Jasmine Guillory

From the author of The Proposal, a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! One of Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018! A feel-good romance to warm your heart, for fans of Jo Watson, Sarah Morgan and Holly Martin. A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this 'charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel' (Roxane Gay). On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew Nichols is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend... Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is not something Alexa Monroe would normally do. But Drew's proposal proves hard to resist. After their wedding date turns into a whole weekend of fun in San Francisco, Drew and Alexa return to their all-consuming careers - his in LA and hers in Berkeley. Too bad they can't stop thinking about each other... It could be the long-distance dating disaster of the century - or Drew and Alexa could be just a flight away from what each of them truly wants.

A feel-good romance to warm your heart

The Wedding Date

A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory—author of the Resse Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal. THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER #5 LibraryReads Pick “A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.”—Entertainment Weekly (The Must List) “What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel....One of the best books I've read in a while.”—Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend.... After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other.... They're just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century--or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want.... One of... Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Romances for V-Day” • Cosmopolitan’s “2018 Anticipated Reads” • Elle’s “2018 Must Reads” • Harpers Bazaar’s “New January Must Reads” • The Fug Girls’ “Best Books of the Year” • Elle UK’s “Books to Get You Through 2018” • Nylon’s “January Must Reads” • Hello Giggles’ “New Release Recs” • Electric Lit’s “Books by WoC to Read in 2018” • Bitch Media’s “2018 Must Reads” • BookBub’s “2018 Romance Must Reads” • Bookriot’s “Must Read 2018 January Releases” • RetailMeNot’s “2018 Must Reads”

Courtney Green

Just because their standards are low does not mean that we should lower ours." Maddie 

kels

Kaitlyn Grace

As seen on The Today Show! The new exhilarating New York Times bestselling romance from the author of The Proposal, a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Alexa is their best friend 2. They hate each other After an “oops, we made a mistake” night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa's wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they're comfortable with. Underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won't fade. It builds until they find themselves sneaking off together to release some tension when Alexa isn't looking, agreeing they would end it once the wedding is over. When it’s suddenly pushed up and they only have a few months left of secret rendezvouses, they find themselves regretting that the end is near. Two people this different can’t possibly have a connection other than the purely physical, right? But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. First and foremost, don't fall in love.

The Wedding Party

Bria

I definitely like The Wedding Party more than the first two books in the series. I just love enemies to lovers novels

Nabila Azahra

azliana aziz

1.5 MEH ⭐️


it started out so well with that elevator meet-cute but everything just boom! went haywire after that. 

i could not connect at all with both hero and heroine. what with their stilted, charmless conversations and just terribly lacking in any sort of personality, yes, sadly for both of them.
i feel like i'm reading a really early, rough draft of a (possibly good) romance novel. there's just not enough flavor to the story even though they had many sex and they eat a lot, like A LOT. literally 80% of the book was about them doing the deeds and eating which was something that should be super endearing and sexy in a romance but i really don't know how guillory managed to write them all so bland. 


like look at these two excerpts of the sex scenes that left me hanging dry; 


"He kissed her forehead, her cheeks, her eyelids, and finally her lips. They kissed like that for a while, nothing more, both with their eyes open, looking straight at each other."


"She ran her hands up and down his warm chest. He picked up her hands and kissed them. He pinned them above her head, holding on to her wrists with one hand."



get it? also to make it worse, lots of them are 'pull the blind-fade away' unimaginative kind of scenes SO 




i just have to add one more example of how guillory just don't know how to inject some life and color to her character;

"Alexa’s tears kept falling, but they were happy ones now. She got up to pour herself more coffee, and maybe make some toast to settle her stomach."





the one thing that crushed me so bad was how she handled her woc heroine. i was excited to read a romance from a woc's perspective and i was hoping to read some good romance that encompass woc's experience in dealing with racism, prejudice and expectations in dating and relationship with people from different race but she chose to made Alexa shallow and so underdeveloped. i want to read about her life, her relationship with her sister, her making friends with Drew's dominantly white friends, how she handle their potential casual racism towards her.
just so much potential there and that hurts me a lot. 



well i've made my points fair and square so good riddance.

Victoria 

Lizelle G

Better than any romantic comedy I’ve ever watched.

Julie Burszan 

** spoiler alert **
           “Tomorrow, can we sit on the couch in our pajamas for the entire day?”
She beamed at him. 
“Absolutely.”

TRUE. LOVE.

Petaco

I like the whole elevator scene. I would read more by her. 

My beef is that the two main characters are book smart but also so dumb and immature. Too much pining and assuming. I thought they would both be bright enough to hash things out rather than behaving like children.

Katrina Meyers

This was so stinking cute. Definitely a feel good read!

Faith Kitowski

4.5/5. This book was so cute. Why can’t I get stuck in an elevator with a hot guy? When is it my turn? AND THE ENDING AHHHHH!!!!! I was blushing and giggling. Such a cute book.

4.6/5. jasmine guillory’s books somehow make me so happy but feel so lonely at the same time. i loved this one and especially since they have the characters from the other books in it. i love theo and maddie and i’m not just saying that because it was enemies to lovers but man they are so good together.

Love this book! It was an easy read. Made me forget I was reading a book. It was funny, warm and charming. The narrator POV was different, not my style. 

brianna

3.5 stars / perhaps i have a new favorite genre? yes? also drew nichols could like .... get it

Kathleen Tom

5 Stars! ⭐️ 

This is my first book that the heroin is a Black Woman, a strong independent smart black woman. I was so used to all the tall thin thick beautiful blonde woman as a heroin that I never tried to push myself to read something different. And, this book really changes that. I really, really love Alexa Monroe. 

I bought this book few days ago and decided to give it a try what I didn’t know is that I was stepping out of my blonde-brunette-tall-beautiful woman as a heroin zone and I’m glad I owned this copy. I really am. And, I admire the way Alexa is and of course a smart man like Drew who doesn’t mind or care about skin color. That was something I love about this book. 

This book is more about two person who completely comfortable with each other presence that they didn’t really thought about how the future will going to look like for them. It was romantic and amazingly loved and I definitely going to put this on my fav book! 

Highly Recommended :)

Liz B

One of my favorite modern romance books. The woman isn't a ditz and is actually smart and funny and confident. The miscommunication/breakup that happens in every romance feels more realistic than most.

Easy, cheesy romance. I enjoyed most of this book, I just could not fully get behind Drew as a love interest - all of his tantrums in the last half were really annoying. 

Alli

Sarah

A cute novel about two people who fake date.

From the author of The Proposal, a Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick! A fun and flirty novel from New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory, author of The Proposal and The Wedding Date, one of Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018. For fans of Jo Watson, Sarah Morgan and Holly Martin, the next charming romance by The New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal. Maddie and Theo have two things in common: 1. Alexa is their best friend 2. They hate each other After an 'oops, we made a mistake' night together, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa's wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they're comfortable with. Underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won't fade. It builds until they find themselves sneaking off together to release some tension when Alexa isn't looking. But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. First and foremost, don't fall in love... 'What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel' New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay on The Wedding Date

Connor 

Is there anything better than waking up early on your morning off and finishing a Jasmine Guillory novel? SIGNS POINT TO NO. 

seriously what a delight? Possibly my favorite one so far?? Maddy and Theo are so so fun and so so stubborn which is... highly relatable tbh. 

And also, I LOVE ALEXA AND DREW. and also Nik and Carlos. BUT ESPECIALLY ALEXA.

This book is delightful--clever and thoughtful and funny and deals well with important issues (like interracial dating and white privilege!) and also FAKE DATING.

I mean, honestly, was there anything this book didn't have? It even had believable coworkers and friendships and, that's right, TACOS. I've had it on hold for... literally months, but it was WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

Fátima

It was okay.

Cuando leí el nombre de este libro lo primero que vino a mi mente fue la película —amo esa película—, aunque yo sé que no tienen nada que ver el uno con el otro, salvo quizás por la premisa de la cita de emergencia para la boda. Pero en realidad, ese fue el comienzo, nada más. Así que al final, las historias acabaron siendo completamente diferentes y quizás eso me decepcionó un poco.

La historia es entretenida, pero hasta allí. No conecté con los personajes y no tuve clavada en mi cara la sonrisa tonta que pensé que iba a tener. No es adorable, ni tierno. Sí es romántico y bonito, pero... no sé, simplemente no me llegó como pensé que lo haría. Quizás si lo leyese dentro de unos años, pero justo ahora, en este momento de mi vida, no. Tal vez es para un público más adulto(?). Es un poco extraño leer a personajes que están en sus treintas con su vida totalmente establecida cuando me la paso todo el tiempo leyendo sobre adolescentes y veinteañeros. Sin embargo, es algo que no descarto nunca, me gusta leer romance y ese viene a todas las edades ¿no? Pero en este momento estaba con el mood para una historia pastelosa y no fue lo que encontré. El lado positivo es que los personajes son más maduros y no me tenían queriendo golpearlos cada tres páginas. Yay! 

Es un buen libro, pero probablemente no lo recuerde en unos meses, y definitivamente es uno al que no releería nunca.

Lots of 🌶! Fun characters and the story was cute. Plot was a little spotty, but nothing unbearable. 

Gisela Ayala 

All the stars! This book was phenomenal! Jasmine Guillory created a cute and realistic take on the beginnings of a relationship. Everything that Alexa felt, I'm sure plenty of women feel when dating/ getting to know a guy for the first time - the butterflies, the insecurities, the fights - everything! The same goes for Drew - just like Alexa, I fell head over heels in love with him. His inner monologue was hilarious too and mirrored Alexa's almost exactly! This book definitely made me rethink my own relationships and how we always think the other person is better and smoother and more put together than us when in actuality, it's the opposite. They are freaking out just as much as we are. They both felt insecurities and it was honestly quite comforting. 

I would have read this book a lot quicker if life didn't get in the way. Sigh... But I recommend this to anyone who needs a little bit of love and humor in their life. <3

Also, all the food they mentioned throughout the book - Ahhhh! I wanted to book a flight to San Francisco by the time I finished the book and get my hands on all the freaking delicious food that Alexa and Drew ate!

Just what the doctor ordered! 

I was just the tiniest bit hesitant to get into this third one because The Proposal was okay. But The Wedding Party was hilarious and super entertaining!

The Wedding Date A feel-good romance to warm your heart

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