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The Wedding Agreement by Annie Dyer
4.0

What I Liked:
1. Marriage of convenience - this may not be everyone’s favorite trope, but I don’t mind it. Granted their marriage of convenience was a little out of left field because the reasoning on either side wasn’t the most convincing but that’s okay. I still enjoyed it

2. Pacing - even though their engagement was really fast, I enjoyed the overall pacing of the story. I liked seeing the lead up to the wedding, the wedding, and life after the wedding. Each phase was different and interesting. I actually really liked the part after the wedding when the honeymoon phase (literally) ends and real life begins. Yes, living with a partner can be stressful. Even if you love each other, you’ll still argue and have disagreements, and get on each others nerves and I love that we got to see them be that type of couple. Leading up to the wedding, everything was happening so perfectly for them, which can be boring over time.

3. Noah and Imogen - honestly, I love a good friends to lovers stories. Granted they weren’t the best of friends but they were schoolmates so that’s close-ish. I really liked both of the main characters. I liked that Imogen was passionate about her career and independent. I liked that Noah was self-aware about his privilege and upbringing and not arrogant. I loved that family mattered to both of them and we actually got to see both sides of their family and the family dynamics. I also appreciated that they were good communicators. Yes there were a few misunderstandings, but it wasn’t anything crazy and they talked things out like adults rather than acting irrationally.

What I Didn’t Like:
1. The introduction of all the side characters - we’re introduced to so many people at the beginning of the book it’s a little overwhelming. Granted not many more are introduced after BUT it was hard to keep track of at first

2. The reasoning behind their marriage of convenience - i mentioned this earlier but the rationale for the marriage on either side is not super convincing.