A Wedding Mismatch by Kaylee Baldwin is a sweet rom com.

I was really enjoying the beginning of this book! I thought it was sweet showing the scenes between Olive and Jason when they were kids when she had such a big crush on him. And I thought there were some hilarious scenes of Olive losing her mind when they were adults and reconnecting after 8 years. Plus no one really knew Jason he was the inspiration for that male main character all along. Also, I love fake dating and marriage of convenience stories so I enjoyed the times they had to be out together for the public and she wasn’t sure what was real. And I loved how he was falling for her without realizing it. But then at about the 60%-70% mark, it was suddenly super steamy but the steamy scenes weren’t really moving the story along in any way. And then I hated every single bit of the third act conflict/drama.

I should preface this by saying this is a totally wackadoodles story, but in a good way! If you enjoy quirky crazy rom coms, then I think you’ll enjoy this. But if you’re not up for craziness that requires you to suspend disbelief, this might not be for you.

I didn't really expect to feel otherwise, but I really really loved this book! I was a huge fan of Part of Your World and this was an amazing second story in the series.

This story was bonkers in the best way. Seth is best friends with Jenny, who used to be best friends with Maddie. Now Maddie is dating Connor but really she’s mostly with him for the status of dating the quarterback. But Jenny started tutoring Connor and it’s causing some issues for Maddie. They all end up in this bookshop where a faerie insists on rewriting their stories. She removes the frost that Jack Frost apparently put on Maddie and sends them all to an alternate reality where Seth never had his accident and is still the star quarterback and Maddie is the dorky tutor that follows after Seth like a puppy. Maddie makes a deal with the faerie to get back to her old life - she just needs to make Seth fall in love with her.

I really enjoyed this second-chance workplace romance! Lana is a journalist for an online magazine and focuses on articles about dating. She's a serial monogamist and has been jumping from one long-term relationship to another through her entire adulthood. She thought her boyfriend of 4 years was about to propose but he took them back to their first date spot to dump her instead. After drowning her sorrows for a night, she has to go into work for a mandatory meeting the next morning, only to come face-to-face with Seth, her first love. After they broke up at the end of high school, he went on to become a jet-setting journalist, covering stories all over the world. Now he's in LA, trying to secure a job with the Chronicle, who just acquired her online magazine. Seth is a serial dater, so he and Lana are pitted against one another.

Betting On the Boy Next Door is a dual POV clean rom com with some forced proximity, fake dating, amazing roommates, loving grandparents and a quirky parrot.

I would highly recommend this if you’re a fan of the movie The Prince and Me as well as anyone who enjoys royal clean rom-coms! I don’t know that it’s 100% necessary but I would recommend reading Royally Rearranged first so that you get all of the background character info. Plus, I totally loved that story so I think you’d enjoy it anyway. 😊

This book. 😍 This book is living on my shelf with my all-time favorites. It honestly had everything I want in a story - emotional connection between the main characters (not just physical/lust), humor, action, suspense … I could gush on and on. I’m definitely living in my romantic suspense era, and this definitely hit the mark.