Dean Chapman and Solange Pereira decide to fake date after Solange stops his marriage of convenience. In the process of helping each other out by pretending to date they fall for each other. I love that Mia Sosa sets her novels in D.C. and they center around a Brazilian family with strong matriarchs. I did enjoy The Worst Best Man more than The Wedding Crasher. The motivation for the main characters actions did not always seem justifiable. The Wedding Crasher is a lot more raunchier than The Worst Best Man.

Pub Date: April 5, 2022

I very much enjoyed The Worst Best Man and this follow-up did not disappoint! It was steamy and fun and full of heart. Some of my favorite tropes were represented: fake dating and one bed, and it also had a fun dose of meddling family and friends which I always enjoy. If you're a fan of rom-coms, I highly recommend it!

Thank you NetGalley and Avon for the review copy of this book.

I’m not going to lie with y’all, Speak Now is one of my favorite Taylor Swift albums and I had an obsession with the song when it first came out imagining speaking up at a wedding. So when I say the description for Mia Sosa’s upcoming romance book, you better believe I said “say less!!!!” before hitting that request button.

I loved her other book, The Worst Best Man, and remember listening to it and laughing out loud when Charlie was a puppy during early summer quarantine in 2020. If you haven’t read it yet, please pick it up!! It’s such a great enemies-to-lovers, co-workers/forced proximity and there’s so many sprinklings of Lina and Max in this one!

I’m not going to spoiler anything, but please please message me when you finish this one because I absolutely loved the way this one ended!! It brought it all full circle and I shamelessly slid into Mia Sosa’s DM’s to gush to her how genius it was 🥰💓

I’m bummed this isn’t out now so y’all can read this for Valentines Day! So needless to say, you should defs pre-order or add this to your library hold list now so you can read it asap when it comes out April 5th, 2022!

Read if you like:
🎂 Fake dating
💒 Big families
👰🏽‍♀️ What happens after someone interjects at a wedding
🤵🏻‍♂️ The Worst Best Man
🥵 Spicy romance books - this was a solid 🌶🌶🌶 which we love to see!!!!!

Thank you @avon for the #gifted paper ARC and @netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book was cute. The relationships between the girls and the guys were built on nicely and had me rooting for the characters. I also love a good wedding story with all of the couplehood, food, and fashion. This book was a cover pic for me and I’m glad I picked it. I plan to read more of this authors novels in the future

Solange y Dean se conocen cuando Solange se cuela en la boda de Dean y escucha a la novia confesando su amor por uno de los padrinos de boda Después de conocer a Dean y ver lo buen tipo que es, termina deteniendo la boda y diciéndole a Dean que la novia está enamorado de otra persona. Dean luego termina diciéndole a su firma que está saliendo con Solange para ser considerado para una sociedad en su bufete de abogados y así es como comienza el esquema de citas falsas y solo se pone mejor a partir de ahí! Fue bueno

Cute read that had me laughing out loud hard. Overall a quick and fun read but there were scenes I wasn't a fan off that felt going to far for me. She crashes his marriage of convenience and now he needs a girlfriend ASAP to improve his chances of partner at his law firm and to woo a lawyer to join the firm. She has a plan in place to fake date her roommate when her family comes in from Brazil but they end up fake dating for longer period of time.... Just read the book. I plan to read her next book as well.

2.75 stars


******************I received an ARC for my honest opinion from NetGalley.*********************************

As a HUGE fan of The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa, I couldn't have clicked "Request" fast enough on Netgalley for The Wedding Crasher. This was another top-tier, 5-star romance for me! It's as if all of my favorite tropes were represented in this one perfect little book - fake dating, one bed, mutual longing. It was the perfect mix of spicy and sweet and funny. The main characters developed such a strong bond and their chemistry and their personal growth was off the charts! I was hooked from page one. This is definitely one of my favorite books of 2022!

If you like stories about pretend relationships and families, this may be for you. The main characters meet when Dean is about to marry for convenience to fulfill his list of accomplishments leading to a promotion in his law firm. Solange is there as part of the wedding planning team and she overhears the bride and the man the bride really loves and decided to stop the sham wedding. This leads to Dean and Solange creating a pretend relationship with the usual pitfalls and humorous craziness including both of their families. Solange is Portuguese so there are lots of cultural references and food descriptions which are interesting. This is a fairly predictable story but is an entertaining read.

This is deal for those readers who enjoy fake dating trope and sassy heroines. Solange and Danny have amazingly witty banter throughout the book and I have to admit Solange is a hoot. Danny is someone who has his entire life planned out and cannot step out of his rigid plans but when Solange kind of ends up stopping his wedding at the altar, she inadvertently steps into her life and manages to turn it upside down.

With both facing circumstances leading them to fake dating, their chemistry is set on fire. And then it gets steamy with both falling for each other. Then there is a party that you will not be able to forget and the way Danny reacts to it is pretty sweet. But they both have different plans for their life so they are on crossroads about how to handle their romance. But thanks to meddling family/friends who make sure to manipulate situations, things end on a happy note for them!

Summary:

Fake Dating
Steamy stuff
Dual-POV
Books that make you grin

I did not like this book. I tried my hardest but found the characters lacking chemistry and didn’t mesh well with the style. The writing wasn’t exciting and felt like a carbon copy of every other rom com out there. I’m sure people will still like it - I was just hoping it would be different and less predictable.

I will not be posting on Goodreads out of respect for the author and publisher!

I really enjoyed Mia Sosa’s previous book, The Worst Best Man, despite a general aversion to books that center on weddings or wedding planning. This one, though it kicked off with an interrupted wedding, has much less to do with weddings, but the characters and plot didn’t appeal to me at all. It was almost like a parody of a romantic comedy. Even when there were plot points with potential (like when the two protagonists unwittingly end up at a sex party), nothing really happens, and I was left wondering why the story went there at all. The last 30% of the book dragged so much I found myself wishing for it to be over, especially when the ending was a forgone conclusion for so long.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper for this ARC in exchange for an honest review

5⭐️

Would recommend if you like:
✅fake dating
✅one bed trope
✅not one but TWO weddings crashed
✅dual POV

I was laughing from start to finish and 100% recommend this book. Solange crashes Dean's wedding after overhearing that his bride-to-be is in love with someone else. Dean ends up recruiting Solange as his fake girlfriend in order to get promoted at his law firm. Solange has the same idea in mind when her cousins from out of town are demanding to know who her new bf is. Both have ideas of what love should be like and end up challenging each other in new ways. Overall a charming read that was enjoyable all the way through.

🥂The Wedding Crasher 🥂

“You two are the poster children for improbable but satisfying romances the world over.”

What a delightful story. Solange crashes Dean’s wedding where she becomes the catalyst for a convenience match that doesn’t make. Dean, now single and trying to project a family image to make partner at his law firm, asks Solange to pretend to be his girlfriend. It’s the least she can do after crashing his wedding.

Through the adventures of fake dating and real friendship, Solange and Dean find that where you want your path in life to take you - and who you want on that path with you is more important than any checklists you can make.

Check this one out if you are looking for:
🥂 Fake dating trope
🥂 Meddling Tias who will teach you some Portuguese
🥂 Delicious sounding Brazilian foods that will make your mouth water
🥂 When Harry Met Sally references

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon and Harper for this ARC!

3.8/5

This was a fun read that was mainly centered around the fake dating trope. I really enjoyed the characters in this book. The two main characters, Solange and Dean, were both very funny and I loved their banter throughout the story. I also appreciated how Mia Sosa made Solange’s family a constant presence in the book and shared glimpses of the traditional food and culture native to Brazil.

My one critique of the story is the constant denial between both characters that there is no future between them was overly repetitive. I understand you need to keep their reasons for their reservations on dating at the forefront but it was stated too many times in the book.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and will be reading more of Mia Sosa’s novels in the future!

My ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

“Here’s the thing about detours, sometimes they become the destination”

Dean Chapman is about to make the biggest mistake of his life – marry a girl he isn’t madly, truly, deeply in love with. Solange Pereira is at the wedding, helping her makeup artist cousin. She witnesses the (almost) bride, to be, Ella, schmoozing it up with a groomsmen – who she is actually in love with. Her marriage to Dean is just supposed to be a formality. As soon as the vows are said, and friends and family are teary eyed, Solange speaks up and doesn’t hold her peace (remind you of a particular Taylor Swift song?!)

Dean is a very type A personality, he has his whole future mapped out and heaven forbid he deviate from his checklist. He thinks that love is waste of time, and wants a successful career over true love. Solange is looking for the “can’t eat, can’t sleep, reach for the stars, over the moon” kind of love story. She won’t settle for anything less than she deserves.

One of Dean’s “before I turn 30” goals is to make partner at his law firm. He’ll go to any extreme to make that dream a reality. He accidently tells his boss he is dating the woman that stopped his wedding, to hopefully land a new client AND check partner off his list. This story unfolds while giving you ALLLL the feels plus a Magic Mike dance scene that is HOT HOT HOT!

THIS BOOK WAS SO FREAKING CUTE! The pop culture references, the sexual innuendos, the chemistry between Solange and Dean, and how I could I forget to mention the one unconventional weekend activity!? Both Solange and Dean grew up with single moms – and the plays a huge role on their ideas of what a happily ever after should look like and that played a major role in this story which I found endearing. THIS ONE IS A MUST READ! Solange is tenacious, her witty comments made this book so much fun to read! As Thomas Rhett says “you make plans, and you hear God laughing” is the true moral of this story and I enjoyed every moment in this sweet little novel. I haven’t read Mia Sosa’s first book “The Worst Best Man” but I’m definitely adding it to my TBR!

Thank you to Mia Sosa, Netgalley, Avon and Harper for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was a lot of fun. I think it was a fun twist on fake dating and both of the characters are really lovable and relatable. The reasons they had to not finding love were something many people experience.. They also find themselves in some really hilarious situations. And of course I love the family in this book. I grew up in a big family full of cousins like sisters and I love seeing that in the story. Can't wait for the next book!

The way that I absolutely loved this book omg! The tropes were top tier - fake dating, one bed, and mutual pining. I am absolute trash for these tropes but the way that Mia Sosa applies them takes it to another level. This book was just the perfect mix of sweet and spicy - I couldn't put it down once the story got going. And I mean, it got going from the very first page!

Solange and Dean was characters were incredible! We were able to witness so much growth on both their parts that really just lent itself to create a dynamic between them that was unshakable. The chemistry between Solange and Dean was literally jumping off the pages! You ever feel like you want to jump into a book and make the characters finally smoosh their faces together? This is exactly what I was feeling the entire time!

I may not remember much about The Worst Best Man - but I genuinely think The Wedding Crasher was an incredible follow up and in my opinion, I think better!

Thank you to Avon Romance for the opportunity to read this ARC!

If Solange isn't one of the most entertaining and relatable albeit goal worthy person! I wanna be as carefree and no fuxks given as her cause that energy is great.

I really enjoyed reading Solange and Dean's story especially that unique meeting of her actually being the person to speak up during his marriage ceremony to another woman and say "aht aht, nope this isn't right!"

I loved the cameos from Solange family, especially Lina and Max from the previous book! Brandon is still an absolute gem, I can't wait til he finds his happy ever after.

The birth scene, the Vegas scene and the "party" 😉 were my favorite!

The only reason I didn't *personally* rate it 5 stars is cause I had a few issues with the pacing later in the story that I didn't vibe with.

Can't wait for the next one!

Thank you Net Galley, Avon Books and Mia Sosa for this ARC, which I was provided in exchange for an honest review.
I requested this book after loving The Worst Best Man—and, let me tell you— it did NOT disappoint. The story of Dean and Solange was cute, spicy and refreshing, and I loved every bit of it. My dear fake-dating and one bed trope friends, you’ll LOVE this one. Genuinely can’t wait for everyone to read this!!

I really enjoyed Sosa’s first book, The Worst Best Man, and was so happy to get The Wedding Crasher as an ARC. Amazingly, I loved The Wedding Crasher even more than TWBM.

I love Solange and Dean. Fake dating is always hit or miss for me, but I loved the plot, especially how it eventually comes full circle. The shenanigans these two get into are hilarious, spicy, and throws them together to the point where their chemistry is unmanageable. They’re an unlikely couple in their eyes, but they seem to know how to work well together to make it really seem like they’re dating.

There were a few pop culture references in here that made me chuckle. Having just moved to the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area from Ohio, I thought Solange’s decision to stay in DC or move to Ohio hilarious and relevant (specifically to me).

This book was spicy, funny, sweet, and full of friends and family.

4.5/5

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the eARC in exchange for my honest review!