The Worst Best Man
A Novel
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Starred review from December 23, 2019
Sosa (the Love on Cue series) imbues a soap operatic premise with weight and heart in this fantastically fun contemporary rom-com. Three years ago, Afro-Latina wedding planner Carolina Santos was left at the altar. Lina’s white fiancé, Andrew Hartley, sent his brother and best man, Max, to deliver the awful news, and Lina has blamed him ever since. Now, Lina’s up for a potentially life-altering job—but to get it, she’ll have to work closely with Max. Sosa’s characterization of Lina 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. As Max and Lina work together, sweet, deeply apologetic Max wrestles with his attraction to his brother’s ex-fiancée while learning to understand Lina in a way that Andrew never did. Romance fans are sure to be swept away by Sosa’s empathetic characters as they make the most of a ridiculous situation. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary.
Narrating from dual viewpoints, Rebecca Mozo and Wayne Mitchell perform this enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance. After Max causes his older brother to jilt his fianc�e, Lina, at the altar, it's no surprise that she detests Max. Four years later, the two are paired up in a competition that, if they succeed, will significantly change both of their lives. As is sometimes the case with multiple narrators, the skills of Mozo and Mitchell vary greatly. The accents and vocal personalities of the characters are significantly different from one narrator to the other, making one question the collaboration. Mozo's performance is stronger than Mitchell's character interpretations. These differences keep the listener from becoming lost in the story. Skip the audiobook and go straight to the print. A.L.S.M. � AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
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