Books with multiple viewpoints always grab my interest. Here, Celine and Luke are engaged to be married. Celine is a pianist who loves nothing more than playing music. She's the kind who will just flit away with hardly a moment's notice to go play music, even if it means abandoning her boyfriend in Paris. Luke is quite nice in many ways, but he has cheated on Celine and lied to her. He also disappears during their engagement party. The author brings their relationship to life by giving each of them their own section of the book. Sections are also allotted to Celine's slightly wild sister Phoebe (the bridesmaid), who flunked out of university her first term; Luke's friend and former lover Archie, an attorney and a cokehead, who is to be the best man; and Vivian, one of the wedding guests (another former lover of Luke's who didn't put up with his baloney, which allows them to be close friends now). All of these viewpoints help the reader assess what's really going on with the engaged couple. Much of the book rests on wondering whether or not the wedding will actually take place. Also intriguing is getting a close look at nuances within so many of the relationships of these characters.
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