2024 the best man wedding cast review

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A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times best-selling author Jasmine Guillory — author of the Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick The Proposal.

The USA Today best seller

#5 LibraryReads Pick

“A swoony rom-com brimming with humor and charm.” [Entertainment Weekly (The Must List)]

“What a charming, warm, sexy gem of a novel.... One of the best books I've read in a while.” (Roxane Gay, New York Times best-selling author of Hunger)

Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist.

On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend....

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 she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other....

They're just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century — or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want....

One of....

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Reviewer: Feeding My Addiction Book Reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A swoon-worthy romance!
Review: Charming, sexy and funny, The Wedding Date delivered a swoon-worthy romance!Drew finds himself stuck in the elevator where he's staying for the wedding of his friend and ex-girlfriend. He's the groomsman without a date, without his plus one! But getting stuck in the elevator happened to be what set in motion the best times of his life with a girl he can't get out of his head.Alexa is at the hotel to meet her sister to celebrate Olivia's promotion to partner. Getting stuck in an elevator did not fit in her plans. But at least she had cheese, crackers, champagne and a hot guy to keep her company.Drew takes a chance with this girl who makes him laugh and asks if she will be his fake date to an already awkward wedding. And while Alexa is normally a straight-laced, play by the book, don't stray too far from the center, kind of girl, she can't deny her attraction to and fascination with Drew. Throwing caution to the wind, she agrees and has the time of her life!The next day, Drew has to fly back to LA and his job as a pediatric surgeon and Alexa has to go back home to Berkeley, where she works as the mayor's chief of staff. Miles apart, the two can't stop thinking about each other and the fun they had. One chance weekend turns into alternating weekend flights to see each other.  Both are focused on their jobs, neither has experience with a good, solid relationship, yet they both find peace and solace in one another.I found it fantastic that this couple actually talked about their feelings. They discussed their hurts, their fears, and their worries. And they genuinely loved each other. The kind of love that hurts when you aren't with the other person. When you stare across the room and ache to touch them, kind of love.  Neither fears nor distance would keep them apart and I loved their struggles and their fights and their  "I can't keep my hands off of you" moments.I am a sucker for a good epilogue, and Guillory gave us a FANTASTIC one. It was tender and reverent, sexy and loving. It was the perfect ending to a perfect book!

Reviewer: RHarlem
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Read
Review: My new favorite author! I loved this story! The characters were well developed and the story flowed. On to the next book in the series.

Reviewer: Arabia
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I wanted to love it
Review: I started off LOVINGGGG it but after the wedding things seem to just go downhill a little. It’s like their entire relationship was based on sex and miscommunication. It’s like they hardly got time to really get to know each other because all they did was sleep with each other. Also the barely there descriptions of them sleeping together were so dull it didn’t even have to be written. Yet they were there in the majority of the book. Alexa was childish and very insecure. Drew was disrespectful sometimes and other times acted like an idiot to his own feelings . I hated their relationship and the story being reduced to them visiting each other back and forth solely on the weekends. I’m just a little disappointed. It started off so promising.

Reviewer: Patricia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really, really good.
Review: Is there a difference between a romantic novel and a romance novel?Is it fair, for instance, to compare Pride and Prejudice, with its deep classical theory and commentary on class struggles, to Julia Quinn’s Bridgeton novels with their keen observation of society and love? Is one better than the other?Let me admit something to you. It is not something I am proud of. I AM A BOOK SNOB. There I have admitted it. Judge me. I deserve it.For years I have been a slave to the expectations of my education. Ever since I read Nabokov and Joyce in a freshman lit course, I only read important books. The ones that win the Booker prize or the National book award. You know - weighty novels. I had begun to believe what my professors taught me - that what you read matters and maybe if you read more important books you are better than other people.But in the last year (maybe it was COVID) something snapped and I developed a romance addiction. And I mean addiction ... in 2020 I read 291 romance novels and I didn't start until March. This year I have already completed 82. And I have learned a few things.I was the dumb one. I missed out on something enjoyable because of a preconceived notion. Granted, I found where some of those notions come from. There are some absolutely atrocious romance novels out there.But then - and here is the review - I get lucky enough that someone recommends a book like Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date where the main characters are equals. Both Alexa and Drew are smart and funny. The book and the characters have personality. They fall in love with each other, with a few bumps along the way, in a funny, honest, and then all-consuming way.From the moment I picked this up, I was hooked. It is a story with heat, heart, and substance. It reminded me that my current addiction is OK. There are great books in the genre that are also extremely well written.Is this destined to be a classic? Probably not. Will it make the list of best books ever? Not likely.But this is good. Really, really good.

Reviewer: Nadine
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: There is nothing more cliché than a romance that starts with someone needing a wedding date or a fake-to-real relationship or a guy that is afraid to commit and a girl that is somewhat insecure in dating, nonetheless, this book turns the cliché into an engaging reading. The characters are multifaceted and very charming millennials. It is a light-hearted romance, to read it all on a Sunday afternoon.

Reviewer: Cliente Amazon
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sorry but reading this book was just a Waste of time. No plot, no characters, it is just as reading emptiness

Reviewer: Rozby
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A side from being a contemporary romance novel, the author also shares many realities of life that deal with colour. She shares them in funny, and not so funny scenarios that are relatable. I definitely recommend this book.

Reviewer: J. v. Kirchbach
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book was fun, romantic, entertaining and entertaining !I really liked the two main characters, Alexa and Drew. Alexa was a dedicated, hard-working, and smart woman. I loved her passion for her work and how much she wanted to help her community. Drew was a kind, charming, and swoon-worthy man. I also was so surprised by the development and inclusion of so many wonderful side characters. I knew Drew’s friend Carlos already since I read “The Proposal” first when it was a @hellosunshine book club pick and that book is “his” story ... I genuinely loved every character that the author created in this story. I am going to read the other two books in this series because I cannot stop thinking about these characters!The romance between Alexa and Drew was perfectly paced and executed. The way their relationship developed felt so honest and realistic. Their relationship slowly changed from a fake relationship into a real relationship with deep feelings. It was so much fun watching them take chances together and realize how perfect they were for each other. Alexa and Drew were so supportive of each other and genuinely wanted to see each other succeed. Their dedication to each other made my heart grow 50 times bigger.Even though there were moments of predictability, this book was still extremely enjoyable! The author did a great job at keeping the book entertaining and hilarious! There were moments of miscommunication, which was understandable but so frustrating! The miscommunication definitely added a lot of tension between Alexa and Drew which kept the plot moving and it felt realistic.Overall, this was a wonderful romantic comedy. If you are in the mood for a charming, hilarious, and adorable romance novel, a quick read, then I definitely would recommend this book!

Reviewer: Miguel Macedo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Loved the characters and dialogue. Could not put it down. Read if you want a good balance of fluff and day to day romance.