys instead of a werewolf and a vampire. And it wasn't completely clear to me why they kept her out of the loop on what they were doing in the arena. I think I liked the first one better, but this one was also pretty compelling. It's not stand-alone, though, and I think the first one could be.

My thoughts: There is a lot going on in this book, not that it becomes messy, but just that more than one person will find love at the end of this sweet book. First there is Daisy who runs the hotel her father owns. She used to be married to an ass and does not want anything to do with men like that anymore. She is smart, nice, but also wounded. Then there is Dev, the best man at the wedding being held there, he is all those things she does not want, but the attraction is there. Sure he is a bit of an idiot sometimes, but then you do stand up for your friends. I have to like that about him, and later on he is truly sweet. Ok the main couple out of the way. Then there is Tara, the chambermaid who is unlucky in love, and whose ex is getting married at the hotel. I did want love for her, and I truly enjoyed her HEA. Her aunt who is doing something she should not be doing. Daisy's fun dad Hector, and last Barney, a new employee who falls in love with a girl with secrets. And these all find love, one way or another. I would call this more of a drama chick-lit, there is no haha moments, instead real people try to find love, they mess up, they do stupid things, and they feel hurt. They believe lies and life goes on. It was a great cast of characters and they were all different, and I am glad how things turned out for everyone. But there was one person I did not like, a certain mistress who believed all the lies the man told her. She just annoyed me, sure she was in love, but to believe lies like that, and even after the wife tells the truth. I kind of did not want a happy ending for her, but then cheaters are manipulating bastards so who can blame her. I will not say who it is, some things you have to find out for yourself. Conclusion: The book was sweet, and very easy to read. It was long but the pages seemed to fly by. There is drama and romance, and the thing I like the most, reality.