To be honest, I didn't love this book by Romy Sommer as I found it to be too unrealistic. I also couldn't really empathise or connect with either of the main characters - they were both a bit annoying! Khara is a Las Vegas waitress, working to put herself through school while she lives in a trailer park with her mum, Then you have Adam, the rich kid who doesn't do relationships and could be running a fictional country one day. As the title suggests, their best friends get married and there is the whole will-they-won't-they dynamic, as Adam helps Khara fit into the royal world.

I received an ARC through NetGalley but all opinions are my own.

A lighthearted read. Set mainly in two small fictional European countries, this is the story of Khara and Adam. A case of opposites attract.

The hero and heroine were not very likable characters. With the book opening with his cousin’s death and the lack of reaction to it, immediately threw me off. His constant talk about how he’s not a great person and her judgementalness made it hard to connect with them.

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Overall, this was a light, quick read. The Netgalley version was difficult to read on Kindle, but I appreciate my free advanced copy all the same 😊

I did not realize this book is part of a whole series of books by the author, so it's fine as a stand alone. It did seem like part of a whole "universe" because of the the overly detailed backstories of Max & Phoenix (the royal wedding couple).

I liked to 2 main characters, Khara & Adam. The development of their relationship was good, but it took a strange turn without explanation. Adam is trying his level best to get Khara to sleep with him, and the moment comes and he turns her down. This is one of those first person switch off chapters, so we are part of his internal monologue, save for the total change of plans. Odd.

The ending of the book was very rushed. I always like a HEA, but this was an Oprah's favorite things of HEA... You get a HEA, minor character with no dialogue- you get a HEA, etc.

If you are looking for a no-brainer book to recover from Anna Karenina, you'll be happy with this one.

I really wanted to love this book but it just fell flat for me unfortunately. I think the main issue was I just didn't like or connect with the main characters. There was no real spark for me. It's a pleasant read with its predictability which is sometimes what you're looking for in a book, but there was just no connection for me.

A promising concept, I wish saw more of the development of Khara and Adam's romance in the book. The potential was there, the final story was just a bit of a let down for me personally. There was just so much tension and angst but everything was wrapped up too neatly and swiftly in the end. Still if you're a royalist you may find Romy Sommer's My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding to be a fun read after all it is a light and easy and has a royal setting.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
I can see what the author was trying to do; a fairy tale with a prince and the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, however it wasn't as fun as I expected. Maybe the characters didn't have enough banter between them, or the etiquette side of things held the story up, but it only got interesting around the 80% mark.
2.5 stars

I can't decide if I liked this one or not. While the story was pretty decent I didn't love or connect to the characters too much, and Khara annoyed the crap out of me. She is supposed to be this strong independent woman but she limits herself and insults herself constantly. I know that is supposed to reflect her damage or whatever but it's annoying. And the pacing for the book wasn't great, at times it felt impossibly long and I just wanted it to be over. I wanted this to be like a fun grown up book version of The Prince and Me but it was kind of meh.

I really didn't like the writing here. It's a cliche book just like many romantic books and I didn't care for the main characters.

I usually love a royal themed romance but this one was not my favorite. While I loved the setting and premise of the story, I had trouble connecting with Khara and found her to be annoying. Adam fell flat for me also. He was too shallow and entitled and was a jerk for too much of the book. I couldn’t really feel the chemistry between them. I also hadn’t read the Waking up in Vegas trilogy so I felt like I was missing something by not knowing Phoenix and Max. The formatting was also pretty bad and bothered me. However, this book still had some fun moments and was a light romantic read. 2.5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I wanted to love this book because it showed a lot of promise but in my honest opinion, the female character was quite unlikable and hard to root for. She was just too much and un-relatable half the time and the male character was kind of a jerk but i guess in the grand scheme of things, they made sense and it was cool to read about royalty so that part was good, overall, entertaining read and the format of the book drove me crazy. It was so confusing and annoying at times.

My copy of this book was very disjointed on the Kindle app, which made reading it very difficult. Sentences cut off half way and then continued on the next line.

Khara was so hard for me to stomach.

This was a fluff book with no substance.

This one was okay for me. It wasn’t one of my favorites but it was still enjoyable for me to finish.

This is an enemies to lovers sort of romance. For their first meeting, he didn't leave the greatest impression on her and when they meet again a year later, she is still carrying that anger with her. He doesn't understand the grudge she is holding and tries his best to win her over, which is no easy feat since she is a stubborn and head strong woman. In addition to the romance, she is trying to learn the royal protocol, which isn't an easy feat since she is a girl from a trailer park. He likewise has his own internal dilemma. One that will change not only his life, but the life of a country. This is a pretty clean read, but not squeaky. There are some humorous moments, but it's not really a LOL comedy. It is a bit of a roller coaster of emotions. Just when things start to go good between the couple, something happens to bring them down, though there aren't really any teary eyed moments. Mostly it goes from happy to confusion to angry to forgiveness... rinse and repeat. While I enjoyed the story, it seemed like at times it dragged along. I found myself taking more breaks than normal while reading. I did enjoy the characters, including the side characters (which brought along some of the comedy, and whom we learn enough about to want to go and read their books if you haven't already.)

*I received an ARC of this book through Netgalley.

My Best Friend's Royal Wedding is a sweet, romantic novel about European aristocracy and all the pomp and circumstance that goes along with a royal wedding. While this book can't compete with some of the more well-known titles in this genre, it is certainly a light, fun read that is perfect for royal watchers.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

REVIEW: My Best Friend’s Royal Wedding
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I’m a sucker for a royal themed romance. That’s what attracted me straight away to this one!
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First, I’ll start off by saying that the formatting was off. I think this was a publisher thing but there weren’t any indents or line breaks which really made it tough to physically read.

In terms of the book, I didn’t love Adam as a hero. As a sucker for a hard working, genuine hero, Adam was not that (in my opinion). He was super entitled - which he owned. But I still just didn’t love it. I also found Khara’s character to be a bit whiny and judgemental. Thus, I didn’t feel the pull between these two and found myself not really caring if they got their HEA.

The author did write the setting and all its descriptors very well though! It’s a nice, predictable palette cleanser read.

Thank you netgalley and one more chapter for this ARC❤️

I enjoyed this book.

Really fun and clevery written. I imagine the author had to do slot of research into Royalty as there is a fair bit of detail.

This would make a great holiday read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for granting my request for an ARC of this book. The review below is entirely my own opinion.

I went into this blind, not knowing that the MC’s of this story were the secondary characters in one of the author’s older books. I only found about this bec after finishing this ARC, I looked for MsSommer’s backlist hoping to find a book about Phoenix and Max (Khara and Adam’s best friends in this book). They were the characters who really captured my interest. And to be honest, this book feels like one whole extended epilogue to Phoenix and Max’s love story.

So while I liked reading about Khara and Adam, I only kept reading bec the setting of the story was during Phoenix and Max’s wedding. And honestly, I wasn’t crazy over Adam, the hero, because he was such a douche for most of the book.

So for fans of Waking up in Vegas (Westerwald Trilogy #1) by Romy Sommer , I think you’ll really love this story. Bec like I said, it’s one long epilogue and there are lots of cameos from the entire Westerwald series.

I'm superficial, I'll admit it! I was totally drawn to this book by the beautiful cover. Unfortunately, it was a tough read for me. I really struggled to finish it and pretty much skimmed the last 75% of the book.

The formatting of the ebook made it really hard to read. I understand its a pre-publication copy but it was hard to follow the story with all the weird line breaks.

The biggest thing for me is that I did not like either of the two main characters. The hero, Adam, is a European royal (the heir to the throne after his cousin's untimely death). He's basically lazy and unmotivated and even owns up to it. Those aren't really appealing characteristics in a romantic hero. Khara is a Vegas bartender who is in Europe for her best friend's wedding. I just found her to be whiny and judgmental. I really did not care if these two got together by the end.

First of all, thank you so much NetGalley and One More Chapter for giving me the chance of reading this romance book. I have to say that I am new to Romy Sommer; this is my first book written by her. Honestly, I had a love and hate relationship with this book; it took me two weeks to read it - why? because of 1) the format and 2) one of the characters. Generally speaking, I enjoy reading the story, I did really liked every single royal detail. I love knowing about the royal protocol and life but the book's format IS annoying.

Book's format - it hasn't a beginning or and end at all. This book annoyed me every time I started reading a new chapter because I hate reading the book, being so into the story to then, reading "chapter twenty (or different one)". Then, later on, the same story, I hope the final ebook has a format, where there is a page for every chapter.

Characters:
Khara: I am so sorry if she's the main female character but she IS annoying; she made me mad through out the story. Her bad judgement to rich people, really, they treated her with respect even though they knew she comes from a middle class family and is a waitress. Yes, there were a few rich individuals that were disrespectful with her but that doesn't mean she has to generalize. Adam has proved her wrong, again, yes! he is and was a jerk, but that was the old Adam!.

In summary, I'm giving three stars to this story because of its format, typos, and the female character. I really enjoyed how Romy explained every royal wedding protocol. In general, the story is good, sweet, light where nothing is complex. Well, just Khara. Adam, the main male character, he changed for good thru and with the story.. Will I recommend it? Yes.