Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin

Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin was an annoying book for me.  I have a hard time with "romance" stories that involve betrayal from a best friend.  Sadly, that was not even my biggest problem with this book.  The main characters have been best friends since they were young children.  Best friends should be used loosely to describe them though.  One girl is a best friend.  The other is a nightmare.  She's the type of woman who is so insecure that she has to "one-up" her best friend to feel good about herself... ALL. THE. TIME.  Case in point, Rachel gets a 1300 on her SAT test.  Darcy says she got a 1305, too ignorant to realize that the scores only increase by 10s not 5s.  This relationship survives to see Rachel's 30th birthday.  WHY?  I'm sorry, but I would never have a "best friend" such as this woman and I do not understand people who do.  I have a different definition of friendship apparently.  Therefore, I spent the whole book just being angry at Darcy for being a horrible person and at Rachel for not getting a backbone and standing up to Darcy.  Then, there was Dex who was mixed up in the middle.  Without giving away too much of the story, we'll just say that I just couldn't come to terms with some of his decisions.  I don't understand people who cheat on significant others in the first place.  I just don't like that "game."  People need to learn to communicate better and own up to their feelings.  It just irritates me when they don't, even in a book. I give Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin 2 stars out of 5.