The first three stories are not bad. They rely quite heavily on insta-love, but are sweet little bites. The last story by Maya Rodale has more history between the leads, but the author-insert was totally obnoxious. I haven't read the novellas about the bride-and-groom whose wedding is the basis of the collection so I don't know if it's revealed in those, but I was really turned off by the fact that the bride/fictional author's pen name was Maya Rodale. It didn't seem to serve a purpose beyond ego. The story is also the weakest, writing-wise. ( )

I’ve received an eARC at no cost to the authors.

It’s been a while since I’ve read contemporary romances, so I was a bit afraid of how this was going to go. But in the end, I had no reason to be afraid. The titles of each novella were so funny that I couldn’t help but giggle and imagine how much fun I would have while reading them.

Out of the four authors, I had already read two of them: Caroline Linden and Katharine Ashe. The other two are authors I have been meaning to read but hadn’t had the chance yet – what a great way to start my love for their books!

I really liked how everything fitted together, how the wedding of Duke and Jane was kept together by everyone, not just being the line tying every story but actively being a part of each novella and its characters.

The first one was my least favourite story (maybe a 3/3.5 stars?), but the rest were all strong 4 star stories. All had delectable characters, a touch of true love and happy endings, some with a bit of trouble in the middle, others just fitting together almost perfectly. Just what I needed and was promised by this anthology.

It was very enjoyable and entertaining and I laughed out loud several times, and felt emotionally connected to the characters which made me love the book even more. I recommend it to all the fans of happy endings and especially to those incurable romantics, like me. ( )