The Wedding Date: A ‘warm, sexy gem of a novel’!
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Reese Witherspoon, Oprah and Roxane Gay LOVE her! Readers love her!
Have you discovered New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick Jasmine Guillory yet?
‘The queen of contemporary romance’ OprahMag.com
‘She writes the sexiest and smartest romances’ Red Magazine
‘Just as essential to a good summer holiday as SPF’ Grazia
A feel-good romance to warm your heart! A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance.
‘A sweet, funny, realistic, grown up . . . romantic tale’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Love love loved this book!!! The tension and build made had me turning the pages not wanting it to end’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘A perfect romantic comedy!’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘The Wedding Date has everything one would look for in a romance novel – and more’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Love wasn’t part of the deal . . .
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.
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PERFECT FOR FANS OF EMILY HENRY, CHRISTINA LAUREN AND TESSA BAILEY!
‘A charming, warm, sexy gem’ ROXANE GAY
‘The undisputed queen of the modern-day romance’ Vogue
‘Juicy yet meaningful, like every Guillory classic’ Elle
‘Steamy and swoonworthy’ PopSugar
‘When Jasmine Guillory comes out with a book, buy it’ Refinery29
If you love this, be sure to check out all of Jasmine’s smart and sexy rom-coms:
The Wedding Date
The Proposal
The Wedding Party
Royal Holiday
Party of Two
While We Were Dating
Drunk on Love
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (30 Jan. 2018), Headline Eternal |
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| Language | English |
| File size | 884 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 322 pages |
by Tara
I have just finished reading The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory.
We follow Alexa and Drew who have a very nice meet cute in a broken down elevator where Drew ends up asking Alexa to be his date to his ex’s wedding.
The beginning of this book and the chemistry between the two main characters did initially grip me and I enjoyed getting to know these characters but then things went downhill. The subsequent chapters were the same rehashed content over and over and both Drew and Alexa became a little bit insufferable towards the end. Drew because of his playboy attitude while clearly feeling more for Alexa and Alexa for having no other hobbies but her work and trying to convince herself not to “overthink” the thing with Drew.
There was a particular moment in the book that I actually had to stop and gawp at how Drew handled a patient conversation towards the last third of the book iykyk. I just thought it was shocking and a bit unbelievable.
The epilogue was cute however I do just feel that mostly Drew had no character development but then also the most transformative development without anything really leading it…
by Kim H
Do you like fake dating, forced proximity and a commitment phobe MMC? And also the miscommunication trope? If so then this might be the book for you!
I really enjoyed the chemistry between the two main characters. However, when… certain scenes started playing out I thought we were in for some serious spice and unfortunately this is a door half-closed book so in that sense it fell a little flat for me. It was like we were being teased and then rejected.
Alexa is the epitome of many women I know which made me dislike her in the first half of the book ???? (yes I am the worst lesbian ever) and I adored Drew.
I wish I could eat like the characters in this book though! I don’t think they ate one healthy thing the whole way through! (Actually there might have been one mention of a salad…)
I adored the ending and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!
by Amy Elizabeth
After getting stuck in an elevator together, Alexa agrees to be Drew’s plus one to the wedding of his ex-girlfriend. But, what starts out as a fake relationship turns into something real when the weekend is over and they can’t stop thinking about each other… Will their new long distance relationship work out, or will they get in their own way (like they always do…)?
It’s rare that romance books get mainstream coverage, so my interest was definitely piqued when I saw The Wedding Date popping up everywhere – and I couldn’t resist when I spotted that it was just £1.99 on Kindle. A feel-good, heartwarming read that I couldn’t put down, this book starts out with a sweet meet-cute and then throws adorable and sexy moment after adorable and sexy moment at you, until you’re as in love with these characters as they are with each other.
It’s so much easier to get into a romance novel, for me, if the characters have other interests other than each other – and that couldn’t be more the case here. Alexa is the mayor’s chief of staff working on the biggest and most meaningful project of her life, whilst Drew is a paediatric surgeon, and both have a cast of friends and family with whom they have relationships that I was equally invested in as I was in the romance.
My other favourite part of the book is they way that it weaved in discussion of racism, and the realities of being a black woman dating a white guy, who has mostly white friends. They way they both deal with that situation really adds another level to their story, and felt very real to me. I really can’t wait for Jasmine’s next book, which is coming out later this year, featuring a character we’ve already met…
by Keir
I enjoyed this book. Alexa was a very likable lead, with an interesting job and a reasonably well developed back story. I liked that she was described as being a little larger than the often very slim heroines of romance novels, and was still beautiful and desirable. I thought issues around race and dating were dealt with well (Alexa is black and Drew is white). There are moments where Alexa has to point out the differences in their experiences that Drew hasn’t noticed and these work really well and add a layer of realism to their romance. The romance was sweet, and the way that their feelings develop and deepen for each other was believable and sweet. The food was described very well and I had a hankering for many of the foods they ate, especially the oft mentioned donuts! The only draw back for me was the love interest Drew. He had a lot of good qualities and I could see why Alexa would fall for him… but he also had some pretty unpleasant characteristics: some fairly troubling bouts of jealousy over Alexa’s male friend and his own best friend, belittling Alexa’s work when they are in the midst of an argument, kicking and throwing things, and treating his ‘best’ friend really badly (I have no idea why Carlos stuck around to be shouted at). This unpleasant side to Drew built up in the second half of the novel and since he was given far less grounding (his backstory is that he is a pediatric surgeon and had a lot of short term girlfriends) I was left feeling like he really wasn’t the perfect match for Alexa. This wouldn’t be a problem in another genre (people fall for the wrong people all the time), but as it was a romance novel, I really wanted to believe Alexa would live happily ever after; but by the end I was hoping for a twist and that she’d actually end up with someone else. I still think this was a great novel, and would recommend it to others, I may just rejig the ending a little bit in my head!