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Party of Two

(The Wedding Date #5)

Jasmine Guillory (Goodreads Author)

3.83 · Rating details · 21,480 ratings · 2,536 reviews

A chance meeting with a handsome stranger turns into a whirlwind affair that gets everyone talking.

Dating is the last thing on Olivia Monroe's mind when she moves to LA to start her own law firm. But when she meets a gorgeous man at a hotel bar and they spend the entire night flirting, she discovers too late that he is none other than hotshot junior senator Max Powell. Oli ...more

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May 13, 2020 Roxane rated it really liked it

Jasmine Guillory never disappoints. This is as charming and romantic a novel as her previous works. It was fun to see Olivia and Max fall in love and then have to figure out if a relationship between them could be possible.

Also they ate CONSTANTLY. Like so much food. Cakes. Pies. Tacos. Pizza. Burgers. Charcuterie. Literally there is food in every scene. There is ten times more food than sex. I think half the fantasy here is eating without the realities of living in a body. Food is great. But n ...more

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Feb 19, 2020 Jasmine Guillory rated it it was amazing · (Review from the author)

Jasmine Book Five! I love this book a whole lot and I hope you will too!!!

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Mar 25, 2020 megs_bookrack rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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**4.5-stars**

Party of Two is easily my favorite Jasmine Guillory yet!!!

This installment follows Olivia Monroe, who has returned to California, from New York, to open a law firm with her long-time friend, Ellie.

Some of you may remember Olivia as being Alexa's older sister; the one Alexa is going to visit at the hotel in the beginning of The Wedding Date.

Olivia had been in NYC since law school and when the opportunity presented itself for her to get out of the big firm game, and move closer to f ...more

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Apr 06, 2020 Nilufer Ozmekik rated it really liked it

This book is sweet, smart, entertaining, scandalous! ( the heroine is kickass lawyer and her name is Olivia, too but she doesn’t have any gladiator minions worshipping her and she’s not dating -thankfully- with first man Fitzgerald but privileged, wealthy senator and their chemistry is sizzling, hot as hell!) I may say this is one of the best books of the series and more realistic approach to the struggles having in a relationship when you’re dating with hotshot, rising star of political arena.

This book is sweet, smart, entertaining, scandalous! ( the heroine is kickass lawyer and her name is Olivia, too but she doesn’t have any gladiator minions worshipping her and she’s not dating -thankfully- with first man Fitzgerald but privileged, wealthy senator and their chemistry is sizzling, hot as hell!) I may say this is one of the best books of the series and more realistic approach to the struggles having in a relationship when you’re dating with hotshot, rising star of political arena.

Both characters are well-developed and the opposite attracts situation well reflected: Max, charming, brilliant, intelligent and also romantic senator is like a dream come true. But he is impulsive, spontaneous, hot-blooded. When he wants something, he wants to get it whatever it takes. (It reminded me of a Leo or Aries man, ascendant could be Cancer because there is domestic side and lots of love of food!)

And when it comes to astro analysis of Olivia: she reminds me of Aquarius (Intelligent, visionary, independent, carrier oriented and her reputation is so important for her.) Her reluctance of taking risk and being poised, strategizing and planning everything help her to distance herself from the merciless blows of outer world but it also prevents her live her life fully.

But the best thing about the book: (at the same time it was the worst thing because even though I don’t have sweet tooth, I craved, screamed for cake! Now I understood and adored Marie Antionette so well. This book’s motto must be: “LET THEM EAT CAKE”) there are too many pies and cakes spattered around each pages and I literally bit my Ipad so many times and my teeth bled! At 3 a.m. I woke my husband( okay, I lied we’re in quarantine and we are up all night, watching Netflix like other regular people!) and forced him to bake some cake but unfortunately we stocked so many unnecessary things (like veggies, fruits) and necessary things (booze, new tequila shot glasses) but we forgot buying flour! (Actually throughout 14 years of marriage we never bought flour and we confuse it with chalk dust)

So my friends I advised you before reading this book: stock cakes and pies at your home to enjoy this book or you can turn into me a crazy redhead scream for additional sugar fix!
Overall: Characters are lovely and we welcomed two characters for first book of the series (Alexa and Drew) Olivia is sister of Alexa. Even though at the last part of the story: I found Olivia way too much stubborn and insecure, I still got their differences and her past frustrations. At some parts her lack of romantic look and so much realistic approach to their relationship bothered me as Max acted like enchanted puppy dog who worshipped the way she walked.

Pacing, angst, drama: It was well balanced and necessarily well told.

Ending: Conclusion is a little formal for old school romantic like me. I am always great fan of big romantic over exaggerated gestures. Epilogue was much better but predictable.

My stars: 3.5 (I cut some points that I mentioned at the top paragraphs) rounded up to 4 stars. It was still entertaining, lovable, moving, thought provoking, motivational book with great and important political, social messages. So far, my favorite of the series!

So much thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for sharing this sweet (cake craver) ARC with me in exchange my honest review.

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Dec 07, 2019 Tucker (TuckerTheReader) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, poc, contemporary, 4-stars

The little blurb below really sums up what I felt about this.

I've only read 3 of Jasmine's books and this one landed right in the middle. It wasn't my favorite of hers but it wasn't my least favorite.

I was a little annoyed at first by the "I'm not like other girls" vibe from Olivia but it wasn't that bad.

Other than that, I don't have much else to say. This book was sweet and enjoyable and I can't wait to see what else this author has coming.

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pleasantly pleasant! review to come

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Aug 30, 2020 Christy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-audio, 2020-three-stars-or-less

3.5 stars

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Party of Two is the fifth book in Jasmine Guillory’s ‘The Wedding Date’ series. I’ve enjoyed every book in this series and this one was no exception. I absolutely adored the hero and the romance was sweet and swoony.

Olivia Monroe is an attorney who’ just moved from NYC back to her home state of California. At a hotel bar, she meets a man and they’re both smitten with one another. Max Powell is that man. Max is a senator and when he sees Olivia a few weeks after their first meeting, ...more

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Jul 09, 2020 Taylor Reid added it

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I just finished Royal Holiday, also by Jasmine Guillory, and I absolutely loved it. It is so nice to have an author like Jasmine Guillory out there—she delivers every time and it’s pure delight. Party of Two is also absolutely fantastic. It’s about a woman who starts dating a politician and it gave me some American President vibes.

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Jun 10, 2020 Heather rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley-books, adult-romance-chick-lit

This is my third Jasmine Guillory book & it might be my favorite. The romance was so sweet and the characters were so easy to like.
It's a great summer read for this year. The romance, the great characters, the talk of diversity and all the mention of cake. Max randomly surprises Olivia with cake & pies, SIGN ME UP! ...more

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Jul 08, 2020 Larry H rated it really liked it

One of my go-to authors, Jasmine Guillory, is back with Party of Two , another fun, sexy, and timely rom-com!

Olivia has just moved back to California from NYC so she can open a law firm with her best friend. While staying at a hotel until her place is ready, she meets a handsome man at the bar. He looks vaguely familiar, but she figures he must be an actor or something. (It is LA, after all.)

They talk and joke and flirt all night, and she definitely feels the attraction to him, but they go ba ...more

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Jun 07, 2020 Emma rated it it was ok

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

2.5/5 Stars

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Even though there was nothing wrong with this story, I just didn't enjoy it as much as I was hoping to. I really liked Olivia as a character and I must say that Max had its moments, but their relationship didn't really convince me. It seemed a bit dull and also quite repetitive, especially in the first two thirds of the novel. They were always doing the same things and t ...more

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Jun 22, 2020 Toni rated it really liked it

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This is my fourth by Jasmine Guillory and by now I know I can rely on her impeccable style and ability to create strong female characters.
Olivia Monroe leaves a big shot law firm in New York to start her own practice together with her friend Ellie back home in LA. Olivia is smart and hard-working, but moving across the country and starting a new life isn't easy. You need to find a house, buy a car, go to endless networking events to get new clients and so on. There is absolutely no time for dati ...more

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Jul 15, 2020 myo (myonna reads) rated it it was ok

Shelves: black-author

i actually did enjoy the book but their relationship just wasn’t convincing, it seemed very dull and i was more bored than in awe. their relationship in general was boring like it wasn’t friends to lovers or anything, they just meet, immediately take interest in each other and date.

which i just find very boring, on top of that the smut scenes were fade to black which is fine but when the relationship is this boring the people need more. i do like the senator aspect and how they had to keep it a ...more

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Jun 14, 2020 laurel [the suspected bibliophile] rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, contemporary, poc-mc, romance, 2020-read

Olivia Monroe has zero intentions of dating anyone, particularly not someone as high profile as a US senator. She's got a new firm to launch, a new city to get used to, and a car to (eventually) purchase. Yet there's something about Max Powell that makes her knees go weak, and soon the two are engaged in a clandestine relationship—that's about to go public.

This was super cute!

My twenty were exciting in New York, too, but then I reached that age where I got horrified when someone invited me to so

My twenty were exciting in New York, too, but then I reached that age where I got horrified when someone invited me to something that didn't even start until nine pm.

After reading a bunch of contemporary romances of people in their twenties or early thirties who acted like they were in their twenties, it was a little refreshing to read a book about two protagonists in their middle and late thirties—they both knew exactly what they wanted, and they both were fairly open in their communication with each other. And both were passionate and career driven, and unready to sacrifice their goals for a relationship that wasn't going to last.

I loved that Olivia was a lawyer who had left a big firm in New York to set up her own, and that the realities of a woman of color setting up her own law firm (she had a white partner) was realistically portrayed. It wasn't easy and took a lot of sweat, connections and labor, particularly when she needed to hold her own against potential clients looking to exploit her relationship with a senator for their personal gain.

And I liked that Max was idealistic, but willing to listen to what people actually needed and try to fix it. He wasn't perfect, but he was working on using his privilege to help. It definitely took him a while to get there, however, something that one of his best friends (and a US House Representative) often reminded him when he was being bone-headed. I also liked that his hyper-hectic schedule was shown too.

This was one of those new theaters with reserved seats and big comfortable chairs, and when they sat down, they grinned at each other. "Can you believe we put up with those old, narrow movie theater chairs for so long?" Max asked her.

But I think the thing I liked the most was that both of them liked cozy things. Did I possibly bump this up a star because of the swanky movie theaters with the big, comfy chairs and table service? Um, yes. Because I have horrible movie theater luck and children are loud and these movie theaters are so much nicer. Yes, they're a little more expensive, but fuck it. It's worth it. Just try one and you'll see.

And speaking of cozy and being in your thirties, both of them were homebodies who enjoyed staying home and getting delivery, and both were like, fuck waiting an hour and a half to get food. Seriously, fuck that. No food is that good, not even Mrs. Wilkes in Savannah (although that is pretty damn delicious, I had to get a snack while waiting because we were in line for two hours and my blood sugar was dropping and my back was giving out).

Anywho, this is a book about chasing your dreams, and the realities of being ambitious and a woman of color. It's also a cute contemporary romance, and definitely my favorite of The Wedding Date series so far.

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Jun 14, 2020 Ashley rated it liked it

Shelves: sexytimes, giveaways-and-arcs, romantical, half-starsies, class-gender-race

NB: I received a free copy of the ARC from Netgalley and Berkeley, but that has not affected the content of my review.

This was a perfectly fine romance. Certainly it was leaps and bounds better than her last book, which felt rushed and forced. But Party of Two was missing the spark for me that her earlier stuff had, particularly the second book in this series, The Proposal, which is my favorite of hers.

Our two main characters, Olivia and Max, are very cute together. They meet at a bar one night NB: I received a free copy of the ARC from Netgalley and Berkeley, but that has not affected the content of my review.

This was a perfectly fine romance. Certainly it was leaps and bounds better than her last book, which felt rushed and forced. But Party of Two was missing the spark for me that her earlier stuff had, particularly the second book in this series, The Proposal, which is my favorite of hers.

Our two main characters, Olivia and Max, are very cute together. They meet at a bar one night when Olivia is slightly tipsy, and charm each other while arguing about dessert. (This part had me loving the book.) Olivia leaves without getting his name, but when she turns on the TV she realizes he's famous, a senator (I was a little unclear about if he was a state senator or not, that could use some clarification. I believe the text said he was, but everything after that made it seem like he was in the actual Senate). Olivia has just moved to LA to start her own law firm with her friend Ellie, and is consumed by getting her business off the ground. She doesn't have time to date seriously, let alone date someone with the fame and responsibility baggage Max has. But then, it was just more of them being cute and seeing in flashes as they get to know each other and fall in love.

My problem is that aside from moments of them being cute together (the scene where he tells her he loves her for the first time made me feel gooey inside), this book didn't really draw me in emotionally. There just really wasn't much emotional conflict! Olivia is bothered slightly by Max's impulsivity, and made uncomfortable by the level of public scrutiny she comes under by dating him, but they seem to move past all of their speed bumps relatively quickly, so you as the reader do, too. Even the calls from the press, her race, and the issue of her being arrested in high school are moved through rather quickly. It felt like an easy ride to their HEA.

Which is a problem, because as we learn in the last 20% of the book, it didn't feel like an easy ride to Olivia, and we should have been let in on that much earlier. Where the first 80% of the book felt like an easy ride that I never really felt an urgency to finish, the last 20% is full of angst and pain and conflict and I needed to know how it would resolve. All of a sudden, all those little things add up for Olivia(view spoiler) It was just bad pacing, in my opinion. That conflict should have been there from the beginning, and should have been building up the whole time, not just exploding all at once at the end.

On a personal preference note, she's at it with the rhetorical questions again as a narrative device, and there were a ton of them, which was irritating. They weren't as bad as they were in Royal Holiday, though, so there's that. I will read her next book, but if the books continue to feel as, I don't know, *uninspired* as these last two have felt, I may be done reading Guillory's books.

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Apr 24, 2020 b.andherbooks rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc, contemporary, library-journal

A recently relocated lawyer meets cute with a generically handsome white guy at her hotel bar, gushing over there love of basic desserts. She regrets not having a one night stand with him, but soon discovers via the nightly news he's the famously hot new California junior Senator. After another run in at a local board meeting, Olivia and Max agree to start dating, agreeing to keep it on the down low. Olivia's reluctance to be thrust into the spotlight and Max's tendency to jump head first into a ...more

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Aug 29, 2020 Lisa (Remarkablylisa) rated it liked it

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it talked about a lot of important issues from politics, black women in the workplace, feminism, sexism, while also focusing on the love story between a black female lawyer and a white governor/ political figure. I enjoyed it for the fluffy sweet bits but it lacked in steam factor. The scenes were fade to black or lacking in a lot of ways. The main conflict was unreasonable as it came out of nowhere. The action done by the character did not seem fitting as he's described as perfect and intellige ...more

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Jun 23, 2020 Lacey rated it it was ok

Shelves: chick-lit, romance

2.5 stars, rounded down

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Jul 05, 2020 Becca Freeman rated it it was amazing

This series just keeps getting better and better. My favorite book from Jasmine Guillory yet!

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Jun 21, 2020 Wendy'sThoughts rated it liked it

Recommends it for: Jasmine Guillory Fans, Romance

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This had all the makings of the continuing series by Ms. Guillory. She has a deft hand with touching timely, so incredibly timely issues of the day. She is able to bring them to life with a coupling of people we have met from the past books and have them discover their attraction to someone unexpected.

With the characters having massive amounts of yu ...more

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Jun 09, 2020 Bethany rated it liked it

Shelves: black-authors, 30plus-romance, 2020-arcs

Party of Two is an opposites attract romance following Olivia, the sister of the MC in The Wedding Date, as she moves back to Los Angeles to start her own law firm. She unexpectedly meets Max, a junior senator who is charming and does well in the spotlight. This book feels very timely in terms of having a hero who is an elected official advocating for a criminal justice reform bill. And in fact, we get some great conversations about the unequal effects of the criminal justice system on those fro ...more

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Jan 09, 2020 Natalia Allen rated it liked it

I love the Wedding Date series and can’t wait to read more about this wonderful universe Jasmine Guillory has created.
Olivia is my favorite protagonist so far, and I really resonated with a lot of the feelings and struggles that she faced. However, her chemistry with Max for me was just...not there. Their relationship issues did not seem resolved at the end and they were overall not my favorite couple from this series.
It was still a fun read and I still recommend it if you’re into the series. ...more

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Jul 09, 2020 Helen Dunn rated it really liked it

Shelves: wordofmouth

This was cute! It reminded me a lot of the OG book The Wedding Date when so much of the romance centered around eating junk food together! I really like that first book by Guillory but was harder for me to warm up to the characters in the other book of hers that I've read (The Proposal) (I suspect that has more to do with me than her and is more about my mood when reading them than anything else.)

But like I said, I enjoyed this one even if it's a little bit of a crazy plot and I'm reading mostly ...more

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Jul 13, 2020 Usha rated it it was ok

2.5 stars.
I had same issues with this book as I did with Book #1 in this series. Guillory's main characters, a 39 years old US Senator and a 30 plus years old attorney enter into a relationship and eat a lot of food (diet centering on pizza, tacos, fries and baked goods galore). The issue is - that their banter and interactions are comparable to that of a teenager. I swear, my children, who are in their early twenties have more mature conversations, and most of the time, can address their rela ...more

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Aug 23, 2020 Blackjack rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: published-2020

Disappointing

This was my first Jasmine Guillory novel and I came to it with high expectations, which may partly explain why I finished it feeling disappointed. However, if I had to sum up succinctly why this book didn't work for me as much as I had hoped, it is because the Issues overwhelm the romance. I sympathize with and even share Guillory's social ideas but not far into the book, I began to feel as if the characters became mouthpieces for the issues Guillory is examining, and it felt awkwar Disappointing

This was my first Jasmine Guillory novel and I came to it with high expectations, which may partly explain why I finished it feeling disappointed. However, if I had to sum up succinctly why this book didn't work for me as much as I had hoped, it is because the Issues overwhelm the romance. I sympathize with and even share Guillory's social ideas but not far into the book, I began to feel as if the characters became mouthpieces for the issues Guillory is examining, and it felt awkward and transactional.

The book opens with a charming scene where newly transplanted attorney Olivia, having just arrived in Los Angeles from NYC, is ready to begin a new life. She's desperately hoping that she and her best friend can succeed in their new start-up law firm, and Olivia is ready and committed to devote her life to its success. Meeting a handsome and funny man at the hotel bar on her first night in town was the last thing she was expecting. Max too finds Olivia witty and beautiful and is immediately smitten, and though he feels too uncomfortable asking her for a date then and there, he doesn't forget about her, and the next time they accidentally cross paths, he's ready to try his hand at getting Olivia to go out with him. Thus begins a rapid flurry of texts and dates that lead quickly to sex and falling in love. I was a little surprised by how smoothly their romance takes off and like most romance readers, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. What is the conflict in this story?

Well, for one, Max is a junior senator, and as such, he leads a highly public life that jars with Olivia's understated and cautious personality. She's not at all sure if being in the spotlight is a role she can envision for herself. Then there is the Issue of Olivia's arrest as a young black teenager on misdemeanor breaking and entering, and Max is a white politician who has invested a great deal of energy into dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. Olivia becomes suspicious that she functions as a token person of color in Max's life to bolster his image as a white pol wanting to be a public ally with racial civil rights movements. In actuality, Max is madly in love with Olivia, but she feels he is also fully immersed in white male privilege that at times allows him to exist in a somewhat arrogant bubble. They never really talk about their racial differences, and it surprised me that their interracial relationship is not really addressed until three quarters of the book is underway. At times it's difficult to determine if their interracial relationship is central or if the main conflict of the book is that their unique personalities of Max as an extrovert versus Olivia's introvert nature is more of the problem. I think too that most romance readers know that communicating with a partner is key to a relationship's success, and this is one area of the story that exasperated me to no end. Hurt feelings took center stage far more often than mutual understanding.

As a heroine-centric reader, I tend always to look to the female protagonist first and foremost, but in this book Olivia is a brittle, insecure, and tightly wound perfectionist and those traits serve as the reasoning behind some unfair treatment of the hero. Max is represented as impetuous and clumsy in his timing, and his missteps seem to offer a motive for Olivia to end their relationship a number of times. Thus, we have the clunky emergence of best friends to step in and help shed light on the misunderstandings. These secondary characters felt one-dimensional and exist to further the plot. Max's best friend is black and so his advice is to remind Max of the extra burdens black women face, while Olivia's best friend is white and she reminds Olivia that Max needs educating on his privileges. So this is all fine, except that it is telling and a very obvious and direct manner of storytelling. Overall, there is a lack of seamless storytelling here that could have taken these ideas and presented them in less pedantic ways. ...more

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Jun 16, 2020 Stacee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2020, netgalley

Well, this one is definitely my favorite of the series.

I’ve been intrigued by Olivia since we met her in The Wedding Date. She’s smart and loyal and strong and seriously kickass. Max is charming and adorable and so impulsive. Together, they are opposites and it was delightful reading their meet cute and bonding over desserts.

Plot wise, it was good. Their relationship moved organically and even though they were often apart, it didn’t feel that way. There was a good amount of communication and t ...more

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Nov 07, 2020 J.Paul Thunders rated it liked it

Shelves: adult-fiction, romance, humor, 2020-read

i don't know what's wrong with me. i mean, i am a sucker for romance, kissing, sex, and all, but i didn't feel anything spectacular reading this. not the worst i've read but that was alright. ...more

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Apr 07, 2020 destiny ♡⚔♡ [howling libraries] marked it as to-read

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Of course I requested an ARC of this (and was approved) before realizing it was #5 in a series I haven't read any of the books in. 😂 OF COURSE I DID. Does anyone know if I need to read #1-4 first, or if I could start with this one and go back for the rest later? ...more

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May 25, 2020 Jessica | Booked J rated it really liked it

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As always, a copy of this book was provided by the author or publisher in exchange for my honest review. This does not effect my opinion in any way.

The Wedding Date :
The Wedding Date: ★★★★☆
The Proposal: ★★★★★
The Wedding Party: ★★★☆☆
Royal Holiday: ★★★☆☆
Party of Two: ★★★★☆

While my favourite in Jasmine Guillory's delightfully swoon-worthy and steamy The Wedding Date series is still, without a doubt, The Proposal, Party of T ...more

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Nov 21, 2020 Erin rated it really liked it

Shelves: written-by-women, african-american-author, november-2020

Gilmore Girls A Thon: A complicated love interest

This is book #5 in The Wedding Date series so I can't really think of much to say that I haven't already said about the other books in the series.

Party of Two is probably the only book in the series that I would say can be read as a stand alone because only one character from another book makes an appearance in this book. Olivia has just moved from New York City to Los Angeles to open her own law firm with a close friend. One night at a hotel ba ...more

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Aug 08, 2020 ✨ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-reads

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars!!
Ahh probably one of my favourite books from the series, right next to ‘The Wedding Date’!! I didn’t have too great of an experience with book four, but this definitely did not disappoint! Overall, if you’ve been enjoying ‘The Wedding Date’ series so far, I already know you’ll love this!

In book one and three, we’re introduced to Olivia Monroe, Alexa’s older sister. Olivia has recently moved to LA to set up her own law firm with her best friend. Olivia is a very private person wh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars!!
Ahh probably one of my favourite books from the series, right next to ‘The Wedding Date’!! I didn’t have too great of an experience with book four, but this definitely did not disappoint! Overall, if you’ve been enjoying ‘The Wedding Date’ series so far, I already know you’ll love this!

In book one and three, we’re introduced to Olivia Monroe, Alexa’s older sister. Olivia has recently moved to LA to set up her own law firm with her best friend. Olivia is a very private person who liked to have a lot of time to make her decisions and plans ahead.

Max is the state senator. He is definitely the exact opposite of Olivia - impulsive and extremely public with his life, as you can imagine. The two of them meet at a bar, and things just go well from there.

The main tension within the plot is the fact that Max is a senator who lives a majority of his life in public, while Olivia still feels a bit
uncomfortable to be so unreserved with her life. Another common issue seemed to be the personality clash - where Olivia took a while to make her decisions, while Max made his in a split second. I was really able to feel for both of the characters and see things from their perspective, which I really enjoyed. I liked how their chemistry gradually built up, and they were able to have such a strong relationship.

The ending of the book was probably my favourite - the epilogue was so cute. Oh boy did I love that. If you’ve read this book already, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about; and if not - you’ll find out soon! No matter what, it was one of my favourite endings out of all the books in the series!

In general, it took me about five days to finish all of the books in the series - a day and a bit for each. Mind you, I am on summer holidays right now so I do have a bit of time on my hands! If you’re into young adult romance novels, I would highly suggest this book, and the series overall! The author, Jasmine Guillory, does not disappoint with her writing style. x ...more

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Jasmine Guillory is a graduate of Wellesley College and Stanford Law School. She is a Bay Area native who has towering stacks of books in her living room, a cake recipe for every occasion, and upwards of 50 lipsticks.

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