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A review by emmazucati
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I've read all five in the series so it's hard not to just compare them to each other but I think this is a 3/5 in its own right. More like a 3.5 because I happily continued the series after this. My opinion is pretty on par with everyone else's (Drew's jealousy is a little oof, communication is the biggest sore point) so I wanted to also mention things I liked/didn't like in this one that permeates the whole series.
Liked:
The friendships. They passed the Bechdel Test, which is not something I necessarily expect from a romance novel, but I love to see. I liked how they all genuinely cared about each other. It didn't feel excessive or like Guillory was just setting up future books. Natural, and what you see in real life.
The romance. I'm a sucker for grand gestures and cute dates.
Didn't like:
The fixation on food. Every book had its own 'food item' (this one was donuts) that the main character unapologetically constantly ate. I'm a big fan of body positivity and junk food, but when one person regularly consumes that many donuts, it honestly makes me a little nauseous. Like a dozen in a day. And multiple days. That's just too much sugar for one person. It became the difference between me eating an entire Ben and Jerry's 2-3 times a month, or every other day.
Time jumps. From one paragraph to another we would skip 2 hours, 18 hours, or a week. With not a lot of rhyme or reason. It happened consistently enough, and in all four books, that I feel like I should mention it.
Liked:
The friendships. They passed the Bechdel Test, which is not something I necessarily expect from a romance novel, but I love to see. I liked how they all genuinely cared about each other. It didn't feel excessive or like Guillory was just setting up future books. Natural, and what you see in real life.
The romance. I'm a sucker for grand gestures and cute dates.
Didn't like:
The fixation on food. Every book had its own 'food item' (this one was donuts) that the main character unapologetically constantly ate. I'm a big fan of body positivity and junk food, but when one person regularly consumes that many donuts, it honestly makes me a little nauseous. Like a dozen in a day. And multiple days. That's just too much sugar for one person. It became the difference between me eating an entire Ben and Jerry's 2-3 times a month, or every other day.
Time jumps. From one paragraph to another we would skip 2 hours, 18 hours, or a week. With not a lot of rhyme or reason. It happened consistently enough, and in all four books, that I feel like I should mention it.