Love Bomb (2012) Every wedding has its small disasters — bad catering, cash bars, lecherous uncles on the dance floor. But Tess and Gabe's backyard nuptials have a… Fiction Sarah Crichton Books
Book Review

Love Bomb (2012)

WEDDING CRASHER In the novel, a ''terrorist of love'' invites herself to Tess and Gabe's wedding and wreaks havoc
WEDDING CRASHER In the novel, a ''terrorist of love'' invites herself to Tess and Gabe's wedding and wreaks havoc
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Sep 04, 2012; Writer: Lisa Zeidner; Genre: Fiction; Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books

Every wedding has its small disasters — bad catering, cash bars, lecherous uncles on the dance floor. But Tess and Gabe's backyard nuptials have a bona fide whopper: an uninvited guest who really won't forever hold her peace. The gas-masked ''terrorist of love'' who bursts into their ceremony arrives in her own wedding dress with a military-grade arsenal and a serious vendetta. But against whom? Hostage situations are an odd vehicle for social satire, and Zeidner's tone sometimes falters. It's her insight into — and keen sympathy for — human foibles that supplies Love Bomb's biggest impact. B+

Originally posted Aug 29, 2012 Published in issue #1223 Sep 07, 2012 Order article reprints