I mean, this book was interesting. I hated it mostly than actual enjoyment. I guess like they hate weddings and don't want their mutual friends to marry cause they had something bad happened to them. Like I agree marriage is not for everyone but why fuck over your friends.

A fun and sweet romance set in an Italian villa. A love letter to food, so get ready to be hungry while you read!

Thank you Netgalley & Aria & Aries for my ARC of this!

This one didn't do it for me and that is solely because Andi was SO unlikable. I don't think anything could redeem her for me. Like someone else described a few reviews down, I liked the concept of Andi's friends wedding being in Italy and the depiction of that, but otherwise this book was a miss.

This was a cute book of two anti-marriage people who end up being the best man and maid of honor for their friend's wedding and trying not to ruin the wedding with their cynicism. Super cute story, lovely backdrop (I added new places to visit and activities in Italy), and dialogue that actively discussed some big issues with moving on, the feeling of home, and what it means to have relationships.

So funny this book, I really enjoyed all of it! The cover is so good as well
Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for this book

This book sounded so cute to me! Andi our FMC catches her fiancé cheating with her on her wedding day! She becomes very anti wedding, anti marriage, anti love. her best friend though is getting married in Italy and just so happens the best man shares her feelings of anti wedding.

The author did such a great job described Italy and the food. That was my favorite part of the book but other than that, it fell flat to me. I would have liked more chemistry between our main characters. This was an easy to read romance that would be perfect for someone that loves destination weddings.

Read from March 11th, 2024 to March 13th, 2024. Written on March 14th, 2024.

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What a fun read and not what I was expecting at all! Well written, amazing characters and a great storyline, this book has it all. Now, I do have to say: the relationship felt a bit rushed (I mean, less than a week isn't really realistic, I think) but aside from that it was a great page-turner and an awesome way to spend my time. I could barely put it down!

Definitely recommend if you like fast-paced, funny, not really spicy (it was a 1 out of 5 in spiciness) rom-com. It's out and I am so so happy that I got to read it before it came out!

Signing off.
B.

(Free ARC from NetGalley and Aria & Aries that I chose to review after reading)

Andi hates weddings but is still serving as her best freind's maid of honor. Her only saving grace? The equally wedding hater best man, Owen.

This was a cute romcom. I loved the setting and all of the details of the Italian wedding and setting. You were really transported there. Most of the characters were great and I did root for Andi and Owen to find their relationship as it developed. I was also a big fan of the friendships in this book. They were all really there for each other. I did find Andi a bit trying and hard to connect to.

All in all, this was a cute wedding romcom!

Thank you to the publisher and author for the gifted copy!

Thank you NetGalley and Lucy Knott for the arc in exchange for my honest review. Based on the cover and the description, I had assume this book would be super cute and an easy read. Forced proximity, stranger to lovers, and grumpy/sunshine are my favorite parts in rom-coms. While I thought I was getting a book that fit that description, it fell a bit flat in that area. The plot line never seemed to really pick up. Overall, It seemed to drag a bit, which was disappointing.

3 stars

This book was super cute and fun and uplifting.
I love our heroine's journey to find herself and her relationship with her mom even when they had some differences.
The hero was sweet and I like how their romance developed.
I had some issues with the bi-rep but I'm not going to focus on that.
Overall this was a fun read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book had me sold with the title, and the description was the cherry on top. It exceeded my expectations and was so much fun to read!

Andi is not a fan of weddings, and when her bestie Alex asks her to be her MOH in Italy, she is less than thrilled. She’s determined to put her past behind her and make Alex happy, even if she’s convinced she’s not the right person for the role. Enter the best man, Owen, who also hates weddings and is a breath of fresh air in the love-filled trip. As disasters begin to pop up, it’s up to them to work together to make their best friend’s wedding perfect… and keep their growing attraction to each other out of the way.

I found it hard to stop reading and was constantly thinking about it. I loved the shenanigans between Andi and Owen, their shared dislike of weddings and love made me laugh. When the characters who don’t believe in love end up falling in love, it’s such a swoony moment! The ending and epilogue were so perfect.

I absolutely loved Alex and Charlie, they were adorable and the cutest friends to Andi and Owen. All of the side characters were great, and I honestly felt like Italy was a character as well. The descriptions of the landscape and food in Italy made me want to travel so badly! I felt like I could see it in my mind, and that’s great writing in my opinion.

My one dislike was that I felt like Andi wasn’t a great friend to Alex for how close they should have been. I get that the trauma from her own wedding day was awful, but I just feel like she could have tried harder for her best friend. I know she has a change of heart in the book, but it threw me off and Alex should have stood up to her sooner.

Andi is 34, living in Manchester, running a chippy with her mother, and is very cynical about love. Years ago she was about to be married when her fiancé was caught cheating on her moments before they were due to walk down the aisle. Ever since she has been anti wedding, but with her best friend getting engaged and asking her to be maid of honour at her week long festivities in the Amalfi coast of Italy. She tries to be on her best behavior but her anti wedding attitude causes more than one situation.

Enter Owen, best man and as with Andi, is very anti love and anti wedding. Over the week they both find a lot of common ground as they carry out their responsibilities, and the chemistry between them may change both their outlooks on love.

This was a really cute idea for a story, and the amount of food and italian culture had me wishing to be with the characters in the story. Unfortunately i could not get over my annoyance of Andi. She was truly insufferable for 50% of the book, and there was no saving my enjoyment past that point. She felt like such a buzz kill for so long, and I understand being scorned by love, and being hesitant to trust again, but she was so self-obsessed, and I could not get behind how bad of a friend she was for the majority of the novel.

This is such a cute romantic read and i so loved the main characters and the banter between them, Fab!

This was a fun and lighthearted easy rom-com read. There were so many parts of the book I enjoyed like the characters, the scenery, the description of the food and the character development. Sure our character is a little grumpy and harsh about weddings, but that was expected when I picked up this book. and at times it felt like this book was a love letter to Italy, which I am not complaining about at all. Where my criticism sits, is I had a hard time reading everything post-wedding. I didn't really care about what was happening in their "real-lives" outside of the wedding. Maybe that was because of how much emphasis was put on the Italian vibe of the book, or how little I cared about the characters once they left Amalfi. I still enjoyed the book, just not something I would pick up again.

Goodness me, poor Andi catches her fiancée cheating on her with the maid of honour on her wedding day and this completely tarnishes anything wedding or love related to her!
But then Andi’s bestfriend Alex surprises her by announcing that she is engaged and wants Andi to be her MOH! The wedding is taking place in Italy and the group sets off for a week in a glorious villa! Soon she meets the handsome Best Man (Owen), who is ALSO veryyy anti-wedding. Maybe this wedding won’t be so bad after all …

Thank you kindly to @netgalley for my advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

The (Anti) Wedding Party by Lucy Knott was the best rom-com!
This superbly written story was such a fun read.
The characters were incredibly relatable and humorous.
The plot was fantastic and the writing was captivating.
This was a delightful read that held my attention from beginning to end.

Thank You NetGalley and Aria for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

I had a love / hate relationship with this book. i didn’t really enjoy the FMC and just found her irritating. She constantly let her insecurities get the best of her and couldn’t even be happy for her best friend in the world to get married. Really enjoyed Alex though.

My favorite part of the book was how the author described all the food and scenery in Italy. It truly made me wish I was in Italy devouring wine and pasta.

I wish Owen and Andie had more chemistry,. It seemed like they just didn’t really like each other.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.


As someone who is not a wedding fan, but has been in 3 weddings (grooms woman, bridesmaid, and maid of honor) there are a fair bit of similarities to mine and Andi's thought process on the matter.

I found the book entertaining, although I was still easily distracted from, 4 stars for that reason. I liked it but could not get lost in the characters and story.

This is such a hard book for me to review because when it was good, it was SO GOOD. But there was just enough to keep it from becoming a next level rom-com for me.

If I was judging just by the book boyfriend, Owen would be a five out of five stars. He's interesting and complicated and kind. He hates love and weddings just as much as the protagonist, Andi, but it's easy to see his resolve crumbling a lot sooner than hers. He's lovable and sweet and giving, and I always appreciate a MMC that doesn't have an eight-pack. He's in a good percentage of the novel, and I honestly could have used more Owen. His scenes with Andi sparkle.

I won't say that I disliked Andi, because that's not true. I was rooting for her the whole time, even when she was putting her foot in her mouth or being a hot mess. But I almost think her anti-wedding attitude and the almost physical comedy of some of the scenes would have played better in an actual rom-com on the big screen rather than on the page. The whole premise of the book is that Andi hates weddings and now she's her best friend's maid of honor. I get that the situation was difficult for her. But it took far too long for her to get her head out of her butt and realize that her attitude was hurting her friend, and if that had just happened a little earlier, I think I'd be rating this book entirely differently.

It's still a fun book, and I recommend it! The Positano setting is incredible, the food is it's own character, and you will completely get swept away in this world.

The (Anti) Wedding Party by Lucy Knott

I received an advance review copy for free thanks to Rachel's Random Resources and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Blurb

Andi hates weddings. So when her best friend Alex tells her she's getting married in Italy, and asks her to be her maid of honour, she knows she's the wrong woman for the job. But Alex won't take no for an answer, and so begins a week-long trip to a beautiful villa in Italy, full of potential disasters that it's Andi's job to avoid. But what if she's the one causing them?

Enter Owen, fellow wedding-hater, Best Man and also the worst person for the job. Tall, sexy and warm, Andi can't help but feel the ice around her heart begin to melt when he's around. But as Andi and Owen grow closer, the disasters begin to multiply, try as they might to keep them at bay. Together, can they put their feelings aside and pull off a successful wedding for those they love most?

My Opinion

Andi has always had doubts about marriage, can she put them behind her to be the maid of honour at Alex's wedding? This was a sweet read and I read over 280 pages of this in one sitting, The best man Owen is also against weddings - what can possibly go wrong? This is going to make for a great holiday read, or with the descriptions of the Amalfi Coast it will make you think that are on holiday.

If you are looking for an easy, light-hearted read then look no further.

Rating 4/5