I enjoyed this book, fake dating/marriage is one of my favorite tropes. I loved that the story is set on Block Island, because I used to spend my summers there growing up. It brought back many happy memories.
I really liked Cecily’s character, she was fully fleshed out and I could relate to her uncertainty about her writing. 4 stars.

From the Publisher:
When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers. To the horror of Cecily's family, which is a big fan of big white weddings, they elope to City Hall. Now they're back on Block Island, pretending to be a real married couple, and finding that however fake the relationship may be, the mutual attraction is all too real. With Cecily vying for a literary award, Nate striving to get past his writer's block, and plans to annul the marriage after the MFA program ends, what could possibly go wrong?

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Fun, cute, quick read and perfect for the summer!

CJ is a librarian who was accepted into an MFA program where famous author Nate Ellis is an advisor. During break they are caught in a compromising position and they decide to get married so that neither of them get kicked out of the program.


Dual POV, Famous author, student writer, drunk karaoke and marriage of convenience made this book such a light and fun read.

This book was not mind blowing in any way but it was definitely a fun read and I really enjoyed the premise and seeing both of their POVs. I really liked both characters, their sense of humor and quirkiness and how they were developed.

I completed a hybrid reading of this book- I read the physical copy while listening to the audiobook and really enjoyed both! The narration was well done and the book was very good!

3.4 stars rounded up to 4!

Read to 27%. The first visit to Block Island was very enjoyable to read. When the man in characters return to their real lives the story fell flat for me. I love the writing style of the author, but the pacing is very slow.

3 stars

Overall, I enjoyed this book, but it seemed unbalanced at times. Both the FMC and MCM at times were portrayed as very immature which made me wonder how the other could be attracted to them. But at other times, they had great chemistry.

This was a cute and easy read, perfect for the summer. I enjoyed the marriage of convenience trope although I was uncertain how I would like it at first. I loved how our main characters were authors and the insight that brought into the career entails. Although the plot was good I felt that the pacing was a little off, especially towards the middle.

A fun fake dating romance for Cecily and Nate to stop them getting in trouble with their college where he is a tutor and she is a student. Will they get away with it without falling for real?

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is such a fun book and yet there was depth to the story as well. I loved it so much!

When librarian Cecily Jane Allerton and hotshot struggling author Nate Ellis are caught in a compromising position during their MFA program, they decide to get married to keep the haters from destroying their careers...

I absolutely could not put this story down! Cecily and Nate are both such great characters. I loved Cecily's own personal story with love, career and family. The story moved quickly and I loved how connected I felt to the FMC. It was interesting to be in the mind of an author and see all the hardworking that gets put into writing and publishing a novel.

You'll love this if you enjoy:
-marriage of convince
-dual POV's

What a read! This story was a roller coaster and a series of interesting events that lead to quite the explosion. There is a marriage of convenience, some pushy parents and two scandals that shape the story into an interesting read.

Cecily and Nate are well developed as characters and you could feel their real feelings for each other develop. In the end, I'm glad that they got their much deserved HEA.

Fake relationship (marriage) , haters to lovers, forced proximity, grumpy sunshine trope 🤌 I love this combination so much. This romcom stole away my heart as both the protagonists were from the book community and background, which absolutely stole away my heart from the beginning of the book.
The characters were so relatable and the scenario penned down were so charming ones. I had am amazing time reading this book.

Nothing wrong with the book I guess this just wasn't for me.

This felt more like a new adult than an adult book. The characters came very childish & I skimmed through a lot.

I guess this author isn't for me!

Thank you Netgalley & Publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed reading A Storybook Wedding by KJ Micciche. You will fall in love with all the characters. I received an ARC of this book courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and given freely. Happy Reading!

I liked that Cecily and Nate are writers and that the story is built around that. While Marriage of Convenience isn't one of my favorite tropes, I thought it was well written and developed. I enjoyed many moments throughout the book and several contemporary mentions and references. The only thing that was a little difficult for me at the beginning was that some chapters were very long, but it was fun to read this story.

⭐️rating: 4/5

This was a fun story, and different than what I had expected. It was pretty meta about the writing and publishing world, but I definitely learned more about what that world is like, and I enjoyed getting this first-hand view. Plus, the marriage of convenience was very fun of course.

It took me a little longer to get through as it didn’t have a strong pull to me, to suck me in, but it was still a fun story and I enjoyed it. The one bed trope is always a winner!

I especially liked the ending and how it all came together. Thankfully, the epilogue resolved some things at the end that I had still been wondering about.

All in all, I enjoyed it! I’m glad Cecily and Nate figured things out when they got difficult and that they fell for each other. It was a satisfying ending.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

While I didn’t hate this one - I didn’t love it. I just don’t think this one is for me. The humor was great and the marriage of convenience trope I enjoyed, but I found myself getting bored with this one.

The experience I had with A Storybook Wedding was, to say the least...weird. I really liked the vibe of the first 50%, the writing workshops, their work together, all of that was very interesting, but then the book totally turns around in the second part with the marriage of convenience and the protagonists' dynamics didn't like me that much. . So I don't really know what I thought, because even though I liked the beginning, I hated the ending. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc in exchange for an honest review!

This is a fake dating trope story, about a student who agrees to marry her MFA professor to allow him to keep his job after she kisses him at a karaoke bar and it goes viral. This premise sounds problematic - and admittedly, it's not great that the professor in question didn't seem to be aware of the HR policies for his job - but they're close in age and he's not her direct professor when their relationship begins.

The story is... fine. There are a few times where the stories that the characters are writing are inserted, and you suddenly find yourself reading a chapter from a completely separate book, which took me out of things. It also seemed like everything was a little too good to be true for the student - she goes from never writing a novel to having a full draft ready to submit in a matter of months. She draws a little too heavily from her real life for this story, using her past heartbreak to fill the pages. The only problem: that heartbreak came when her ex-boyfriend ended up marrying her sister, a development she assured everyone she was fine with. Naturally, when her family finds out, all hell breaks loose... and I can't entirely blame the family. Yes, that was a terrible thing for the boyfriend to do, but she also never told them that she was hurt.

It's a fine story, but not my favorite, and ultimately the issues outweighed any enjoyment I got from the book. I just never really cared about the main characters, and I also found the premise of their fake marriage to save his job a little too icky to really enjoy the book.

Honestly, I requested this book because it fit one of the categories for a reading challenge through my local public library. I am also a sucker for librarians as main characters, and children's librarians are kinda close to my life as a school librarian.

Overall, this romance was underwhelming for me. I get very frustrated when clear communication could have fixed a situation. Did one of your grad students get drunk and then kiss you at karaoke after you (surprise!) performed with QuestLove? Explain that situation!

Instead, a fake marriage ensues with one bed and one overly jealous colleague, and all hell breaks loose.

There was a lot of potential but between the unwillingness to try the truth and characters with no sense of humor (both of the main characters were not amused by dirty literary pun t-shirts, they were awesome!), I just finished it so I could write a review.

The author did a great job writing from a technical standpoint. I will try another book by this author; perhaps the characters won't annoy me so much.

Thank you to Net Galley, and the wonderful Sourcebooks Casablanca for the eARC!

REVIEW: The Storybook Wedding ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“Some people may find it annoying, but when life gives me lemons, I just ask the lemons to please leave me alone until I can figure out what to do with them.” -KJ Micciche, A Storybook Wedding.

The Storybook Wedding really snuck up on me. I was blown away by how much I enjoyed this book. I loved it even more as an audiobook not only because there were dual points of view with different narrators, but the narrators really made the characters' voices believable. There was so much expression in everything they read.

Our main characters, Nate, a famous author, and Cecily, a children’s librarian who wants to be an author, brought so much to the story. Both characters had great depth, and their backstories really helped shape them. They had very distinct personalities that made me laugh and swoon throughout. Also, being in a professor and student situation made for more complexities in their story. Their back-and-forth chemistry was also so good. They made the story so much fun and made you want to know more about them. Their story contains marriage of convenience, same bed, forced proximity, and friends-to-lovers tropes.

Honestly, The Storybook Wedding might be one of my favorite reads so far this year. It had so much wit, romance, sweet moments, funny moments, and enduring characters. Throughout the book, I couldn't stop laughing, smiling, and enjoying everything. The ending was very satisfying as well. I recommend this as an audiobook because the narrators were so good that it sometimes felt like I was listening to a movie.

Thank you, Netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca, for the free advanced copy for my honest review!

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I loved this book so much.

I feel like I say that a lot in these reviews, BUT, I'm very particular about the books I read 😂😂

First - the things that CJ went through with her family - my goodness did that hit a little too close to home.

Second - that Alice lady? She can f**k all the way off, and take a long walk off a short pier.

And third - this book has actually inspired me to kinda maybe start writing some ideas down that have been floating around in the head (shhh! 🤫🤫)

Thank you so much to @sourcebookscasa and @netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for this review!
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