I was introduced to Jasmine and the Wedding Date series when The Proposal was a Reese’s Book Club pick. I loved it and ordered more of her books without realizing they were a series to be read in order. Don’t get me wrong, you don’t NEED to have all the history to enjoy them but I’m here so that you don’t make my mistakes.
Each book has their own story (and perfect romcom ending) and can be read on its own, but each of the main characters stems from the original book. It’s a really fun concept where the timelines and stories tend to overlap between books which makes it interesting to see multiple perspectives of the same events. I love that the characters are all written very authentically and not in the typical perfect romcom way. They have real fights, nights where they only want to eat pizza and watch Great British Bake Off, and are just good people that you want to root for to find love. If you love romcoms you will love these, i’m dying for the movie rights to be purchased for all of them.
The Wedding Date is the first in the series and where it all kicks off. Alexa and Drew turn my worst nightmare, getting stuck in an elevator, into a meet cute and it leads to Alexa agreeing to be Drews date to his ex’s wedding that weekend. The story goes past the wedding where we meet both of their friends and family (and set up the other four books) and see where their relationship goes.
The Proposal is where I started the series and fell in love with Jasmine’s story telling. Carlos (Drew’s best friend) is at a Dodgers game when he sees an awkward proposal on the jumbotron where the girl, Nikole, turns it down. He ends up sneaking Nikole out of the stadium and away from all the media and the book follows their story from there.
The Wedding Party is about Alexa’s two best friends that secretly become friends with benefits. Also, we’re 3 books in, I assume you figured out Drew and Alexa are madly in love and getting married at this point and this isn’t a spoiler? We get more into Maddie and Theo’s lives, jobs, their friends and family and see their story unfold as well as getting to see Drew and Alexa’s wedding process.
The Royal Holiday starts with Maddie taking a stylist job for the royal family and taking her mom along as it’s over Christmas. Her mom Vivian meets Malcolm the personal secretary to the queen and the book is focused on their time together. I love a Hallmark movie so even though this isn’t my favorite of the series it still hits all the classic story points you expect from a British Christmas romance.
Party of Two was my absolute favorite. It follows Alexa’s sister, Olivia, as she moves to LA to start a new law firm with her friend and starts dating a senator. As a romcom lover and a political science major, this was my holy grail. Jasmine also ties in more history to a story about Olivia that we hear about in both The Wedding Date and The Wedding Party which is great.
One last obsessive note: Anyone else that’s read them all – let me know your theories but I’m hoping book 6 is about Theo’s brother, I’m already so entertained by him and his life and I want to know more.