By Julie Soto
Star rating: ★★★★★
Blurb
An ambitious wedding planner must work with her grumpy florist ex, whose heart she broke, on the most high-profile wedding of her career, in this spicy and emotional romance from popular fanfic author Julie Soto.
He loves me; he loves me not...
Ama Torres loves being a wedding planner. But with a mother who has been married more times than you can count on your fingers, Ama has decided that marriage is not the route for her. But weddings? Weddings are amazing. As a small business owner, she knows how to match her clients with the perfect vendor to give them the wedding of their dreams. Well, almost perfect…
Elliot hates being a florist, most of the time. When his father left him the flower shop, he considered it a burden, but he’s stuck with it. Just like how he’s stuck with the way he proposed to Ama, his main collaborator and girlfriend (or was she?) two years ago. But flowers have grown on him, just like Ama did. And flowers can’t run off and never speak to him again, like Ama did.
When Ama is hired to plan a celebrity wedding that will bring her business national exposure, there's a catch: Elliot is already contracted to design the flowers. Things are not helped by the two brides, who see the obvious chemistry between Ama and Elliot and are determined to set them up, not knowing their complicated history. Add in a meddling ex-boss, and a reality TV film crew documenting every step of the wedding prep, and Ama and Elliot's hearts are not only in jeopardy again, but this time, their livelihoods are too.
Genre: Contemporary romance
Read if you Like:
🪻 Second Chance 🪻 Wedding setting 🪻 Dual POV 🪻 Grumpy sunshine 🪻 Commitment phobe heroine
My Thoughts:
I went in blind to this one because someone recommended it as a grumpy sunshine book and I am so glad I did. Second chance doesn't always work for me and yet, I adored this book!
I loved Ama and Elliot's relationship! He falls so hard for her and I adore it! I have a soft spot for heroes who aren't good with people and Elliot completely embodies the reason I love them: Once they let someone in they love them unconditionally.
Reading about Elliot's floral creations and Ama's wedding designs was also so cool! I want to go back in time and have them work together on my wedding. Getting to know Jackie and Hazel was also a really fun part of this story. I liked that in some ways their relationship mirrored Ama and Elliots.
At the end of the day, this book is so special because it took aspects that are done so frequently in romance: second chance, a setting at a wedding, dual timelines and POV and simply did them better. One thing that was particularly unique was that most of the past was in Elliot's POV while most of the present was in Ama's.
I know I am behind on this one so many people have already read it but if you haven't I strongly encourage you to give it a try even if you are tired of books set at weddings or don't like second chance. This one is worth it!
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