The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

Book Title: The Christmas Wedding
Author:  James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
Genre:  Christmas Stories, Domestic Fiction
Main Character:  Gaby Summerhill
Story Setting:  New York?  

Story Summary:  
Gaby Summerhill is a 54 year old teacher, a mother of 4 adult children (Emily, Claire, Lizzie, and Seth). She's a widow to Peter, who passed away some years ago. She's also a vlogger and loves to update her family with her life since everyone is so far away.  She has quite a few platonic friendships with single men: Tom, Jacob, and Marty.  They have all proposed to her.  She comes up with this wacky idea that she is getting married on Christmas Day, and vlogs it to her children, forcing them to have to come spend the holidays and Christmas with her.  There's a twist at the end, with her wedding day.  I won't explain.  It needs to be read.  

Review:  I read quite a few reviews on Goodreads.  They referred to Gaby as self-centered, manipulative, and a hypocrite.  I think she was over-zealous, a bit eccentric, fun-loving, kind, and caring.  She's easy to like.  The authors could have fooled me with their writing style.  I would have guessed a female wrote this book, as there was a lot of feminine qualities about it.  I think they did an excellent job in tapping into their feminine side and getting the story to attract female readers.  I recommend this book if you want an easy read.  I finished it rather fast.  

Some of the other reviewers who were James Patterson fans didn't like this style of writing.  They like his criminal suspense books.  This was the first book I read by him, and I thought it was great, making me want to check out his other books that his fans prefer.