Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, and with Sadie’s mad organizational skills, she’s a natural! That’s why it’s so devastating when her mother “fires” her after a Little Mermaid–themed wedding goes awry.
Enter Sadie’s best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren, and boy-crazy Becca. The girls decide that in order to get Sadie’s mom to reconsider, they have to make her see how amazing Sadie is at party planning. Except no one’s gonna hire a twelve-year-old to plan a wedding. A birthday party, though? Definite possibility.
Before long, RSVP—your one-stop shop for the most creative parties in town—is born. Of course, Sadie can’t wait to prove herself to her mom, but the other girls also have their reasons for enlisting: Vi has her eye on the perfect gift for her hardworking dad, and Becca’s all aflush at the thought of connecting with Ryan, the new Irish cutie in town. And though Lauren thinks she’s too busy with summer studies to “officially” join, she’s willing to help out in any way she can.
But in this particular party-planning business, nothing goes according to plan! Sadie’s mom is a perpetual no-show, Vi’s archrival is dead set on ruining her summer, Becca can’t seem to get Ryan to glance in her direction, and Lauren keeps choosing studying over her friends. Is the girls’ friendship strong enough to survive a business? Or does RSVP spell the end of these BFFs?
-summary and cover via Goodreads
Plot: The idea of this book (A group of friends decide to begin a party planning business one summer.) just sounded very good to me! Very neat! :)
Characters: Vi, Sadie, Lauren, and Becca were all fun characters to read about! I also loved how at the beginning of each chapter was something that fit each of the girls personalities. A recipe for Vi (Which I already plan on making some of them!), a to-do list for Sadie, a word and definition of it for Lauren, and a horoscope for Becca! Very fun! :)
The cover: Love! (And I love the cover of the next book even more!) :)
Overall: Having read both of the authors debut books (Jen Malone's At Your Service, and Gail Nall's Breaking the Ice.) and enjoying them a lot, I had high hopes for this book! And it didn't disappoint! Getting to read about all the characters adventures in party planning was fun! Very enjoyable! Highly recommend for fans of Middle Grade books!
P.S. When I described the plot and characters to my Mom, she told me it sounded like the Baby-Sitters Club books by Ann M. Martin, which I loved (And still love!)! And I definitely agree with! (If you know me, and how much I used to love those books, you know that's a huge compliment to this book.) (I actually think I heard someone else compare them to those books, but I don't remember where...) Have you read this book? Do you agree? :)
I bought my own copy of this book.
LOVE this book too - super excited for the next one :)
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