Despite the great expense and opulence of their wedding, Maxxie and Augie could not prevent the volcanic eruption. But could they have prevented the circumstances that immediately put their marriage on the rocks?

Book Clubs Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Discussion
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Despite the great expense and opulence of their wedding, Maxxie and Augie could not prevent the volcanic eruption. But could they have prevented the circumstances that immediately put their marriage on the rocks?

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It seems that each married the other for money. Maxxie would probably not have been faithful even if Augie actually had money - but he might have been more discreet. The marriage seems doomed from the start.

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They could have prevented their circumstances by basing their marriage on love instead of status. It is apparent they married for the wrong reasons.

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I don’t think they stood a chance. If he’d been cheating, that wasn’t going to stop. And they both had been pushed to marry for reasons that had nothing to do with love or a true relationship. The Volcano was a premonition of the heated explosion that was to become their short lived marriage.

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I don’t think they could have prevented the destruction of their marriage. They weren’t in love with each other. They were in love with money and hoped the other could keep them in the money they needed.