Title: The Wedding Date
Author: Jasmine Guillory
Publication Date: 30 January 2018
SYNOPSIS:
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.
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldnât normally do. But thereâs something about Drew Nichols thatâs too hard to resist.
On the eve of his exâs wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriendâŠ
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 sheâs the mayorâs chief of staff. Too bad they canât stop thinking about the otherâŠ
Theyâre just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the centuryâor closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly wantâŠ
REVIEW
What would you do if a really gorgeous stranger asked you to be his date for a wedding? Would you say no and laugh it off? OrâŠwould you say yes and see what happens? Thatâs the situation Alexa Monroe is faced with when she has her meet-cute with Drew Nichols once the two are stuck in an elevator during a power outage in a swanky hotel in San Francisco. What starts off as a fake date has the potential to become something more for commitment-phobe Drew and over thinker Alexa. Will they take their fake date to another level or will they keep on pretending?
The Wedding Date is a fun, sexy (though probably not graphic enough for some readers) romance about the world of modern dating between a black woman and a white man in post-Trump America. Does Guillory touch upon race? Yes, in a very relevant way and with a light hand. It never feels like a sociology lesson and it flows naturally with the plot.
Will you enjoy reading the ups and downs Alexa and Drew experience? Yes, and you wonât want to put your Kindle down. I loved how Guillory handled the subjects of interracial relationships, long-distance relationships and the pitfalls of trying to interpret text messages. So many of the situations in the book made me laugh as Iâve been through them myself.
Take my advice, get thee to your favourite bookstore and pick up a copy of The Wedding Date. Youâre going to love Alexa and Drew and youâll wish it was already a movie.
Highly recommended!
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