A review by rebekah27
D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

WARNING: THIS REVIEW DOES SPOIL THE ENDING!! 
Likes: 
  • I really like the concept cuz it’s like fake dating and that’s my favorite trope  
  • I like the convo. about D’Vaughn’s feelings about coming out later in life
  • Love seeing the casual convos about consent cuz it just seemed like second nature to everyone  
  • Always love when a book has complicated family dynamics 
  • Dual pov
  • I love Cinta so much 
  • I always love when the love interest is (lovingly) pushing the other out of their shell
  • I honestly love that D’Vaughn is an over thinker cuz 1) I find it soo freaking relatable and 2) I haven’t read a whole lot of books that completely show what it’s like to this degree
  • I love Kevin so much 

Dislikes: 
  • Wow the chapters are long 
  • It’s insta-love and I need more build up for them to already have feelings and be kissing one another, (other than the fake kisses obviously)
  • We seem to get more from Kris’s pov than D’Vaughn 
  • The pacing cuz I’m already a little over 40% of the way through and they just got through introducing each other to the families 
  • It’s sometimes hard to remember which pov I’m in
  • D’Vaughn can be pretty immature at times (not all the time but some of the time) like when she gets mad at people for not pushing her to actually speak her mind. Like if you wanna say something just say it, stop playing games
  • I don’t enjoy the kind of humor she has. It’s not objectively bad but just not what I find funny
  • I just don’t think her writing style is for me, not to say that it’s bad, its just not what I typically like
  • The fact that they still got a check was a little unbelievable and kinda ruined it. 
  • Also I would’ve liked at least one conversation about the families reactions like yay they’re happy but they must be feeling some type of way about being tricked 

Random thoughts: 
  • I wish we had some scenes of them just being friends and getting to know one another
  • This definitely should’ve been longer or the chapters should’ve been shorter, either way there needed to be more content of them actually getting to know one another to actually build up their relationship and chemistry 
  • I also wanna just recognize that while I do still think my critiques/dislikes are still valid I was in a terrible mood/headspace when I started reading this book
  • Normally it would be a good sign that I read it so fast but I think that this time it’s just due to the LONG chapters 
  • 3.5 stars and at first I didn’t know if I wanted to keep it but I think I will