Kerry Rea

A woman who wants nothing to do with love or friendship finds both in the unlikeliest ways in this hilarious and heartwarming debut by Kerry Rea. Once upon a time, Willa Callister was a successful blogger with a good credit score, actual hobbies, and legs that she shaved more than once a month. But after finding her fiancé in bed with her best friend, she now spends her days performing at children's birthday parties in a ball gown that makes her look like a walking bottle of Pepto Bismol. Willa dreams of starting fresh, where no one knows who she used to be, but first she needs to save up enough money to make it happen. Maisie Mitchell needs something too: another bridesmaid for her wedding. After a chance encounter at a coffee shop, Maisie offers to pay Willa to be in her bridal party. Willa wants nothing to do with weddings--or Maisie--but the money will give her the freedom to start the new life she so badly desires. Willa's bridesmaid duties thrust her into Maisie's high-energy world and into the path of hotshot doctor Liam Rafferty. But as Willa and Maisie form a real friendship, and Liam's annoyingly irresistible smile makes her reconsider her mantra that all men are trash, Willa's exit strategy becomes way more complicated. And when a secret from Maisie's past threatens to derail the wedding, Willa must consider whether friendship--and romance--are worth sticking around for.

The Wedding Ringer

Riya

I wished this had depicted loneliness and the connections we end up finding in the least likeliest of people in a more grounded way. The story started veering towards the more dramatic and maudlin territory with every page and I hated that. I wanted something more, something more warm and layered in the relationships shown in this book. All those emotions, crying, comforting, bonding didn’t feel genuine, rather they felt so manufactured, like you could tell those crying and sweet moments were there just for the sake of making the readers cry.

Ale ♡

4.5 stars.


  "Whatever you have to do to find your way back to yourself, do it. And forgive yourself for it. Because you are not alone."


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I have a new comfort book, and definitely one of my favorites.

As always, watch for possible spoilers if I've mentioned one.

A few months ago, Willa Callister was engaged, had a good job and her best best friend by her side. Now, Willa works as children's entertainer for her sister. She lost her job, her ex-fiancé and her best friend. Now she is not Willa the famous blogger and influencer. She's Princess Sparkleheart and carries a golden chair -her throne- to every single party of spoiled kids she attends.

One monday while Willa is at a coffee shop, a total random stranger approaches Willa and begs her to pretend to be her old friend; she's even willing to pay Willa for lying for her. A couple days later, Maisie, the stranger, asks Willa if she could be her bridesmaid at her wedding; Maisie's gonna pay Willa 5k for the job.

I liked this book a lot. No, wait, not liked, but loved it. It was funny, emotional, heartwarming and I wanted to kick the shit out of Willa sometimes.

I related a lot with Willa, but with the part of wanting to run away and start from zero, and being a writer with no inspiration and staring at the screen without actually write. Of course, not with find out my best friend and my fiancé in the bed. Instead of running, I would've exposed of them. Assholes.

I found Willa's sarcasm and dark humor like something very me. Her character is likeable to a certain point, in some chapters, I wanted to kick her so bad. She cares a lot about her nieces and her family.

Maisie was very very interesting. Her secrets kept me caught the entire book until the end -finally-. She's very enthusiastic, supportive and caring. Finn also was okay. Lorene, Rose were *chef kiss*

Sarah and Max can burn in a hole. If I was Willa, I would have told them to fuck off and never talk to her, or even try to, again. Tho Willa was brave, she needs some hate, lmao.

liAM FUCKING RAFFERTY, I LOVE YOU. That's it. That's the tweet.

The pacing was fast to me, the romance was fine? bUT I FUCKING HATE THE FADE-TO-BLACK THING. NOOOOOO, GIVE ME MY SMUT, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

Anyways, I loved the fact that the author focused more on Willa's healing, the journey of finding a true friend, connecting with her family, trust again and fall in love once more.


  previous review:

liam fucking rafferty is my new fictional boyfriend and we'll dance lover by taylor at our wedding.

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Lynn Braden

Willa Callister thought she had it all until she caught her fiance and best friend in bed together six weeks before the wedding.  The devastation led to Willa quitting her job, moving in with her sister, and giving up on life.  When one day she is waiting for a date at a coffee shop, Maisie Mitchell sits down at her table and asks her to pretend to be her friend.  That meeting leads to Willa becoming a fake bridesmaid for Maisie's wedding and earning $5,000 for her trouble, but the longer she spends with Maisie, the more their fake friendship becomes real, and Liam Rafferty, the sexy best man makes Willa think that her life might not be over after all.

The Wedding Ringer is a charming story that is more women's fiction than romance.  The characters are likable and well developed in this book about the up and down realities of life.  In addition, this story delves into the value of friendship through many laugh-out-loud and tearful moments.  My only complaint about the story is the amount of overreaction several of the characters show throughout the book.  Overall, though, The Wedding Ringer is an enjoyable novel with some deeply emotional moments. 

The Wedding Ringer

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