Mia Sosa

Love means breaking down your walls for the person who’s willing to scale them.

“You’re neither my first choice nor my second choice. You’re my only choice.”

The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa. What can I say? This was so fun and cute to read. It is refreshing to see a diverse range of love interests with their own set of problems. This one had the new element. People have genuine problems that take a good amount to solve. None of the characters are annoyingly idiotic, which should be show more counted as a huge plus. It did lack a little drama though but I think when people are actually being mature, you can avoid most drama. Take notes people.

I think I am in love with Max. He is funny, caring and absolutely adorable. I specially love his point of view in the story. It’s hilarious. Some of my favourite quotes/ inner monologues of his:

Before this day is over, they’ll organize a search party so they can find Andrew and kick him in the balls with the agility and precision of the Rockettes. And considering their entrepreneurial spirit, I wouldn’t be surprised if they sold tickets to the show and titled it “The Nutcracker.”

Leaning over and resting my hands on my thighs, I push away from the table. The sound of my chair scraping across the floor draws a few curious stares. Jesus. Maybe I’m a shape-shifting dragon and this is my first transformation.

“Today’s been a crash course on what makes you tick, so I know plenty. I also know you wanted to marry my brother at one point. I can figure out your Myers-Briggs personality type based on that info alone. ISTJ. Insensitive. Stubborn—”

His house has more bells and whistles than mine—and a high-tech television that’s so advanced I’m sure it’s going to kill my best friend in his sleep one day.

Silence can be as intimidating as a Mob gangster. This moment is proof of that. If I can figure out a way to black out now, I’ll avoid the excruciating conversation to come. I look around my office for an object heavy enough to engineer a nonfatal blow.

Okay, you know what? She’s killing me. On the one hand, that’s fucking adorable; on the other, it’s torturous.

He scrapes a hand through his hair and clears his throat. “I’m going to be honest here and tell you I fucking hate that Andrew knows your secrets. He doesn’t deserve to.” Okay, then. I guess we’re talking about this whether I want to or not. “So, what? You think you do?” “I’d take better care of them,” he says softly.



“I’m saying this as your best and most intelligent friend.” Okay, this one’s from Dean. (Whose book I am very excited about, by the way)
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Max is asked by his brother, Andrew, to tell his fiancée, Lina, that Andrew can't marry her. He does this on the wedding day! Lina is a wedding planner, and this is the ultimate embarrassment-she couldn't even get married herself!
Now a few years later, Lina is offered an opportunity to be the wedding coordinator at a prestigious hotel. One problem, she is assigned to work with Max, who was to be the best man at her wedding, and who delivered the devastating news that Andrew wasn't going to show more marry her.
As they work together, their attraction is undeniable. Max worries about being a second choice in Lina's life. Lina worries that Max is not in it for real.
A spicy romance with some witty banter. show less

Oh wow, this book grabbed me from the first page with the snarky, fun writing. Wedding planner Lina gets dumped at the altar. Worse, her husband-to-be’s brother, Max, is the one designated to break the news. Three years later and all three of them (Max, Lina, and the loser ex-husband-to-be) are all teamed up together on a high-profile project no one wants to foul up (oh the drama!) and this gets sooooo fun and hilarious! I loved the slow burn between these two as they worked on their show more project together, worked through their past issues, and found activities they enjoyed doing together as a couple (all while pretending to hate each other.) And the cool bits of Brazilian culture (and food—OMG so yummy!!!) were neat to read about!

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Goodreads is so dangerous. I finish a book...off to review!! Then after a solid time scrolling through updates remember what I was really here for...

So...my expectations were pretty low for this. I couldn't tell ya why. They were though. So when this novel cleverly starts off with an actor (must be said in Tobias voice from arrested development, ty) on an airplane, getting away...I still wasn't expecting much. Until I was. Something about Carter's voice hit that Lauren Blakely feel for me-I show more like her male POVs-but this was kind of really cute. It was insta-lust, but with Carter imagining his future in a not-sappy but totally has the hots for the woman in 12D (or whatever). Sometimes we see people and I make up an entire future or backstory. I have, in fact, seen men that I've been attracted to and thought "hmm, in a parallel universe here's what happens." What saved this book from a case of insta-lust/insta-attraction/insta-insanity was that though Carter was quite interested, it was all kind of a lark too. And basically precisely fit the title "Acting on impulse." Sure, he was totally into her, and really wanted her--but it was a connection and he didn't over sap-ify or romanticize or alpha-male his way in there. He didn't even really pursue her aggressively. He was just charming, they had fun....she calls him on mansplaining, and basically things do not unfold in a predictable way.
Maybe coming here wasn't a terrible idea after all. The woman I like is meeting my parents under circumstances that won't induce stress. Years from now, Tori will thank me for being forward-thinking. This future-invested hero was done so cheekily, it really saved it from that shallow insta feeling that would normally plague a novel of this kind.

My comparisons to Lauren Blakely, my trusted palate cleanser, ends there. This is a higher caliber romance with more development than that if you ask me. A Puerto Rican heroine who is a personal trainer and shows plenty of all of that. An actor who loves his craft, his friends, and his family. Their families are in this book. The finesse in this book was building two characters who are good at showing their respect and admiration for each other honestly, and through gestures. (Tori telling him he has value as a rom-com actor because of how romance novels were her only escape when her father had a stroke because he felt like he had to be "more" than that. Carter checking out her community exercise class.)
"What part of 'don't call attention to yourself' did you not understand?"
I shrug. "Most of it."

Totally weird, some of the humor relied on a second person narrative style. Thankfully, it was just glimmers, and I felt the whole book was so charming I kind of loved it. Other than some gimmicks at the end I wish weren't employed cause this book didn't need them, I was super happy and surprised by the whole thing. show less