Here Comes the Ex

4,5 Stars I've read many books featuring weddings, as well as many books on giving love a second chance. And both things are done very well by Portia MacIntosh. There are some slapstick-moments, and the inevitable misunderstandings that lead to more confusion. All very cliché, but they are somehow done in such a cute way and with a very likeable protagonist that I had really fun being Luca's plus One to this wedding. The supporting characters (Luca's circle of friends) stayed a bit in the shadows, but that was ok for me because their stories shouldn't distract from the main story-line. This book could be easily made into a screenplay by Richard Curtis. It's the perfect story for a sweet rom-com, with a confined setting: a wedding. All of the "Now"-chapters take place on the weekend of the wedding, with a couple of "Then"-flashbacks to 10 years before. And the dramaturgy of the scenes is more than suitable. Only the title should be different. More catchy and more telling than the very general "The time of our lives".