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My Best Friend's Royal Wedding is a sweet, romantic novel about European aristocracy and all the pomp and circumstance that goes along with a royal wedding. While this book can't compete with some of the more well-known titles in this genre, it is certainly a light, fun read that is perfect for royal watchers.
I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.
REVIEW: My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding
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I’m a sucker for a royal themed romance. That’s what attracted me straight away to this one!
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First, I’ll start off by saying that the formatting was off. I think this was a publisher thing but there weren’t any indents or line breaks which really made it tough to physically read.
In terms of the book, I didn’t love Adam as a hero. As a sucker for a hard working, genuine hero, Adam was not that (in my opinion). He was super entitled - which he owned. But I still just didn’t love it. I also found Khara’s character to be a bit whiny and judgemental. Thus, I didn’t feel the pull between these two and found myself not really caring if they got their HEA.
The author did write the setting and all its descriptors very well though! It’s a nice, predictable palette cleanser read.
Thank you netgalley and one more chapter for this ARC❤️
I enjoyed this book.
Really fun and clevery written. I imagine the author had to do slot of research into Royalty as there is a fair bit of detail.
This would make a great holiday read!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting my request for an ARC of this book. The review below is entirely my own opinion.
I went into this blind, not knowing that the MC’s of this story were the secondary characters in one of the author’s older books. I only found about this bec after finishing this ARC, I looked for MsSommer’s backlist hoping to find a book about Phoenix and Max (Khara and Adam’s best friends in this book). They were the characters who really captured my interest. And to be honest, this book feels like one whole extended epilogue to Phoenix and Max’s love story.
So while I liked reading about Khara and Adam, I only kept reading bec the setting of the story was during Phoenix and Max’s wedding. And honestly, I wasn’t crazy over Adam, the hero, because he was such a douche for most of the book.
So for fans of Waking up in Vegas (Westerwald Trilogy #1) by Romy Sommer , I think you’ll really love this story. Bec like I said, it’s one long epilogue and there are lots of cameos from the entire Westerwald series.
I'm superficial, I'll admit it! I was totally drawn to this book by the beautiful cover. Unfortunately, it was a tough read for me. I really struggled to finish it and pretty much skimmed the last 75% of the book.
The formatting of the ebook made it really hard to read. I understand its a pre-publication copy but it was hard to follow the story with all the weird line breaks.
The biggest thing for me is that I did not like either of the two main characters. The hero, Adam, is a European royal (the heir to the throne after his cousin's untimely death). He's basically lazy and unmotivated and even owns up to it. Those aren't really appealing characteristics in a romantic hero. Khara is a Vegas bartender who is in Europe for her best friend's wedding. I just found her to be whiny and judgmental. I really did not care if these two got together by the end.
First of all, thank you so much NetGalley and One More Chapter for giving me the chance of reading this romance book. I have to say that I am new to Romy Sommer; this is my first book written by her. Honestly, I had a love and hate relationship with this book; it took me two weeks to read it - why? because of 1) the format and 2) one of the characters. Generally speaking, I enjoy reading the story, I did really liked every single royal detail. I love knowing about the royal protocol and life but the book's format IS annoying.
Book's format - it hasn't a beginning or and end at all. This book annoyed me every time I started reading a new chapter because I hate reading the book, being so into the story to then, reading "chapter twenty (or different one)". Then, later on, the same story, I hope the final ebook has a format, where there is a page for every chapter.
Characters:
Khara: I am so sorry if she's the main female character but she IS annoying; she made me mad through out the story. Her bad judgement to rich people, really, they treated her with respect even though they knew she comes from a middle class family and is a waitress. Yes, there were a few rich individuals that were disrespectful with her but that doesn't mean she has to generalize. Adam has proved her wrong, again, yes! he is and was a jerk, but that was the old Adam!.
In summary, I'm giving three stars to this story because of its format, typos, and the female character. I really enjoyed how Romy explained every royal wedding protocol. In general, the story is good, sweet, light where nothing is complex. Well, just Khara. Adam, the main male character, he changed for good thru and with the story.. Will I recommend it? Yes.
This had everything I love in a romance book! Great characters, good dialogue and of course royalty! Couldn’t put this down! Would recommend to fans of Sophie Kinsella and Helen Hoang.
I loved this book so much! I love reading modern-day royal romances, and this one was definitely a fav. The characters were all so fun, and I loved the friendship between Khara and Phoenix, even Khara and Max! Also, omg. Adam. He was so hot!
This book was really well written. The romance, the banter, the friendships between the characters, it was all so good and I cannot wait to buy this book! I'll post a full review near the pub date.
This book was so cute! I love it when the characters evolve so much in the story that you go from not liking them to loving them by the end!
Arc provided by NetGalley. Light, fun romantic read. Nick is a rich, royal who is use to getting what he wants, khara is a las Vegas bartender that lives in a trailer. She points this out more than once. She is working her way thru college. She has run into more than her share of rich, entitled men who are use to getting what they want. She waitresses for nick one night and he propositions her. A year later, she is a bridesmaid at her best friends royal wedding. Her friend who was also a waitress is marrying her own prince. It’s a little far fetched that two Las Vegas waitresses find their own princes to marry but if you can look passed that part this is a fun, hot romance book. There is humor and romance and sex scenes. Everything to make your heart happy. Though predictable I still
Enjoyed reading it and would recommend it if my friend wanted a light hearted, fun romance book.
I love a royal romance and I must say I enjoyed this one. To begin with I didn't really like Khara and Adam but as the story progressed I found myself liking them more and more.
Nothing new or original but a good royal romance done well!
My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding is a sweet and enjoyable romance.
Khara is jaded when it comes to flashy arrogant wealthy men. She wants nothing to do with them but when she goes to Europe for her best friend’s wedding she cannot deny her attraction to the best man who exemplifies everything she avoids in a man. Khara and Adam both came into the story with misconceptions but I loved the growth of both characters in this story. The plot moved along quickly and its the type of book that is perfect for a light and fun read!
I was given a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
This was a super cute romcom between a maid of honor and the best man. While strong and independent, Khara does a bit have a bit of an outdated and backwards attitude during much of the book. While playboy Adam has to learn to grow up and make adult decisions, they learn to grow together...or not.
This was a cute premise and had some fun banter and romantic moments, but I had trouble connecting with the characters and never became too invested in their story as a result. I didn't realize it was a spin-off of another series, so perhaps I would've enjoyed it more had I been familiar with some of the characters or their world. Overall, not the best version of the royal romance tropes I love.
2 stars
I could not connect with this book, like at all. And I love royal romance books. I have real a LOT of them! This one missed the mark for me. I struggled with it from page one.
My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding by Romy Sommer.
Khara works as a cocktail waitress in Vegas and her best friend is marrying European head of state and she is the bridesmaid. Adam the best man on first appearance looks to be arrogant privileged and very wealthy. Khara feels very much out of her depth in such a wealthy class orientated environment which is very different from her everyday life.
The trials and tribulations between Khara & Adam on the preparations on social side on the run up to a royal wedding and the relationship between are very humorous and the twists and turns make for a very good read in this Romcom novel. They are Very enjoyable and made you want to continue reading to find out what was going to happen to them both next.
Well written lots of interesting turns not always as you would expect
Thank you for allowing me to preview this title. Unfortunately I was unable to finish it. I just could not connect with the characters. I detested Adam and wasn't particularly fond of Khara either. Just not my cup of tea. But thank you!
Khara is invited to her best friend's wedding. In Europe. She must go because she is the bridesmaid. And of course, the Best Man is, gorgeous. And rich. And sexy as hell.
But she has met him before. He doesn't even remember that night. But he tried to spend the night with her one year ago. In Las Vegas. In the casino where Khara works.
So, saying that Khara is not very happy to see Jim is the understatement of the year.
Both their lives are going to get complicated during a month. Khara is living a fairy tale. And Adam has to face the most important decision in his life.
I liked the story. The banter between the characters is brilliant. And even though I haven't read the previous books, I didn't feel lost in any moment.
The book was alright. I struggled to connect with Khara and Adam though and so wasn’t completely invested in their story.. Worth a look if you like light, fluffy romance.
This book was a mess. to be honest I think this just suffered from a case of me putting too much pressure on it because I love royalty books but it ended up flopping which was unfortunate.