Reviews for the first edition include: "For a bride who's watching her pennies, The Wedding Diaries is worth its weight in gold." Financial Times "The Wedding Diaries: How to get married in style without breaking the bank by novelist Laura Bloom is an amusing account of how she managed to organise her own wedding. Packed with useful tips, Laura helps anyone planning a wedding get to grips with finding a suitable and affordable dress, and includes the cost of everything from her tiara to her cake." Wedding Magazine "Look out for a fabulous new book called The Wedding Diaries which details how to get married without breaking the bank. All about life as a bride-to-be, you'll find you won't be able to put this one down." Wedding Ideas "Packed with tips and useful information, The Wedding Diaries will help anyone planning a wedding to get to grips with both the budget and the organisational challenge, as well as keeping stress levels down as the big day approaches." Bride & Groom "A new book brings you handy hints on planning a wedding without having to take out five new credit cards in the process... From rows with her fiance to the search for an affordable dress, you can learn a lot from Laura's experiences, while keeping your own bank balance (and sense of sanity) under control." London Weddings "This comically informative diary recounts the author's own wedding from the first stages of planning and takes you all the way through to the honeymoon period where she finally relaxed and looked back on her day with joy. So before you start dreaming about your perfect day help yourself by reading this witty diary and you will already be one step ahead in planning your own wedding." Cheshire Life "The Wedding Diaries has a unique quality of being both informative and entertaining. This book could become your new best friend!" ukweddingbelles.com "She manages to avoid the expensive traps that bedevil the wedding business and she includes many useful tips as well as giving us an endearing and intimate glimpse of her own marriage." City to Cities "A fabulous little read for any bride-to-be." Love Your Wedding

Laura Bloom is a writer and consultant who started out as a personnel and training manager. A published author, she writes novels and literary historical fiction. Her interests are travel, food and competitions, which she has combined to win a number of major cookery awards. She is married (at last), lives in Cheshire and has one son.