THIS.IS.SOOOO.GOOD. I didn’t understand why some readers skipped this book or wrote some negative comments. I know exactly books arise some different feelings and bring out different opinions. But come on we have a sweetest, charming, so much likable, adorable book-boyfriend in da house. Yesss, let’s make some noise for MAX! If it is not for him, I could give the book four stars but his charm, patience, honesty stole my heart!

What I really liked about this story:

Author’s amazing sense of humor (I laughed out hard when I read the “Nutcrackers” reference and the size of the room dialogues between Rebecca and Lina when Max hid himself in the bathroom)

Sweet, swoony, delightful chemistry of couple: I want to call them LIMAX! I loved their sarcastic dialogues and their openness about their feelings.

Brazilian culture introduction: As a “meat-woman” (Most of my vegan friends turned into my enemies and wanted to bury me alive) I only know their amazing kitchen but thankfully I learned more about their traditions, sports and other special kitchen suggestions instead of meat dishes with this book and I enjoyed every part of it.

Only two things I wish about this book:

The TITLE: It shares the same name with one of my favorite Lucy Score’s rom-coms. And I never call anything “the worst” about “Max”! For the first time I loved hero more than a heroine.

LACK OF EPILOGUE PART: I loved the ending but I wish I could read more what will happen to this lovable couple in near future. Well, I think, we need to wait for till reading Dean’s upcoming story which I’m already invested right now. ( I love this name because of reminding me of Dean Winchester.)

OVERALL: Sweet, enjoyable, heartwarming, smart, entertaining rom-com that I truly needed.

Special thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers/Avon for sharing this swoony and funny ARC COPY in exchange my honest review. And thanks to Mia Sosa to enlighten my day with her talent and remarkable sense of humor.

Oof, this one is hard. I adored the concept and I was SO looking forward to reading this. The cover is spot on. The heroine's Brazilian family is fabulous and I loved how her heritage was a big part of her life. The hero was a ton of fun and easy to connect with.
All that said...
They had zero chemistry. She wasn't likable. Their initial conflict of circumstances and work challenge was enough, but then she went and threw on a bunch of juvenile BS without providing context, logic, or reason. While the book is written in first person, the reader is never fully let into the heroine's emotions, body cues, or thoughts--which means that at times it reads like a diary rather than an experience with a character.
I wanted so badly to enjoy this book. But for me, this one fell flat.

This was my first book by Mia Sosa. I had been meaning to read something by her for awhile now and the premise of this sounded so great. Unfortunately I may have started with the wrong book because this was entirely underwhelming for me. Max and Lina are given a lot of issuesresulting from past relationships, work experiences and their families, to work through in this story. None of them are really given adequate resolution. There is a lot of telling and not showing in these pages so nothing ever really clicked for me-not their attraction, their dealings with Lina's broken engagement, or their eventual commitment to each other. I might give another book by Sosa a shot but this one wasn't for me.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really fun and cute read. Getting the two-narrator point of view made the story move really quickly and was engaging and enjoyable. Both characters were very likable and the chemistry between the two was well-written and believable.

An enemies to lovers romance with an interesting twist!

There are a ton of Wedding Planner vibes in this one, but the MC's really make this book worth while. Lina Santos is such an amazing heroine! Her struggle with balancing her emotions in order to combat society's tendency to label Latina females as fiery and over emotional really resonated. This balancing act leads to an unfortunate situation where Lina is forced to work with her ex-fiance and his brother who convinced him to call off their wedding.

There are so many funny moments in this book, but the emotional bond that she and Max develop was beautifully written!

This book was fantastic - a true RomCom with both romance and comedy. Lina and Max were absolutely adorable together and the heat between them was smokin' but well-earned. I liked that both characters had agency. They each learned and grew from the first page to the last. It was my first novel by Mia Sosa, but definitely not my last. I look forward to the next book in this series and I'm excited that it will feature Max's best friend Dean.

In order for a rom-com to make its way to our shelves, it's got to be great. This one was just ok- there were elements that I enjoyed, but the main characters were not my favorites and I had a hard time overlooking their flaws. I usually enjoy the enemies to lovers trope, but I don't like it when there isn't a strong element of kindness below the surface.

Sassy and fun this romantic read has a lot of sizzle. I loved the characters and the banter between them. It was a quick romantic read full of passion and fun. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Funny and interesting tale of two brothers and a wedding planner. The way the author writes one can clearly see the action. This could so be a Lifetime or Hollywood script. Lina is smart and a stickler for details. Max is attempting to remove himself from his brother's shadow.The two band together to help each other achieve their goals. Can they ignore their growing feelings each other despite the fact that Lina was engaged to Max's brother?

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. This book had everything I love in a pick-me-up romance & I couldn’t be happier with it! I absolutely ADORED this charming story & I highly recommend it to lovers of romance.
Lina is a boss babe wedding planner who was left at the altar. She comes from a loud & fun family, but as a staple to her professional business career she has perfected the art of keeping her emotions in check. Needless to say, that became quite the challenge when, learning who she’ll work with on her chance at an incredible jobs, in steps her ex-fiancé and his frustratingly charming brother. This book is tense & sweet in ALL the right ways. I’ll be posting a full review closer to the release date.

*I received a digital ARC of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wedding planner Lina Santos is on the verge of a dream come true when she is approached by a hotelier who offers her the opportunity to apply for a wedding director position at her hotel. But there’s always a catch. In this case, Lina must team up with her ex-fiancé’s brother to put on a presentation—the same brother who convinced his own brother to not marry Lina.

A really great read alike for Fix Her Up and The Right Swipe. We love romances with POC! Love that Lina’s Brazilian culture was featured here and I love that Lina was Brazilian-American too because I felt very connected to her in that way being a Filipino-American.

Overall, this is a very fun read and I’m a little surprised at how low its ratings are when compared to books that are very similar. While both characters have their faults, I find them extremely likeable and their insecurities realistic. Max is very sweet without being cavity-inducing and Lina is spicy enough without making me want to spit her out.

I think Andrew’s arc was just lazily resolved. He was a little too much like a villain throughout until the very end and I would have liked to see a little more development of his character.

2 stars
I can't get over the best man is the groom's brother. And now it is not weird from them to be together? Lina and Max had a weird relationship. She hates him more than she hated her groom. I think it was supposed to be enemies to lovers, but missed the mark.

I loved the cover and the title. The premise sounded good, but I found myself asking, how was he the worst best man? Lina and Max had a lot heat and it was hard to understand why they were mad at each other in the beginning. There were some funny moments and I would try this author again.

I really enjoyed this story. This is my first book from this author. I loved the culture and wonderful characters like Tia Vivienne, Natalia, etc. It was very witty and funny. It was so sexy too. My only complaint was I don’t care for books where the characters speak a different language and there is no translation. The language was Portuguese. The heroine was not Portuguese. I don’t speak the language and it’s a pain to use goggle translate. I highly recommend this book and will look for more works from this author. I received this ARC from Netgalley for a honest review.

This is my first book I have read by Mia Sosa. I was unsure of it at first, but once I really got into the heart of the story, I devoured it. It was a really fun, steamy book so if you are into that I definitely recommend it.

The book starts with the prologue of how Lina was left at the altar and that's where the conflict starts because it's all Max's fault. When she has to work with him and his brother (her ex) to get a job that she really needs, she lies and pretends she doesn't know them. The stakes get raised really high here, but it was fun to see them getting to know each other.

Lina does play a few pranks on him to get her revenge, which I do think felt kind of immature and not necessary to the book at all. Maybe that can get cut. I did really like how they worked together and how passionate Max was about his job.

One thing I didn't get was why Max thought he was in the shadow of his older brother. Andrew kind of seemed really incompetent and it seemed like Max ended up doing most of the work for them and Andrew took credit for it. Andrew was the worst!

Both the hero and heroine have a lot of insecurities that instead of talking to each other about their fears, they keep it all inside. It causes them to pull apart from each other which kind of broke my heart for them. Never fear though, they do get their HEA!

*I received a review copy of this book. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

I enjoyed this novel so much I went out and read everything else Mia Sosa has written. One thing I really enjoy about Sosa's work is that her characters come from diverse backgrounds, and those backgrounds often (but not always) play a part in the characters' development. It doesn't hurt that she also writes steamy love scenes!

Three years ago, Lina was left at the altar by her fiance Andrew. With Andrew gone someone has to break the news to the humilated bride and that terrible duty falls to Max, Andrew's younger brother and best man. The final nail in the coffin is when Andrew leaves a cryptic text message that claims Max is responsible for changing Andrew's mind on marriage. Cue the hate to love!! In the present day Lina must reconnect with this infuriating part of her past as a part of a lucrative business venture she desparately needs if she wants to keep her wedding planning business afloat. With Max as her project partner, sparks fly between this wedding planner and the world's worst best man.

I want to talk about the characters first. Lina was really great, I enjoyed her driven nature, her confidence career wise and all the glimpses into her family life that we got. I really love seeing characters who are really close with their family and I feel like it is not something I see often in books, Lina is an Afro-Brazilian woman and I like how the author never shied away from having full conversations in portugese and Brazilian foods etc. I really like when authors include aspects of cultures but don't feel the need to overly explain every reference to said culture.
Max was also cool, I think the author did a nice job of giving us a really sweet, funny male character. I don't have any strong feelings for him but he was really nice.

Onto the relationship, I think their relationship was quite cute and I really enjoyed the scenes where Lina was getting her petty revenge, it was so childish but I couldn't help but laugh. I do wanna mention however I felt like the dialogue was a bit weird and stilted at times so some jokes didn't land for me. While I thought that their relationship was sweet and I really enjoyed their scenes together I wasn't super convinced on their chemistry though. I didn't see as much sexual/romantic tension throughout the book as I would have liked to. Lina’s grudge towards Max, as funny as it was at times also felt overwhelmingly absurd because she literally didn’t even care about Andrew, the ex fiancé, nor did she mourn that relationship so I didn’t get why she was still so worked up about Max’s supposed involvement rather than being angry with the actual dude who left her at the altar in the first place. I think this aspect made the romance hard for me because she went from all this (imo) unfounded anger to being in like and love with him super quickly without much transition.

Overall I thought it was a pretty fun read but I didn't love it. Also I think the author made Andrew's character a really weird mustache twirling villain stereotype and I felt like it was so weird especially near the ending. Like yea he sucks but his villainous monologue was weird

This book was a super cute and sweet take on the hate to love trope. I loved watching Lina and Max fall in love all while dealing with their own personal conflicts. This book is special in that it made me as a reader actually care about the non-romance specific scenes and actually get invested in their personal lives. Specific things I enjoyed include the dive into Lina's Brazilian heritage through the inclusion of words and conversations in Portuguese, discussion of Brazilian foods, and other things. Max's desire to separate himself from his brother was made very relatable especially to me a person with siblings. I am a very romantic person with a kind of short attention span and so there were some scenes of the book toward the end that had me saying out loud to the book "Just get together already!" which I think can be a good thing. Overall, the development of the relationship was realistic and and it was really sweet to watch them evolve.

There was a lot to like about Mia Sosa's "The Worst Best Man." It had humor, two great MCs who communicate, delicious food mentions, and it was #ownvoices. Their enemies-to-lovers banter and hijinks at the beginning made me chuckle a bit. I really enjoyed the heroine's work competence and her ability to stand up for herself. I appreciated how the hero was respectful and took opportunities to learn. I felt the pacing was a little off--the relationship transitions were rather abrupt, and the middle lagged a little. But otherwise, on paper, it was everything I like in romance novels. But I felt like something was missing, and around the halfway point I realized what it was: passion. The story & the characters did not make me FEEL anything. I was interested in them, but politely so. Nothing about this book swept me away. And maybe it wasn't supposed to, which is fine, but it did take some of the enjoyment out for me.

This is a funny. Enemies-to-lovers, dtory line. Lina, is a total type a personality. The book starts with her being jilted . three years later, The best man is now the one person who can help her get her dream job. I really like Max - much more than Lina. . The sex was hot, and Max and Lina were fun to read about. If that is what you like definitely give The Worst Best Man a shot!