The characters never find a situation that doesn’t turn them on at least a little bit. Alexa has zero self confidence and her non-stop whining and insecurities annoyed me. The Wedding Party! It follows Alexa Monroe, a black woman who works as the mayor's chief of staff, who meets Drew Nichols, a white surgeon. Alexa is black, Drew is white and both have successful careers. She’s a lawyer/chief of staff in the Berkeley mayor’s office and he’s a pediatric surgeon in LA.

The Wedding Date, the debut novel from Jasmine Guillory, delighted me from start to finish! Pre-publication book reviews and features keeping readers and industry

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I love the way larra jean in touch with her... this is my first ever novel that I've been read till the last page, I used to read novel actually (p.s using my native language) and this novel just realized me to keep reading till u find the exact genre to love with. bri is a twenty-something living in chicago. This snazzy book encapsulates a romcom that I kept imagining as a movie in my head (make this into a movie!

Drew is a pediatric surgeon from LA in town for his ex-girlfriend’s wedding. . And in a spur of the moment decision, Drew asks her to be his date to his ex’s wedding the next day.

The other thing the Wedding Date does so well is address body positivity and the nerves and anxiety that can come with early days of a relationship, especially one where your boyfriend lives in LA. I love a good romance and this delivered from the first page to the last. influencers in the know since 1933. THE WEDDING DATE. I know you love a good elevator scene!) My face hurt after smiling so much reading the Wedding Date. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The concept was cute and the San Francisco / Berkeley backdrop was cool but I couldn’t buy into the romance because I really did not like Drew. (December 27, 2017), The Wedding Date is on this Elle list of 21 Books We're Excited to Read in 2018! Guillory’s debut is a mix of romance and raunch that will charm rom-com fans. 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... Bitch Media's list of 25 Fiction books you must read in 2018 includes The Wedding Date! November is the time for aspiring writers to get serious about writing that book! When Alexa is stuck in an elevator with handsome stranger Drew, the spark is instant. A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel. by On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Categories: Author: Jasmine Guillory web/@twitter/@instagram/facebook. ( Log Out /  Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. The love affair between Alex and Henry is intense and romantic, made all the more so by the inclusion of their poetic emails that manage to be both funny and steamy. January 30th 2018 LBGTQ. it is actually a romance movie which i liked the most especially on the first session. They’d also be great for Valentine’s (or Gal-entine’s) Day. ‧ The Wedding Date, Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel is absolutely delightful. The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory by Lilik Maskuroh Hadah on. An international scandal could ruin Alex’s mother’s chances for re-election, so it’s time for damage control. GENERAL ROMANCE Jasmine Guillory is a graduate of Wellesley College and Stanford Law School. It was also nice to read a fun novel about an interracial relationship.

Categories: Alexa is black, Drew is white and both have successful careers. She is a Bay Area native who has towering stacks of books in her living room, a cake recipe for every occasion, and upwards of 50 lipsticks.

this novel is easy reading especially for non English native like me. One of the best books I’ve read in a while. ROMANCE, by I’m sorry, I’m all for women sticking up for women in situations where they feel led on by guys, but it was so obvious that he didn’t want to be just friends by that point. A fake romance starts becoming surprisingly real. In the book, Alexa has a thing for coffee and pink frosted doughnuts with sprinkles, so to celebrate the release, I made, baked double chocolate donuts with strawberry glaze, talk and book signing at The Ripped Bodice, AFTER THE STORM by Katy Ames Is Live| Release Day Blitz.

As they face ups and downs, ultimately they must decide if they want to try to make a real relationship work. Learn about her charming books. My face hurt after smiling so much reading the Wedding Date. Like it’s kind of hilarious how much they eat. Very adorable and sexy romance! Hate to say it, but this book disappointed me so, so much. But Drew???????????????????? The issue of race comes up since Alexa is black and Drew is white; Alexa is more aware of situations that may turn ugly, and Drew becomes more mindful of his privilege, a timely lesson that adds depth to the story. After knowing each other for only a short time, he asks if she’d want to be his pretend girlfriend. This snazzy book encapsulates a romcom that I kept imagining as a movie in my head (make this into a movie! GENERAL ROMANCE now she reads at a slightly slower pace and records her book reviews here for fun.

When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn’t come as a surprise — or happen in front of 45,000 people. But after a few photo ops with Henry, Alex starts to realize that the passionate anger he feels toward him might be a cover for regular old passion. by Berkley. This is a super cute romance. We’re glad you found a book that interests you! Refresh and try again. After that, this couple just can’t seem to get enough of each other. a buch of pages explain about s*x, but I never skip it LOL. Just based on that, I’d pay to see this story on the big screen! The. Head’s up: this book does describe *quite* a few sex scenes, and while I might be a bit prude-ish in that I find more than one scene in a book to be gratuitous, I still had so much fun reading this book and you especially will if this is your cup of tea! You can bet that Guillory’s second book, The Proposal, is already on my To-Read list. Struggled to get this far. She’s a lawyer/chief of staff in the Berkeley mayor’s office and he’s a pediatric surgeon in LA. Get yourself a donut pan and make your own. And when she meets the handsome doctor Drew Nichols in an elevator, it’s the beginning of an adventure in falling in like and then lust and then love. He literally JUST told her the night before that them being together made him happy and he didn’t want her to go, but of course she was all ‘I was so scared of him telling me he just wanted to be friends so I had to leave before he did’……. (November 13, 2017), Cover reveal for The Wedding Date was on Heroes and Heartbreakers. Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the American President Ellen Claremont, knows one thing for sure: He hates Henry, the British prince to whom he is always compared. Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn'..

A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in a fun and flirty debut novel. How can she give up an entire day’s profits to the Mount Polbearne Christmas fair?

If You’ve Been Missing Rom-coms at the Movies, You’ve Got to Read Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley The Wedding Date, Jasmine Guillory’s debut novel is absolutely delightful. The characters are flat and have no chemistry. Is she ready to marry Huckle? Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. by Jasmine Guillory ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 6, 2018. The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory is charming, sweet, and downright adorable! it tells the story from two opposite direction of people, alexa is a girl with black skin and work in politics while the man called drew, I didn't remember the exact name it maybe andrew, but I can't ensure that is was true.