I'm back with another review. Jasmine Guillory's books are like cake to me. I eat a slice and then want to devour them over a couple of days. So Party of Two was my cake. My light and fluffy romance with a dash of politics.
This time we follow Alexa's sister Olivia who is a lawyer who just moved back to the West Coast from NYC. She meets Senator Max Powell at a hotel bar and sparks fly. How can she get involved with these white trust fund baby politician who is in DC most of the week? She's not sure but there's just something about him that keeps making her say yes to his dates.
Though this is apart of the Wedding Date series all the book can easily stand alone. Especially this one since Alexa and Drew only make a brief appearance. And TBH up until that point I forgot Liv was Alexa's sister.
Following Jasmine Guillory tradition Olivia and Max love to eat. I love to eat myself so I'm here for it. Though I'll admit that was a lot of cake. I'd substitute cake for sushi.
Olivia is a lawyer running her own firm so on the outside she seems like she has it all together but her inner thoughts reveal a lot of insecurities. She overthinks which is a contrast to how impulsive Max is. He falls for her immediate but she has a hard time figuring out her feelings. They're both in their 30s working busy careers so they know what they're looking for in a relationship.
Liv is a Black woman dating a white man and the book doesn't dance around that fact with her worries about what people will think when she and Max go public. Max is also working on getting a criminal reform bill passed and Liv has had her own minor run in with the law which comes in to play. That's not to say the book shies away from the romance to become a heavy political piece. If you're looking for that you might want to pick up a different story. This is contemporary romance after all.
It kept me entertained during a time where many romance novels have been putting me on the brink of a reading slump and that's as much as I ask for. I was lucky to receive an arc in exchange for an honest review.
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