Review: The Wedding Game

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Luna Rossi is a veritable crafting genius—she can bedazzle and bead so hard her Etsy site is one of the hottest in the world. So it’s only natural that Luna would convince her brother and his husband-to-be to compete on The Wedding Game, a “do-it-yourself” TV show, for the title of Top DIY Wedding Expert.

As a jaded divorce lawyer, Alec Baxter scoffs at weddings and romance. But when his recently engaged brother begs him to participate in The Wedding Game, Alec grudgingly picks up a glue gun and prepares for some family bonding.

Both fierce competitors, Luna and Alec clash on national TV as harsh words and glitter fly with abandon. But as they bicker over color swatches and mood boards, they find themselves fighting something else: their growing mutual attraction. While Luna is torn between family loyalty and her own feelings, Alec wonders if he might have been wrong about love and marriage all along…

Genre: contemporary romance

Publication date: March 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: I've seen both great and terrible reviews of this book, it seems there's no middle ground in people's opinions of the Wedding Game. 

Overall, in any case, I'm really glad I read it - and I loved it. Which just shows that everyone is different and you can't judge a book just by the reviews you find online.

 

There are swear words here and there, yes, but I've read much worse and in books where I never saw a bad review complaining about it; There are explicit sex scenes and, granted. a few of them could be a bit toned down - but again, most mainstream romance novels have them these days. And there are a few silly parts, though the only one that really threw me off was the "air fight" between Alec and Luna's roommate - I had no idea how that came about and how the author thinks it fits with the rest of the story; in the end I just ignored it and moved on.

When you're over that you have a nice plot, fun characters (though some, like Alex's brother, are a bit over the top) and some laugh out loud scenes. And in the end, if you go past the reality show in which the characters are involved, this book is about the importance of family - biological and otherwise - about friendship and basic human relations, and I found it very much worth reading. 

Happy readings!

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