The Wedding Date
Summary:
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...(Summary and cover courtesy of goodreads.com)
Review:
This was a lightweight easy-to-predict, but enjoyable romance. Seeing other reviews my impression is that people had high hopes of a sophisticated deep dive on an interracial relationship, but honestly the normalization of a candy-bar romance with a non-default white on white relationship is still nice. Yay representation! Is this life-changing? No. Is this a fun upbeat romance that was nice when I needed something light? Absolutely.
One of the things that was particularly good was the switching narratives although it’s not without its flaws. Drew is somewhat rude to Carlos on a regular basis which never quite was explained in reasonable detail. All things being equal worth a read but be forewarned – there’s a lot of detailed food descriptions and I was constantly hungry when I read it!
Rating: 4 stars!
Who should read it? Folks looking for a modern romance.
Want to read the whole series?
The Proposal (Wedding #2)
The Wedding Party (Wedding #3)
Royal Holiday (Wedding #4)
Party of Two (Wedding #5)
While We Were Dating (Wedding #6)