Sometimes I put books on reserve at my two different library systems to see which will produce the book I want first, so when I saw a book with “Best Man” in the title had arrived for me at both libraries I thought erroneously it must be the same book. It’s a funny coincidence they arrived the same day with identical jilted tropes! It is odd how certain themes become popular at the same time! There are multiple books with either the same title as these books or practically the same; I just happened to read these two.
The Best Man Plan by Jaci Burton (2020)
Two days before her wedding, Erin Bellini is jilted by email. Holding her head high, she insists on carrying on with the wedding reception at the family vineyard and decides she’ll console herself with the best man, her oldest and very attractive friend Jason, who was supposed to be the best man. Jason is too ethical to take advantage of Erin when she’s had too much to drink, plus he doesn’t want to be a revenge fling, he wants her to care about him, not her inconsiderate ex Owen. On paper, this book sounded as if it would be a lot of fun but it was very ordinary and repetitive. Also, Erin seemed very immature: she recovered too quickly from being rejected right before her wedding day, she impulsively adopted a puppy and then ignored it. I also felt the explanation for Owen’s decision not to go through with the wedding didn’t make much sense, and Jason was so appealing that no one would ever have preferred Owen in the first place!
