Nearlywed

 Author: Nicolas DiDomizio
Title: Nearlwed
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Date Published: 05/21/2024

Read Dates: 04/26/2024- 04/27/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻  

Nearlywed is a single-POV age gap, opposites attract romance. On paper, Ray and his fiancé Kip couldn’t be more different, but they’re madly in love and planning their end-of-summer wedding. Ray, a millennial writer, convinces Kip, a gen-X doctor, that an “earlymoon” is just what they need. Once they arrive at their idyllic resort, though, things seem to be heading south.

I really enjoyed this book but it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting. I went in thinking it would be a funny little romcom but it was much more introspective. Ray does a lot of reflecting on relationships, his past dating, his failed first marriage, his parents example, and his relationship with Kip. Heavy at times but well worth the read as the two navigate a rocky week together to ultimately come out stronger and healthier.

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Ray Bruno and Kip Hayes are horrible on paper. Ray is a chaotic millennial ex-clickbait-writer who's been oversharing his every thought online since he was a teenager, and Kip is a pragmatic Gen X doctor who values privacy above all else.

But somehow it all manages to work…until Ray convinces Kip to join him for an early honeymoon at a famous lux resort in Ray's coastal New England hometown, eschewing the tradition of bachelor parties and hoping to recharge before their end-of-August wedding. When a surprising encounter with another couple at the resort leads to a series of escalating mishaps and miscommunications, Ray and Kip are forced to look at their many differences in a stark new light, turning the trip into less of a vacation and more of a test: will they be able to work through their issues in time for the big day? Or is this marriage over before it begins?