Party Favors by Sariah Wilson is a delight!

Every works for an event planning company quietly crushing on her boss, Adrian. She basically does all of his work with none of the credit and it is noticed by Claudia, one of the other event planners. Claudia tells Everly that it is obvious she is doing the work and deserves to be taking the credit for it and needs to tell Adrian she wants to be a planner. With encouragement from her roommate, Vella, she decides to work up her inner super hero and ask to present for a potential new client, before she can, he drops that he is getting engaged and by the way, can she do all the ground work to get the engagement ring and stuff to London where he plans to propose? This gives Everly the push she needs and she asks to take lead and Adrian casually says she can. (All that build up for that?)

Everly presents to a potential new client for her sweet sixteen party a fairy princess party based on her own favorite royal family from Monterra and her favorite Princess Kat. To her surprise she gets the account! Now she has to learn everything about the country to put on the best event ever.

Max and Everly meet when she is having a not so private crying moment and their relationship begins there. Their friendship starts and they come to an agreement that he, who is Monterran, will teach her about the country if she shows him around NYC.

Between planning the party, Everly and showing Max around, she starts to fall for him and realizes that Adrian is a jerk.

I really enjoyed the writing style of the author and her secondary characters. Vella is a hoot and I would love for to get her own story.

The chemistry between Everly and Max is there and I immediately started rooting for them to have their own happily ever after.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

I honestly requested for this book because I saw it was romance and well, who doesn't love romance? And I'm glad to say I wasn't exactly disappointed!

I love the author's sense of humour, it is one of my favourite things. It's why I can't watch a movie that's not funny and is all serious, especially action movies. I don't care how much they spent on it, if it doesn't make me laugh, then no. I'm not watching it.

Another of my favourite things about this book is the Taylor Swift references. I don't care if nothing else happens in the book, as long as there's a Taylor Swift reference, you already have 0.5 stars from me.

My favourite character has to be Vella, the FMC best friend. I loved her personality and sarcasm. I'm not even going to lie, I thought she was actually more interesting than FMC.

I couldn't help but notice that the friendship between the FMC and her best friend was a lot like Wednesday Addams and roommate in the movie. I thought that was funny and interesting.

The FMC was everything I didn't like in a FMC; timid and doesn't know how to stand up for herself, and now that I didn't think about it, there wasn't so much of an “immersing herself in everything Monterra”, that party wasn't the main event and most of the time that she hung out with the guy, she was the guide and she was teaching him what she knew, but if you continue reading, you'll see that that was actually kinda intentional.

I mean, you can't pour from an empty cup, that's all I can say without giving out a major spoiler. I didn't like the MMC though, he was also everything I don't like in a MMC; emotionally avoidant and runs away at the slightest inconvenience.

I liked him at first, but after a while, I didn't. I didn't exactly like their relationship at first either. It felt like everything was happening at once, especially given the “big reveal” .

I really loved how the author brought up bits and bits of Italian and Alabama culture. I made sure to highlight the foods mentioned, so I can check them out later on.

If you're looking for a really fast paced novel and you don't mind the miscommunication trope, you'll enjoy this book. If you're also looking for a novel that cracks you up every 5 minutes. You'll definitely enjoy this novel.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Montlake for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Another sweet, cozy, and romantic story from Sariah Wilson. I enjoyed this as much as "The Hollywood Jinx" and "Almost Like Being in Love". I really liked Everly and Max as well as the supporting cast of characters including Everly's boss who I loved to hate.

There are references to characters from "Royal Date" but this is a stand-alone story.

No profanity and PG kissing.

Listen to me when I tell you this:
1. This book is for the hardcore happily-ever-after romance readers who love reading romance novels for escapism.
2. The guy is gooeey strong and top notch romantic.
3. The heroine is a bit too perfectly imperfect. You will know what I mean when you get to know her. She needs to see she’s the main lead!
4. The chemistry is winter lit cosy warm fire. If you pick up this book when you desperately seek coziness and comfort, you will instantly get it.

There’s the weird but reliable best friend/roommate even us readers can totally rely on.

The book reads so easy and the romance is quite comforting. It feels safe and enjoyable. The plot is simple and familiar. You will enjoy this book more for its familiarity.

Some despicable male characters you will surely meet. But you know our hero is pretty reliable and he also does get in trouble somehow. But you will like this book for all the reasons above. I had a fun time reading this book as soon as I got the ARC.

Thank you, Montlake, for the advance reading copy.