(Well, that's the plan anyway.)Īiden Kilbourn doesn't do long-term relationships. So a Best Man with a big attitude and an even bigger.checkbook? Yeah, there's no way she's going to let that pretentious, judgmental jackhole ruin her best friend's wedding. Rude attendees? You just watch her handle them. And the Best Man? More like the Worst Man.īut Maid of Honor Franchesca takes her duties seriously. Entitled? Not enough checks in the world. But the rest of the wedding party? They're the stuff of nightmares. Publishers Weekly noted that the book is more than just a romp the heroine 'is masterfully nuanced, depicting her experiences as a woman of color, her struggle to balance her parents’ expectations with her own happiness, and the double bind of being accused of being overly stoic when she controls her feelings and overly emotional when she expresses them.'Newsflash. Publishers Weekly noted that the book's 'soap opera premise' was 'fantastically fun' In Kirkus, reviewer Kate Voorsanger Ryan warned that the book is 'so funny you might not be able to read it in public without making snorting noises'. In Brazilian and Puerto Rican culture, family and tradition are a ‘thing’, whether people screw up or not.' Reception īoth Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews awarded the book a starred review. Incorporating them into the romance makes you see the way two people who have promised happily ever after will still interact with each other as part of a larger group. Friends and family aren’t just part of the background. Sosa noted that 'Relationships with family characters are a familiar theme in all my romances. Like her other novels, the book has sharply drawn supporting characters.

While Sosa's previous books contained Latino characters, the heroine of The Worst Best Man shares Sosa's Brazilian heritage.

It follows the trope of enemies to lovers. The novel is a contemporary romance, set in Washington, D.C. She was raised by her divorced mother and her mother's two sisters, whose marriages had also failed. Mia Sosa is half Puerta Rican and half Brazilian. While working together, the two eventually fall in love. She is assigned a marketing specialist - Max Hartwell, her former fiancé's brother. Three years later, she has an opportunity to win a dream job.

Wedding coordinator Carolina Santos is left at the altar. The Worst Best Man is a 2020 contemporary romance novel written by Mia Sosa.

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