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

lighthearted medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

boobs should not be called ‘round globes’ and eyes should not be called ‘orbs’. anyway. 

I did love the representation in this and I’m guessing this is a large contributing factor to why this has such a high rating. 

I was super intrigued by the reality TV aspect but it ended up hardly even mattering or contributing to the plot.
Even at the end when it’s revealed at the wedding we never get to see people’s reactions, and I feel there would be at least some negative reactions to that!
I would also have loved to see some of the other couples and had some actual proper reality TV style drama. 

D’Vaughn and Kris’s narrative voices were too similar for me, leading to me hardly even bothering to read whose POV each chapter was. Their insta love was cute but more tension, drama or conflict would have really been a benefit here. The book somehow ends up feeling incredibly plot light. It was overall enjoyable and cute to read but I’ve ended up feeling disappointed by this. 

A lot of the Spanish wasn’t even correct lol – how hard is it to find a Spanish-speaking proof reader??

One last thing is that I found everyone’s family members to be very weird.
At one point one of their sisters comes across them snogging in the hallway and says “you look like you’re going to whip out your strap and fuck her in the hallway”!!??! Who talks like that to their SISTER???
 

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