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The Worst Best Man
by Mia Sosa
I did really like this book. Some reviews of it almost put me off, but they actual communicate to each other like ADULTS despite having confusing and conflicting feelings and troubled pasts. Which is just *chefs kiss* in reading romcoms in my opinion.
However I reserve the 5 star rating on goodreads for favourites only, or books which really surprise me and this was just one trope after the other. (Albeit a happy end still and like I said actual good communication for once, but no real surprises or twists to put it over the top.) I'd give it a 4.5 though if I'm being specific just because it had all of the things you'd want or expect in a romcom but also good communication and it was witty, well written, and very fun to read. (Though as a person who likes fade to black books this one was a little steamier than I would have requested but ah well maybe it's making me better at being less awkward when talking about sex in books (and in life??) so I shouldn't complain.)
Max is a dream of a character, and honestly Lina was too. They were both powerhouses in their own right, and made for fun split character chapters and made it easy to want to know more of what the other was thinking in any given chapter/moment.
I also loved all the culture and history and food that was in this especially when it came to Lina's heritage; talk about representation, this book was full of it but it never felt like it was bashing you over the head, it was more like sharing and experiencing and just BEING within that world which really added to the book and to the character. I think too that after having read a YA book which tried to do this in a similar way, and then reading this one, it just made me like this one even more for how well it incorporated everything that it did.
I also loved that Max had to overcome his white privilege blinders a bit, that was so nice to see in a romcom and in a man (in a story world.)
I could go on and on, but basically, if you want to read a very well written romcom with (in my opinion) great use of Brazilian-American culture to curate a really interesting and well rounded backstory that seemed lived in and habitable from a really great author who also lived that life (it seems) then you should pick this book up! Oh and the story world was also excellent.
I know I will definitely be picking up the second one within this story world when it comes out this year!
However I reserve the 5 star rating on goodreads for favourites only, or books which really surprise me and this was just one trope after the other. (Albeit a happy end still and like I said actual good communication for once, but no real surprises or twists to put it over the top.) I'd give it a 4.5 though if I'm being specific just because it had all of the things you'd want or expect in a romcom but also good communication and it was witty, well written, and very fun to read. (Though as a person who likes fade to black books this one was a little steamier than I would have requested but ah well maybe it's making me better at being less awkward when talking about sex in books (and in life??) so I shouldn't complain.)
Max is a dream of a character, and honestly Lina was too. They were both powerhouses in their own right, and made for fun split character chapters and made it easy to want to know more of what the other was thinking in any given chapter/moment.
I also loved all the culture and history and food that was in this especially when it came to Lina's heritage; talk about representation, this book was full of it but it never felt like it was bashing you over the head, it was more like sharing and experiencing and just BEING within that world which really added to the book and to the character. I think too that after having read a YA book which tried to do this in a similar way, and then reading this one, it just made me like this one even more for how well it incorporated everything that it did.
I also loved that Max had to overcome his white privilege blinders a bit, that was so nice to see in a romcom and in a man (in a story world.)
I could go on and on, but basically, if you want to read a very well written romcom with (in my opinion) great use of Brazilian-American culture to curate a really interesting and well rounded backstory that seemed lived in and habitable from a really great author who also lived that life (it seems) then you should pick this book up! Oh and the story world was also excellent.
I know I will definitely be picking up the second one within this story world when it comes out this year!