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I was so excited to read this book and really wanted to like it but honestly, I didn’t enjoy it very much. I just couldn’t get into it and it felt like I was reading to finish rather than because I really cared about the story or the relationship.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper for letting me read this book!

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This book was everything I hoped it would be and more! I absolutely loved this book! Solange is such a badass. She is smart, witty, and can hold her own. She is such a good mentor for the GED students she teaches, always willing to do whatever she can for them. And Dean, he is such an amazing person and great partner for Solange. He is driven, kind, and caring. He does many ProBono cases even though it does not bring any money in. Together, their chemistry is electric. They are witty and flirty even though neither of them want to fall in love. This book had me laughing out loud and had me blushing, the steam is there. This was such a great follow up book after The Worst Best-Man, I loved getting to know more about Dean and meeting Solange. Learning more about Brazilian culture was such an added bonus, specifically the food, I now desperately want to take a trip to Brazil.

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I love Mia Sosa and have convinced customers at my store to buy The Worst Best Man and I can’t wait to do the same with The Wedding Crasher. I adore her characters and the ways in which she writes their stories. The real issues that the couples face along with the happy endings make her books so fun to read. I loved it so much!

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Guess what guys? Wedding season is amongst us! This isn’t the best book to kick off wedding season with, but it still works lol.

First off shoutout to @NetGallery, #AvonandHarperVoyager and @miasosaromance for my #ARC of #Theweddingcrasher

This book follows Dean and Solange. Dean is a rigged planner who has his entire life planned and Solange is your typical go with the flow type girl. This book starts off on Dean’s wedding day in which Solange makes a discovery that causes her to crash his wedding. Since marriage was a part of his climb on the corporate ladder, he now has to enlist Solange to help him in a fake dating plan.

In a world of pandemics and chaos all around its nice to read a light fun book.

Reasons I loved this book

💜 Fake dating trope (my absolute fav)
💜 Spicy- it takes a while to get spicy, but its worth it y’all. On a scale of hallmark to BET Uncut it’s definitely in the middle (cable after 9pm on a Saturday 😂)
💜 Highlights of Brazilian culture- I loved learning about the Brazilian culture. I’m always so intrigued to learn about other cultures, especially when it involves food.
💜 Lovable supporting characters: There were a lot in this book. Lets just say that the MCs had a village.
💜HEA- and you know this man!

Overall I’d recommend this one to anyone who would like to have a light fun read. It comes out on April 5th and is currently available for preorder.

My rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

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This book was a ton of fun. As someone who has a… rudimentary understanding of Spanish, it’s always interesting to see the how many similarities there are with written Portuguese. This fake dating scenario was so fun and the hijinks got me. I love it when characters have to deal with strange situations. The chemistry between Solange and Dean was great, with a stellar secondary cast. I had a smile on my face for most of the time I was reading this book.

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This was such a fun read, especially around Valentine's Day. This book had me laughing, cringing (in a good way) at the characters, and blushing from the fluffiness. If you're looking for a fun, fake-dating, light-hearted book, The Wedding Crasher is perfect for you. It's one of those rom coms that is so easy to imagine in your head, that it keeps you turning the page wanting to keep imagery going. The Wedding Crasher is the perfect light and sweet novel to enjoy while sitting poolside or enjoying a sunny day after a long winter.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I really loved the playful communication style between Dean and Solange. I also really enjoy Solange's big family and the way that they care for one another and are in each other's business all the time. There were also some really fun moments in this book (a sex party? ok, sure!) and the meet cute was well done.

I always struggle with pop culture references in books and this was no exception. I haven't read a book where they seem to be naturally incorporated into the story. They feel unnecessary to me and it seems like they will date the book in the future.

Around the 50% mark, I found myself struggling to pick up the book and continue reading as I felt like there were lots of distractions preventing Dean and Solange from developing their relationship. Overall, it was fun and light but unfortunately it just didn't grab me in the way rom-comes typically do.

I enjoyed the epilogue and how Nia and Kimberly's story mirrored Dean and Solange's.

Overall, I would give this book 3 stars out of 5.

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“It’s really that over the course of the weeks I’ve known you, I’ve gotten glimpses of what it would be like to be your person. I’ve gotten a taste of what it would be like to be the one loving you. And it kind of feels like an honor. Like maybe I don’t deserve you.”

We have fake dating, and they’re sharing the same bed! Two tropes I love so much. Imagine the person who crashes your wedding turns out to be the love of your life?
This rom-com was exactly what I needed. I could not stop laughing. This book follows Dean Chapman and Solange Pereira, they’re complete opposites. However, they miracously agree to fake date after she crashes Dean’s wedding, to help save Dean’s job! But their futures don’t align. Dean is a workaholic who thrives off planning goals for himself, and achieving it, so love doesn’t fit into his picture, and Solange knows that. She wants a partner that’ll be all in. It sounds like a recipe for disaster, so she constantly tries to convince herself that she shouldn’t develop any sort of attraction/feelings for Dean. I thought that it probably wouldn’t work.. How would it work? But GUYSSS. Watching Dean realize he might be catching feelings for Solange, he did things she loved, just because it makes her happy. The FASHION SHOW? UGH I LOVED THAT. THEIR FIRST KISS? I LOVED THAT TOO. HIM WANTING TO HAVE “THEIR OWN THING” UGH. The way Solange’s family accepted him? It felt like I was apart of their family too lol! I ADORED THE TIAS! The side characters were just as enjoyable! I loved her best friend, Brandon. I really hope his story is next. I also loved the cultural representation in this book as well! It really made me want to visit Brazil and try some of the delicious food the author described in the book!

But you know what I loved most? The ENDING. Gosh! If my future partner doesn’t crash my wedding, then I don’t want you! Thank you so much Netgalley for the ARC!!!

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Love, love, love this book! It was such an awesome sequel to The Worst Best Man! I loved following Solange and Dean around. They are actually soulmates if I've ever read about any. The writing in this book makes it so easy to fall in love with the characters and the way their story unfolds. Both had different paths they were on but they found a way to merge together and it was awesome. Also the spice in this book..... WOW.

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A laugh out loud, fun and adorable rom-com. I devoured this book, reading it in one afternoon on a slow day at work. I laughed so much reading this. One of my favorite rom-coms this year.

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This book was just too unbelievable for me to fully get into it. Our main character Solange is assisting her cousin with a wedding. Not even knowing the bride or groom, she feels the need to stop their wedding when she catches the bride with another man. The groom then immediately thinks of Solange a couple of weeks later when he needs someone to play his fake girlfriend. Then some of the shenanigans they get into are just too over the top, it didn't feel real to me. 2/5 stars.

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This was a 3.5 star read, and I'm torn on whether to round up or down here. The value of the book is more in its parts than in its sum - there are a lot of really delightful vignettes but I'm not sure they all really come together well; the problem, I think, is likely in the pacing. But it was genuinely funny, and very hot - I don't remember the first book being this steamy. Good, not great.

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SYNOPSIS
Dean Chapman has a solid life plan, and marrying Ella is part of the plan. They have similar life plans and they both respect each other's goals. Enter Solange, who overhears something shocking right before the wedding. She's convinced that she can't let them go through with it.

A few week after the failed wedding, a chance for a promotion arises at Dean's firm, the only issue is that he needs a significant other for it. In a moment of panic, Dean claims to be in love with the woman who crashed his wedding. As they get to know each other better, the line between fake dating and real feelings start to blur, but they both want different things from relationships, so it probably won't work out anyway, right?

THOUGHTS
when I tell you I SWOONED while reading this, I'm understating it.
I was so invested and smiling from ear to ear throughout. The banter between Dean and Solange was immaculate. The tension? the pining??? Top notch. I mean who doesn't love a good fake dating with a side of the "only one bed" trope? I was honestly so hooked. I loved the family element as well, and I think the way family and parents can affect our views on love was portrayed so well. Dean and Solange were the most loveable characters and I loved all of the side characters as well. This book gave me all of the warm and fuzzy feelings. It's definitely a new favourite. Just thinking about it has me smiling again

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Wow I loved this book. Mia Sosa strikes again with a funny, beautiful, swoony, steamy love story! Dean was so interesting in The Worst Best Man and I was really intrigued to see how Sosa would craft his HEA. The conflict between Solange and Dean felt real - their tension, their mutually pining but holding back because of assumptions about the other, that one scene (YOU KNOW WHICH ONE) that I don't want to spoil. Just an overall really great story and I am so excited to have read an ARC. (less)

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I like the tropes used in this book, and I like the characters individually. But it did take me a while to really get into the story. The build-up to the fake dating was intriguing, but then it was slow going in the first phase of the relationship. The lead woman felt like she spent a lot of time judging her leading man. And that judgment just seemed to take up a lot of space and made the relationship a little tough to believe. Once the story got going a little over halfway in, I was happy with the pacing and development.

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I thought this was SO cute. Fake dating is probably my favorite romance trope, and this book nailed it. Solange and Dean had great chemistry and banter from their first meeting. They were both well-written and fleshed out; I felt like I got to know them very well. I really enjoyed the side characters too (Solange's family and Brandon especially). I just had a wonderful experience reading this book! I will definitely read it again.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy! This book is out on April 5th.

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Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me an arc. I absolutely loved this book. I loved the concept. The banter was top notch. I love some good banter. There are some super spicy scenes and I was not mad about it. One specific scene caught me super off guard, since I have never read that in a book before, but I loved it. Mia Sosa always knows what she is doing. I do not think there will ever be a bad book that comes from her.

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I enjoyed this book enough. It was really fun and had a great premise. For my own personal reading I'm tired of diverse romances ALWAYS having to have a white person as part of the couple and that was the biggest reason I wasn't in love with this book.

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4,5 stars

**Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the e-ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.**

I enjoyed this book much more than the first one, maybe because of the personality of the main characters, which made the book lighter, or it was the fake dating trope, that I personally love.

The story begins with Solange preventing Dean's wedding from happening, and after that, there will also be a situation at Dean's job that will make him ask for Solange's help, where they will have to pretend they are dating and living together.

I really liked Solange's personality. She is very fun, sarcastic and has a smart mouth.
I was expecting something totally different from Dean. I thought he was going to be more of a clown type, given what I'd seen of him in the first book, but it turned out he was more serious (which doesn't mean he was grumpy). I really liked that he always treated Solange very nicely and showed his playful side when he was with her.
I suspect Dean is a Capricorn or a Virgo: he doesn't want a relationship based on love, insted he wants one of convenience; he likes everything neat and clean in his own way; and even if he's the checklist guy, he's still funny and amusing.

The reading was very light and funny because of these protagonists's personalities.

One of the complications in their relationship is that they're both afraid of repeating their mothers' mistakes when it comes to love, even though their way of not repeating those mistakes are different. While Dean prioritizes work, trying to find someone who has similar goals to share his life with, Solange has difficulty making choices, so she is always experimenting the different possibilities when it comes to her professional career and her love life because of her fear of making choices that will ultimately screw her up. I thought it was really cool how this was approached subtly throughout the narrative.

The sexual tension of these two is ABSURD and they have several incredible scenes where they show that (aka the karaoke scene and the gala party).

I thought the main characters from the first book would appear more since Lina is Solange's cousin and Max is Dean's best friend, but that wasn't the case. Despite this, I liked the introduction of the protagonist's Brazilian family much more in this book than in the first. It seemed much more natural, especially the way Solange interacts with her cousins ​​(I related a lot with it since I'm brazilian).
It was very nice to have these mentions of Brazilian foods, the different ways of relating to the family, and also reading the dialogues in Portuguese (even if some of those weren't like we usually speak).

Overall I liked it a lot, and if the author writes more books from this family I will definitely read it.


RESENHA EM Pt-Br:

Quero começar dizendo que gostei muito mais desse livro que do primeiro. Talvez por conta da personalidade dos personagens principais, que deixaram o livro mais leve, e o trope aqui ser fake dating (que eu amo!).

A estória começa com a Solange impedindo o casamento do Dean de acontecer, e depois disso também vai rolar uma situação no trabalho do Dean que vai fazer com que ele peça a ajuda da Solange, onde eles vão ter que fingir que estão namorando e vivendo juntos.

Eu gostei muito da personalidade da Solange. Ela é muito divertida, sarcástica e tem a língua afiada.
Do Dean eu estava esperando algo totalmente diferente. Achei que ele ia ser mais do tipo palhaço, por conta do que eu tinha visto dele no livro primeiro, mas acabou que ele era mais sério (o que não quer dizer que ele era rabugento). Ele era muito legal com a Solange, principalmente.
Desconfio que o Dean é um capricorniano ou virginiano: ele não quer um relacionamento por amor, quer um por conveniência; gosta de tudo arrumadinho e limpo do jeito dele; e é o cara das checklists, mas não deixa de ser engraçado e divertido kkkk.
A leitura foi muito leve e engraçada por conta desse jeitinho dos protagonistas.

Acredito que uma das complicação para o relacionamento deles é que ambos têm medo de repetir os erros das mães quando se trata de amor, porém a forma como eles encontraram de não repetir esses erros são diferentes. Enquanto o Dean dá prioridade ao trabalho, para depois encontrar uma pessoa que tenha objetivos parecidos com os dele para compartilhar a vida; a Solange tem dificuldade de fazer escolhas, então ela está sempre experimentando as diversas possibilidades tanto em relação a carreira profissional dela, quanto a vida amorosa, pois ela tem receio de fazer escolhas que no final vão ferrar ela. Achei muito legal como isso foi abordado sutilmente ao longo da narrativa.

A tensão sexual desses dois é uma coisa absurda e tem várias cenas incríveis (COF COF a cena do karaokê e a da festa de gala).

Achei que os personagens principais do primeiro livro iriam aparecer mais, já que a Lina é prima da Solange e e o Max é melhor amigo do Dean, mas não foi o caso. Apesar disso, gostei muito mais da introdução da família brasileira da protagonista nesse livro, do que no primeiro. Pareceu muito mais natural, principalmente o jeito que a Solange interage com as primas (me identifiquei muito kkkk).
Sendo brasileira, é muito gostoso ter essas menções a comidas brasileiras, a forma diferente de se relacionar com a família, e também ler os diálogos em português.

No geral eu gostei muito, e se a autora escrever mais livro dessa família, com certeza lerei.

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What a cute read! I knew within a chapter of starting the Wedding Crasher that I was going to enjoy it. And I did! I devoured it in less than 2 days. It was lol funny, romantic, and hella steamy. That one scene… whoa 🥵. Sosa takes the whole damn cake with that one. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you get there.

I loved Solange, but honestly all of the characters were outstanding. I adored the strong family dynamic, but also appreciated the nod to single motherhood, and that families come in all shapes and sizes. ♥️

This was my first read by Mia Sosa, and I am looking forward to more.

Pub Date April 5th, 2022. Pre-order your copy now!

If you’re in the mood to devour a fun, opposites attract, spicy rom-com, definitely check out The Wedding Crasher. Side note, I didn’t read The Worst Best Man first. While you don’t “have” to, the characters are connected, so I wish I would have. I will for sure go back and read TWBM..

Huge thanks to NetGalley, Harper Voyager, and Mia Sosa for the advance copy in exchange my honest review.

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