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ashleycmms's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Stalking
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
*Update 5/7/23*
Now that I’m on book 6 (and final book) of the series, this is so far still my number 1! A year after finishing this, I’m STILL thinking about Carlos and how much I loved him 💜
*Original*
This was my second book from Guillory and she continues to make me fall in love!
Now that I’m on book 6 (and final book) of the series, this is so far still my number 1! A year after finishing this, I’m STILL thinking about Carlos and how much I loved him 💜
*Original*
This was my second book from Guillory and she continues to make me fall in love!
Carlos was my fave in The Wedding Date so I'm happy to see him in his own story.
He only gets more attractive in this book! I loved Nik and all of the side characters as well. Guillory does a wonderful job bringing each character to life and making the side characters more than just a listening ear to our MCs! The character development is also very well done.
The writing style makes this a quick, easy read that immerses me in the novel. I laughed out loud and cried a little throughout the book. Overall a fantastic read and Guillory has definitely become one of my favorite romance authors! I can't wait to continue the rest of the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical content
Minor: Racism, Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Child abuse
_sooph_'s review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
lasafica_reads's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Medical content
Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Racism, and Sexual harassment
bookwormenthusiast's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
General Review:
When I first started reading this book, I had every intention of giving it 5 stars. I loved it more than "The Wedding Date" originally, mostly because of the writing, but also because of the relationship between Nik and Carlos. But there was something about the end of the novel (the last 5 chapters or so) that made me change my mind and give it 4 stars. In my opinion, the writing style shifted a bit, making it more difficult to read in terms of consistency. Because of this, the ending seemed rushed and slow at the same time. In other words, the build-up to the ending seemed to go by slow, and then the conclusion seemed to go too fast. Overall, I loved the romance in this book so much more than the first one, but the ending seemed to through off most of the book.
Specific Thoughts (Spoiler Warning):
Things I Loved:
- The dynamic between Carlos and Nik was amazing! I loved how they met and then became such close friends before dating, it made me root for them even more.
- The side characters were all so interesting. It made me wish that I knew more about their lives as well, especially beyond what we learn in the book
- Carlos was one of my favorite characters in "The Wedding Date" so it was great to learn more about him. I especially loved everything about his family.
- The romance/sex scenes seemed a lot more natural than in "The Wedding Date." That was one of my biggest complaints about the first book so I'm glad it was changed a bit.
Things I Disliked:
- I feel like we only got a small piece of Nik. I wanted to know so much more about her, and I feel like that would have helped me to better understand where she was coming from.
- The breakup near the end of the book felt a bit off. I know that's what everything was culminating too, but it felt weird that they kept saying it wasn't anything serious but then referred to it as a relationship and a breakup.
-The ending fell a bit flat. I was so glad they got back together, but it felt like there was more that needed to be said. It just felt really rushed compared to everything else.
When I first started reading this book, I had every intention of giving it 5 stars. I loved it more than "The Wedding Date" originally, mostly because of the writing, but also because of the relationship between Nik and Carlos. But there was something about the end of the novel (the last 5 chapters or so) that made me change my mind and give it 4 stars. In my opinion, the writing style shifted a bit, making it more difficult to read in terms of consistency. Because of this, the ending seemed rushed and slow at the same time. In other words, the build-up to the ending seemed to go by slow, and then the conclusion seemed to go too fast. Overall, I loved the romance in this book so much more than the first one, but the ending seemed to through off most of the book.
Specific Thoughts (Spoiler Warning):
- The dynamic between Carlos and Nik was amazing! I loved how they met and then became such close friends before dating, it made me root for them even more.
- The side characters were all so interesting. It made me wish that I knew more about their lives as well, especially beyond what we learn in the book
- Carlos was one of my favorite characters in "The Wedding Date" so it was great to learn more about him. I especially loved everything about his family.
- The romance/sex scenes seemed a lot more natural than in "The Wedding Date." That was one of my biggest complaints about the first book so I'm glad it was changed a bit.
Things I Disliked:
- I feel like we only got a small piece of Nik. I wanted to know so much more about her, and I feel like that would have helped me to better understand where she was coming from.
- The breakup near the end of the book felt a bit off. I know that's what everything was culminating too, but it felt weird that they kept saying it wasn't anything serious but then referred to it as a relationship and a breakup.
-The ending fell a bit flat. I was so glad they got back together, but it felt like there was more that needed to be said. It just felt really rushed compared to everything else.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
lisakate1126's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
allthat_jazz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
leighannebfd3b's review
funny
hopeful
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Biphobia
caitlinjadams's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Better than The Wedding Date as far as I’m concerned—I connected with the characters more and appreciated the slightly calmer pace which accompanies having characters with less hectic lives. What I’ll really remember though is multiple incredibly described and satisfying realizations of “wait, is this what being in love feels like?!” Because I’m the sort of person for whom, “you’ll know it when you feel it,” is the most unsatisfying description of how to know you’re in love. So seeing characters really express their aha moments with concrete details was refreshing. I’d reread those sections any day.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Relationship trauma, potentially violent ex, text harassmentplumpaperbacks's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
When I read The Wedding Date, I thought Drew’s best friend Carlos was a great, really funny guy. I was on the fence about reading The Proposal until I saw that it was Carlos’ love story, at which point my interest was up 1000%. Although I had to speed read this book to make sure I finished it before my ebook was returned to the library, I thoroughly enjoyed it; I probably would’ve read it nearly as fast without the time crunch.
I loved Nikole and Carlos right away, and had so much fun reading their story. I loved their banter and inside jokes and the generally sweet nature of their relationship. (Now the thought of sour cream makes me giggle. If you know, you know.) I also really liked Nik’s friends, Dana and Courtney, and how they roasted one another so frequently but were still, without fail, each other’s biggest cheerleaders. (And reading about Courtney’s cupcake shop has me craving cupcakes. I don’t have cupcakes. Crap.)
In both books I’ve read by Guillory at this point in time, I’ve noticed some conversations with rather cheesy dialogue, though I can overlook that since her books are so much fun to read. What I can’t overlook so easily is the surprising amount of similarities between her protagonists and love interests. Each side character is unique, but the same can’t be said about the stars of the show. Alexa, Drew, and now Nikole and Carlos are all very driven people, hard-working but still very social, that for some reason or another aren’t looking for a serious, long-term relationship. Both The Wedding Date and The Proposal go about like this: two attractive people meet, want sex, have sex, like it enough to continue having sex, catch feels, realize they caught feels, bail on said feels, mope about until their friends encourage them to kiss and make up, then actually kiss and make up, the end.
I know romance novels are usually formulaic to some extent and I don’t mind that. Over the last several months, I’ve grown to love them despite the fairly obvious patterns, and find them very comforting to read. However, something about this specific situation, with these specific books, just feels janky to me, and I wanted to mention it.
That being said, it didn’t stop me from loving this book or adding the rest of the books in the series to my TBR, and it certainly won’t stop me from recommending this book to others. Completely worth it!
Representation
I loved Nikole and Carlos right away, and had so much fun reading their story. I loved their banter and inside jokes and the generally sweet nature of their relationship. (Now the thought of sour cream makes me giggle. If you know, you know.) I also really liked Nik’s friends, Dana and Courtney, and how they roasted one another so frequently but were still, without fail, each other’s biggest cheerleaders. (And reading about Courtney’s cupcake shop has me craving cupcakes. I don’t have cupcakes. Crap.)
In both books I’ve read by Guillory at this point in time, I’ve noticed some conversations with rather cheesy dialogue, though I can overlook that since her books are so much fun to read. What I can’t overlook so easily is the surprising amount of similarities between her protagonists and love interests. Each side character is unique, but the same can’t be said about the stars of the show. Alexa, Drew, and now Nikole and Carlos are all very driven people, hard-working but still very social, that for some reason or another aren’t looking for a serious, long-term relationship. Both The Wedding Date and The Proposal go about like this: two attractive people meet, want sex, have sex, like it enough to continue having sex, catch feels, realize they caught feels, bail on said feels, mope about until their friends encourage them to kiss and make up, then actually kiss and make up, the end.
I know romance novels are usually formulaic to some extent and I don’t mind that. Over the last several months, I’ve grown to love them despite the fairly obvious patterns, and find them very comforting to read. However, something about this specific situation, with these specific books, just feels janky to me, and I wanted to mention it.
That being said, it didn’t stop me from loving this book or adding the rest of the books in the series to my TBR, and it certainly won’t stop me from recommending this book to others. Completely worth it!
Representation
- Black protagonist
- Latine love interest and side characters
- Black lesbian side character
- fat Korean side character
- bisexual side character
- minor sapphic side romance (f/f)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy and Medical content
Minor: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
The love interest lost his father several years prior to the story but talks frequently about it. His cousin (a side character) is pregnant and facing complications, which are described but not graphically. The last third or so of the book does feature a few hospital scenes and discussions of C-sections. The biphobia, emotional abuse, and toxic relationship are all very minor, relating to a side character, but are described briefly when said character is interviewed by the protagonist.