Solange gets roped into helping her cousins during a wedding and winds up crashing the wedding - literally. Dean and Ella are marrying for convenience, not love - in fact, Ella is in love with someone else! So Solange interrupting his vows doesn’t really bother Dean - except that it throws a wrench in his carefully laid life plans. When Dean needs a fake girlfriend for a few weeks for work, he thinks of Solange - she does owe him one, right? What’s a few weeks of pretending to date an incredibly attractive man with whom you have sizzling chemistry with, right?

I loved the characters of Solange and Dean. Mia Sosa has a gift for having her characters jump off of the pages - I really felt their chemistry and the tension between them! I also loved seeing Lina and Max return!

Thanks to the author/publisher and NetGalley for the ARC!

If you think this is just another cute romcom, think again. Giving life to the fake dating trope, Solange and Dean will have you cackling as you follow all of their shenanigans—Including getting propositioned by a swinger couple on their first outing.

Mis Sosa goes, you think you know what’s coming, hold my champagne and watch this… this isn’t JUST a party at a club. That’s right besties, it’s a ‘special’ kind of club.

If you like to laugh, enjoy a good fake dating story, and wedding that doesn’t end in marriage (oops), then give this a try!

4/5 ⭐️ | 3.5-4/5 🌶 | 18+

A social thank you to Avon for my gifted copy.

I'm normally not a fan of wedding crasher stories but for some reason this one had me laughing pretty much from the first page till the end.

thank you to the publisher, l, and the author for letting me read an ARC of this amazing
story through NetGalley.
So this book trope is fake dating which is one of my favorite tropes
It starts with Solange who learns sth about the wedding and decides to crash it later on dean wants to go through a job promotion so he asks her to be his fake girlfriend since she is the one who ruined the wedding .I felt that the chemistry between max and Caroline was much stronger than dean and Solange but these two were cute too. Mia Sosa writing style is so lovely there were so many funny moments in this book that I enjoyed it a lot. The best part were the character development it was so relatable.overall it is going to be one the sweet rom coms of 2022.
My rating :4/5 stars

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This was a fun and compelling story that was a fresh take on the fake dating trope. I really enjoyed the whole cast of main characters and delighted in disliking the villains. There was one scene that seemed out of place in the book, to me, but otherwise was very enjoyable!

This is a fake dating romance featuring Dean, a lawyer who has his whole life planned, including a strategic marriage of convenience, and Solange, an educator/social worker who crashes Dean’s wedding to keep him and his intended from marrying for all the wrong reasons. When Dean realizes that having a girlfriend would make him more competitive at a shot of becoming partner, he asks Solange to enter into a fake relationship, which she’s on board with since she’s in need of a fake boyfriend as well thanks to her mother’s lie to save face with her annoying cousin. Talk about a relationship of convenience!

Thus ensues a steamy romance with all of the predictable tropes, including having to share a bed, finding their chemistry is off the charts when they have to act like they’re in love by sharing public displays of affection, and more. Of course, they’ve both made it clear from the start that they’re not interested in love and commitment, and it’s baggage from being raised by single moms at the root. Although there’s nothing particularly unique or memorable in this version of the fake dating trope, Solange’s family dynamics, especially between her Brazilian mother and two aunts, make for an amusing journey. It’s also fun to catch up with Max and Lina from The Worst Best Man. (Solange and Lina are cousins and more like sisters.)

If you’re looking for a fun, easy read that’s light on the angst and ripe with sexual tension, pick this one up.

I received a complimentary ARC of this book from Avon through NetGalley in
exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

WOWIE. honestly mia sosa outdid herself with this one. i read the worst best man back in september and gave it three stars, because it was cute, but just kinda slow for me. but WOOOOO solange and dean???? GIVE. ME. MORE. i love them so so much!!! this story just made me feely all mushy inside the whole way through. i loved it!!

This was a cute read. I enjoyed this more than her first novel and felt it was definitely steamier. My two negatives would be 1. It felt very long for what it was and 2. The ending “wedding” was a bit too cheesy for my liking. The epilogue was a nice ending, though. I’ll definitely check out Sosa’s next novel.

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

What would you do if you knew a wedding was doomed from the start? After overhearing the bride confessing her love for another person the morning before the wedding, Solange is faced with that exact choice. She doesn't know the bride and groom and frankly their relationship is none of her business, but can she really break up a wedding? Yes. And that's just the beginning.

The Wedding Crasher is an adorable book filled with fake dating tropes which happen to be one of my favorites.

5/5 Stars!

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager, Avon for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

When Solange interupts a wedding to ask the bride if she really wants to do this - she doesn't expect to find herself pretending to date the groom a few weeks later. Dean is in a bind a work and up for a promotion and his bosses want someone with a partner, and he knows Solange can help him out.

He never planned on love - he's never looked for it or wanted the power it would have over him, but as he and Solange get closer they realize neither one of them might have the right idea of what they want from their lives, but can they choose each other?

When Solange decided to help her cousin with her wedding planning, she never expected to run into the bride declaring her love for another person on the day of the wedding. What's a girl to do when that happens? The only right thing would be to stand up in front of everyone and say yes, she objects to the wedding.

Solange is devastated that she broke up the wedding. But groom, Dean doesn't seem to torn up about it and an unlikely friendship forms between the two. When Dean has a huge favor to ask of Solange, she doesn't even hesitate. Fake date for the sake of getting Dean a promotion - she's in! But when the fake dating starts to feel real with Dean and Solange make a move to make it a real relationship or go their respective ways.

The Wedding Crasher was such a great fake dating rom-com. I truly enjoyed the interactions between Dean and Solange and was literally laughing out loud on more than one occasion. But I also enjoyed the sweet and tender moments between Dean and Solange when they were their most vulnerable and sharing their hopes and dreams.

I really enjoyed all of the secondary characters in The Wedding Crasher. Everyone from Lina and Max (the previous couple from The Worst Best Man) to the Tia's and cousins. Their family dynamic was a huge part of the story and I enjoyed their machinations to get Dean and Solange together for real.

Overall, I really enjoyed The Wedding Crasher and hope we get Jaslene's story soon!

Solange interrupts a wedding after she sees the bride confessing her love to someone in a stairwell, someone not the groom. Dean, the slighted groom, asks Solange to pretend to be his girlfriend to help him get ahead at work. Of course they fall in love.

There was a lot to enjoy about this book. Both of the main characters are really guarded, but for wildly different reasons. It was really fun watching them fall in love and then learn how to truly be themselves. That being said, this book featured some of my least favorite tropes: villain with no redeeming features (with bonus apologetic wife), a completely unnecessary sex party that didn't affect the plot at all, and a bit of a deus ex machina.

I really loved some of the side characters and the people who made this book feel really full. Solange's family is delightful. I really liked the kids at Solange's school. Basically, the book makes it clear that Solange has a full life and Dean's is mostly surface level, and that was really well done.

This is my first Mia Sosa book and I loved it. The Wedding Crasher, coming to bookshelves near you in April 2022, is such a cute, fun fake dating love story. And I realized after I started it that it’s a sequel to Mia Sosa’s last book, The Worst Best Man which I will be picking up very soon. ⁣
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Thank you so much to @netgalley and @avonbooks for this gifted egalley.

Solange and Dean are opposites in ever way, but you know what they say…opposites attract. Solange is a firecracker, fierce and caring. She has a good head on her shoulders, but that’s nothing compared to Dean’s regimented, perfectly planned life. When Solange blows up Dean’s marriage of convenience, he needs her to be the fake girlfriend that makes all of his career dreams come true. Where fake relationships transpire, real feelings are quick to follow. Solange and Dean fall into sync with ease and there is nothing fake about their chemistry.

I really enjoyed the development of Solange and Dean’s relationship. They were a perfect pairing of wit, fun, tenderness and friendship. And Dean’s character development was especially satisfying. I felt like the storyline was perfectly paced and it was enjoyable from start to finish.

I love a book where one of the characters has this rigid plan for life and then another comes in and shows them how beautiful it can be to just throw the plans out the window sometimes.
I appreciated how while Dean needed to release his need for control so did Solange. She had to realize that she was running away constantly instead of putting down roots. I find it more interesting when both characters have to grow.
There was one part that was a little out there for me but overall I loved the tension and steam. And can we talk about how amazing consent is 👏🏼 because it was written so well in this book.
Also I need to start looking up books before I read them to see if there is a book before it haha so I guess I’ll need to go back and read The Worst Best Man 😂

”Remembering the premise of the latest romance novel on my nightstand, I can’t help wondering whether this could be the start of my own love story…”

The Wedding Crasher is a tough book for me to rate. It had a lot of elements that I really loved—stellar humor, strong family ties, and representation of Brazilian culture. Solange and Dean, the two main characters, were sweet and likeable; I loved their witty banter, their sizzling chemistry, and how they related to each other.

”You don’t always get to choose how you feel about someone. Sometimes your heart makes the decision for you.”

On the other hand, I don’t tend to enjoy romance novels that require suspension of disbelief, and so much about this story fell completely outside the bounds of reality. From the way Dean and Solange met, to the way their fake dating trope began, to the way they finally acknowledged their true feelings in the end… literally everything about their story felt completely implausible.

”Being so afraid to make a mistake has led me to build a life that’s hollow in the places that matter the most.”

So, while there were a lot of really sweet and funny moments, all of the unrealistic components made it hard for me to buy into the narrative and harder for me to enjoy it. Fans of Hallmark movies and similarly-improbable (yet super sweet & upbeat!) rom-coms like The Dating Plan or Eight Perfect Hours will probably really enjoy The Wedding Crasher.

”If there’s any chance that you’ll be a part of my life, I can handle all of the other unknowns.”

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Thanks to Mia Sosa, Avon, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I really loved Sosa's last book, The Worst Best Man, so I was a bit disappointed with this one. It's not as funny, nor is the chemistry anywhere near as good as her last book. That said, she once again creates a great set of supporting characters, likable leads, and a fun read.

Thank you so much to Avon and Harper Voyager for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I was so excited to read The Wedding Crasher after enjoying The Worst Best Man earlier this year! Overall, I think I enjoyed TWBM more, but TWC was by no means a bad book. I’m a sucker for books that feature a character who “don’t believe in/aren’t searching for love,” and in the case of TWC, both Dean and Solange fit those archetypes and start dating in what they both consider a purely transactional relationship….until they both start catching feelings for each other. I liked the fake dating aspect of this book, and it was nice seeing both Dean and Solange having so much fun with their fake relationship and being so comfortable with each other. However, I do feel like the connection between Max and Lina was stronger than between Dean and Solange, which is why I think I enjoyed TWBM more. I’d probably give this 3.5 stars overall, rounded up!

This author does it again. Absolutely beautiful rom com. The slow burn is real in this one. Loved these characters and loved to see some of the other characters from the worst beat man make it to this book. Would totally recommend this one

The Wedding Crasher
Rating : 5 stars

Synopsis:
The Wedding Crasher is the second book following Sosa’s first book “ The Worst Best Man”. The Wedding Crasher is an interconnected standalone about Solange and Dean. We see the story start with Dean who is about to get married, not based on love but on ambition and convenience. After hearing the bride make a surprising confession, Solange interrupts the wedding and puts a stop to the ceremony. Fast forward a few weeks later, Dean ,who is lawyer, is trying to make partner at his girl and finds himself needing a significant other to make himself seem more marketable and reel in a high profile potential partner/client. Dean needs a fake girlfriend and pretends to be dating Solange. Meanwhile, Solange is also in need of a fake boyfriend after her mother tells the family that she is in a serious relationship. In this whirlwind of fake dating, sparks fly, views shift, and emotions sneak up on our main characters.

Review:
This was one of my most anticipated reads. I read “The Worst Best Man” and fell in love with the the main characters, the side characters, and the little restaurant/store Rio de Wheaton, that sounds like it would be a wonderful restaurant that I would absolutely love. I was so excited to find out that we would be seeing more of the characters that I read about in the first book. I could clearly visualize the setting throughout the entire book and the food descriptions made me so hungry. I can honestly say I would want to try everything in the restaurant/store. I really enjoyed the reading about the bits of culture, language, and good that was woven into the story. It made the story real and gave the characters more depth.

Solange is an amazing character who is empathetic and wholesome. She is strong willed and independent, however I loved seeing the development in her character from the beginning to the very end. She's driven and passionate about what she does, I found myself laughing and enamored by her comments and shenanigans. I also really enjoyed Dean, while he was guarded against love and set in his ways, I found myself liking that about him and really enjoying the growth in his character as the story progressed. Dean is definitely one of my favorite book boyfriends now. He is sexy, confident, smart, and you can genuinely tell that he cares for Solange. I loved everything about this book and I honestly would love to see more about the other characters within this story.

This was a great romance and a great read, I truly enjoyed reading this and it made me believe in love and all its forms. The romance, the tension, and the spice made for an amazing book. I can not wait to see if there will be another book in the series. I will definitely be getting a paperback copy of this book upon its release. Mia Sosa is definitely a instant buy in my opinion.

Side note one of my favorite out of context quotes from the book:

“As one of the most prolific poets of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda, once wrote, ‘Fucking is easy, young man, loving is harder.’”

*Thank you so much to the author Mia Sosa, Netgalley, and (Avon and Harper Voyager) HarperCollins Publishers for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review