Unfortunately this one didn’t really work for me. I loved the college flashbacks and watching them catch feelings for each other, but they were both so resistant at literally every instance at communicating and trying to build something together. I also could not get down with the fact she’s engaged to be married until literally 99% of the book. SHE LITERALLY GOES TO THE ALTAR WITH THE OTHER GUY. I’m sorry if you suppress your feelings and can’t commit to each other for like 10 years and don’t show me any happy, committed, and romantic moments until the epilogue how can I buy into the HEA?

Javi was down bad and he really made the book for me, but the way he ghosted her kinda rubbed me the wrong way.

This felt like a pretty middle of the road romance and I’m sad I didn’t like it more.

Thank you penguin group Putnam for an arc.

The vibes for this book were a mix of when Harry Met Sally and my best friend‘s wedding but with more family drama.

Javi and Mari meet in college. There’s instant attraction there but Javi tells Marie that he has a girlfriend and friends zones himself. Mari thinks Javi is really attractive, but if he just wants to be friends that’s fine with her they will become best friends.

Their relationship takes twist and turns throughout eight years of their friendship until the last hurtle, Mari is getting married and not to Javi. Now Javi needs to decide if he wants to let Mari go or prove to her that he’s always loved her.

I love Mia Sosa’s writing and I literally laughed out loud at a number of parts in this book. Those side characters were just excellent!

Thank you to @natgalley @miasosa and @penguingroup for this ARC!

This book is a freaking delight! I listened to the audiobook (thank you, PRH!) and I think it’s the best way to experience this story. I learned how to actually pronounce Javi and Mari (definitely not how I was saying them in my head), and while that might seem like a small thing, their names sound so good together and are so euphonically satisfying that it really added to the experience.

When Javi Dumped Mari is a dual timeline, friends to lovers romance with major My Best Friend’s Wedding (but with an HEA!) and When Harry Met Sally vibes. I didn’t love the early flashback scenes from their college years and was a little nervous we’d stay there, but thankfully the “past” timeline moves quickly into their post-grad lives and leads up to the summer before Mari’s wedding to Alex (I think that was his named LOL).

The second half of the book is what really made me fall in love. The first half was a solid 3.5 stars — enjoyable but not unputdownable. But the back half had me laughing out loud and kicking my feet and rooting so hard for these two. And I really loved the ending. Overall 4.5 stars rounded to 5

Read for:
- Friends to lovers
- Dual timeline
- Opposite attract
- It’s always been you
- When Harry Met Sally x My Best Friend’s Wedding vibes

Audiobook: Can’t recommend the audiobook enough. The dual POVs are performed by Gisela Chípe and Andre Santiago, and both bring so much heart to the story. Gisela even shares Mari’s Brazilian heritage!! I LOVE when narrators reflect their characters' backgrounds — it adds authenticity and spotlights new, unrepresented voices. Another A++ cast from PRH Audio.

I just finished When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa, and it was pure joy from start to finish. Mari is fiery, hilarious, and totally lovable, and watching her take charge of her own story after heartbreak was so satisfying. It’s the perfect mix of romance, revenge, and finding your voice.

FIVE STARS!!! I absolutely adored “When Javi Dumped Mari”. Mia Sosa knocked it out of the park with this one!!

The title being a play on “When Harry Met Sally” I knew I was going to love it. The story follows the friendship to lovers journey of Javi Beaz and Mari Campos., and it hit ALL the right notes. The characters felt so real and relatable. Javi, theater loving nose to the grindstone guy doing all he can to make it. Mari Campos having her life already laid out for her, constantly working towards her father’s approval while making her own way as a successful entertainment attorney. Their tell it like it is group of friends who I want to hang out with on the regular after reading this.

Mia Sosa writes stories that are incredibly believable and relatable. The banter between Javi, Mari and their friends had me rolling through out the story. I laughed, I teared up and I found myself really rooting for these two to get their HEA. The twists and turns this dual timeline dual POV story takes keeps you turning the pages. I truly never wanted to out it down.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin || Putnam Books for this digital advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

“When Javi Dumped Mari” is out June 24th!!

Mari and Javi have a unique relationship. Met in college - could not stand each other. Became best friends. They even contemplated a relationship but were never on the same page in life. They both hid their love for each other until the very last minute in hopes someone would finally reveal their true feelings.

It had me in all the feels frustrated, happy, laughing and worried.

- Latinx representation
- Enemies to lovers
- Best friends to lovers
- Second chance
- Family dynamics
- Rom com

cute, fun, well written story with some very cutesy romances. would potentially recommend. 4 stars. tysm for the arc.

The story cleverly weaves together past and present timelines. In the present, we see Mari preparing for her wedding, much to the dismay of her best friend, Javi. The past reveals how Mari and Javi first met and their dating pact. I was completely invested in the main characters and found myself yelling at them to admit their feelings, as they seemed so perfect for each other.I absolutely loved this book and definitely plan to read more by this author!

Thanks to Putnam Books for the ARC of this book and to PRH Audio for the ALC! It is my absolute favorite to go back and forth between the audio and print versions of a book and this one was fantastic! The voice actors were perfect for the characters in this one and I really enjoyed the storyline a lot! This one follows, Marisol "Mari," a successful lawyer in her father's big time firm. She is set to get married to Alex, a fellow lawyer at the firm. Deep down though, there is some lingering doubt because her best friend from college, Javier "Javi" has always felt like just a little bit more than friends. When he agrees to be her "man of honor" at the wedding it sets off a bunch of memories from long away and just thrusts the two of them together a whole lot more than normal. The book goes back and forth over the course of a little over a decade and details all of their friendship/relationship. I loved reading all of the details and watching their relationship unfold. This is the perfect friends to lover and second chance story! Five stars! LOVED IT!

The pining! The friends to lovers! Such a fun book! I've really enjoyed Mia Sosa's other books and this one is no exception.

Let me start by saying I love Mia Sosa’s writing. Her books are always so funny and entertaining.

That said, I have mixed feelings about this one. I enjoy a good dual timeline because it’s nice to see how we get to where we are in the story. I actually might have enjoyed the past chapters a little bit more here because I feel like there was more tension there. I guess that would make sense because their relationship does get established in the past chapters. Lol. Anyway.

I guess my biggest hangup is I wanted *more* from the present chapters. It’s hard to say more without giving things away…

In the end I’m still giving this 4 stars because I still very much enjoyed my time with Javi and Mari. Still a Mia Sosa fan, and can’t wait for what she has for us next!

I really enjoyed this read, and of course, I'll need to read more from the author. This is told in both past and present timeline, in the present day we see the fmc Mari planning to get married and her best friend Javi not liking the guy, and in the past we see how Javi and Mari met and how they formed their dating pact. I liked the main characters a lot, and I was shouting at them to get together because of how perfect they are for each other, and the fact that they didn't confess their feelings to each other. I liked the wedding drama and seeing them come together, even if it did take most of the book. Overall, a good romcom, thanks to Putnam Books for this arc for an honest review.

This book was everything I’ve come to expect from Mia Sosa! Funny, smart, sexy, and unique. The dual timeline set up was so well done, showing us all the tension and pining between them before giving us their history and how two people who so clearly belong together could end up apart. Javi and Mari were both so appealing, and I thought their growth arcs were beautifully done.

I’ll read anything Mia Sosa wants to put out!

Am I the only one who found this title very misleading to the actual plot of this book?! Like, sure, Javi ghosted Mari after college, and there were clearly insecurities that caused it, but I was ready for a second chance romance, but instead got a friends-to-lovers with a whole lot of almosts. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this book! I loved Mari and Javi's personalities. They played so well off each other, and their love for each other showed through. It's giving When Harry Met Sally Vibes. Javi, however, is so much sweeter than Harry. He is trying so hard to be the person he thinks Mari needs, someone who is successful and driven and can support her expensive lifestyle, while Mari thinks Javi is more than enough as is. Mari is afraid of disappointing her father and living out his wishes for her life instead of breaking out on her own path. Together they come to a wonderful conclusion, but how they get there was entertaining and an unputdownable story.

Read if you like a friends-to-lovers, slow-burn romance with dual narration and dual timelines. Thanks to the publisher for the ARC in return for an honest review. This book releases 6/24!

Thank you Penguin Group Putnam and Netgalley for the arc ❤️ This was my first Mia Sosa read and I really enjoyed it! This book was super cute and fun, I even laughed a couple of times which is always good.

I really enjoyed the friendship between Javi and Mari, obviously I wanted them to end up together. I like the fun shenanigans that came up throughout the story leading up to the resolution, I also liked the complex family dynamics that both Javi and Mari had to work through individually.

Super cute and fun romance book, I’ll definitely be reading more from Mia Sosa 🫶🏾

When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa was one of my most anticipated books of the year, but unfortunately it just did not deliver. There was none of Mia Sosa's signature humor and the titular characters lacked chemistry. The back and forth in time pulled me out of the story and made the pacing very choppy. This one just didn't work for me.

I am very grateful for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion. I wanted this one to be better.

This enchanting love story unfolds in a captivating dual timeline—one of my favorites!

The characters are genuine, relatable, and wonderfully diverse. The playful banter between Javi and Mari beautifully showcases their “friends to lovers” journey, making it an utterly satisfying read.

A huge thank-you to G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House for emailing about this book and offering me a copy through Netgalley.

When Javi Dumped Mari is a heartfelt rom-com that absolutely hit me in the feels as well as had me laughing at the incredible banter between Javi and Mari. The book follows best friends Javier and Marisol, who, on the eve of their college graduation, make a pact to approve each other's dates forever forward. Basically friendzoning each other without realizing it. A decade later, Javi realizes he's in love with Mari, only to find out she's engaged to someone he hasn't vetted due to a falling out they had after a rather spicy encounter. Determined to stop the wedding, Javi has to convince Mari that he made a mistake and to understand that he "loves loves" her.

I thought the storyline was cute albeit predictable. The characters were relatable. I could have done without the racial descriptions of the ancillary characters (ie Black security guard).

I love a book that can make me laugh, and Sosa's upcoming release made me grin and chucke often. Javi and Mari were characters with fantastic chemistry - the great back-and-forth, the quips, and the playful banter made for an enjoyable read.

This story mixes the friends to lovers trope with the right-person-wrong time trope. It's also written in a past-present timeline with dual pov as you follow Mari and Javi from the night they met on campus through their college, post-college, and adult life. You witness the highs and lows of their relationship, as well as their individual vulnerabilities, fears, and aspirations, which made for both realistic and relatable characters.

I will admit that this story could've been appx 50 pages shorter, but overall I enjoyed my experience. This was a cute, lighthearted, and entertaining romance, and I really appreciated how much it made me smile.