I think this wasn't great just because it shows how off the third book in the series was. The third book just kind of shows that the characters weren’t acting like themselves at all and kept doing dumb things. Short story though and we see/hear from Millie’s mother who is all kinds of awful. Didn’t really add anything to the series, but it's quick to get through.

Full review: "The Housemaid's Wedding" takes place right before Millie marries Enzo. We hear about their wedding in book #3, so McFadden decided to show readers it. Millie is the Millie of old, not putting up with crap, and helping women escape their abusive husbands or boyfriends. She and Enzo decide to marry when she becomes pregnant. They love each other, but want to make it official. Complicating things are Millie's parents are supposed to show up at the wedding and there's a man threatening to kill Millie because she helped his wife escape him.

The main reason why the set up was a non-starter from me is that if you read book #3 first (which most of us did because this came out after it) we already know how those things shake out. It's like watching Black Widow after Avengers Endgame. We know that Natasha is dead, why am I watching anything from years earlier? So that's the whole issue I have here. There's no high stakes to this.

The only goodish thing I can say is that we get Enzo's POV. I didn't care for his character in book #3 and even Millie felt like a pale mimic at that point. So if you want to see old Millie and Enzo, this book is for you.