ABOUT THE BOOK
A wedding planner left at the altar. Yeah, the irony isn’t
lost on Carolina Santos, either. But despite that embarrassing blip from her
past, Lina’s managed to make other people’s dreams come true as a top-tier
wedding coordinator in DC. After impressing an influential guest, she’s offered
an opportunity that could change her life. There’s just one hitch… she has to
collaborate with the best (make that worst) man from her own failed nuptials.
Tired of living in his older brother’s shadow, marketing expert Max Hartley is
determined to make his mark with a coveted hotel client looking to expand its
brand. Then he learns he’ll be working with his brother’s whip-smart,
stunning—absolutely off-limits—ex-fiancée. And she loathes him.
If they can survive the next few weeks and nail their presentation without
killing each other, they’ll both come out ahead. Except Max has been public
enemy number one ever since he encouraged his brother to jilt the bride, and
Lina’s ready to dish out a little payback of her own.
But even the best laid plans can go awry, and soon Lina and Max discover
animosity may not be the only emotion creating sparks between them. Still, this
star-crossed couple can never be more than temporary playmates because Lina
isn’t interested in falling in love and Max refuses to play runner-up to his
brother ever again...
MY THOUGHTS
WORST BEST MAN by Mia Sosa was such a fun read! There’s a
jilted bride, her incredibly supportive in-your-face family, a fabulous
bromance, plenty of laughs and the sworn
enemies: Asshole Majora and Asshole Minora … that would be the ex and the ex’s
brother. Oh, and romance! There’s definitely romance.
After being jilted at the altar by Andrew Hartley, Lina
Santos throws herself into her work as a wedding planner. A plum job
opportunity sees her potentially working with not only Andrew but his brother,
Max. During the interview, Lina makes the split-second decision to pretend
there’s no history between the three. After all, who wants to hire a woman who
got jilted? Talk about bad juju!
There is plenty of humour and there are great one-liners
dotted throughout the book as Lina and Max do find themselves working closely
with each other. And if these two aren’t trading great one-liners, the
supporting cast of Max’s BFF Dean (I heart Dean) and Lina’s exuberant family
bring their own personalities to the party.
Among all the funny times, there’s ample opportunity to meet
the vulnerable Lina and misunderstood Max. I really enjoyed getting to know
them and their deeper motivations. Ultimately, this is a romance, so it was
great to see the palpable chemistry between them. I really believed in them as
a couple.
The prose does get somewhat clunky when readers are being preached
to and I do think Lina’s attitude towards Max is misplaced; after all, he
wasn’t the one who jilted her, but these are minor quibbles in what is an
overall enjoyable and fun read.
I believe the author has plans to write Dean’s story next. I
am definitely looking forward to it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mia Sosa writes funny, flirty, and moderately dirty
contemporary romances that celebrate our multicultural world. A graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School, Mia practiced First Amendment
and media law in the nation’s capital for ten years before trading her suits
for loungewear (read: sweatpants).
Born and raised in East Harlem, New York,
she now lives in Maryland with her college sweetheart, their two bookaholic
daughters, and one dog that rules them all.
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