Title: Daniel & Erik’s Super Fab Ultimate Wedding Checklist
Series: N/A
Author: K.E. Belledonne
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (200 pages)
Publisher: Interlude Press (23 June 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Blurb: When Daniel gets caught up in the demands of a cheeky wedding planning app, his ance Erik grows frustrated with his preoccupation with adhering to heterosexual traditions. Will Daniel’s groomzilla ways give them the wedding of their dreams, or ultimately lead to their relationship’s demise?
ISBN: 9781941530825
Product Link: Interlude Press
Reviewer: Prime
Review: This was my first time reading a KE Belledonne book – and I have to say I was completely blown away by the awesomeness of both the story and the writing.
The title says it all – Daniel and Erik, a young couple who have been dating for a few years, are now getting ready to plan their super awesome wedding. The story in itself is quite simple. We get to read how the guys met and their life dating. It isn’t super romantic by any means but it is literally just two guys living a life and trying to become a cohesive couple.
Daniel is down to earth, though he has always dreamed of planning his own wedding. Whereas Erik is a rather deep-thinking academic type who seems like the kind of guy that would let the world pass him if it didn’t interest him. Together they are wonderful and though I loved Daniel more than Erik (he did piss me off a couple times) Daniel is the kind of guy that steps out of his shell when in the presence of the man he loves.
Towards the end we did get an injection of drama. Up until that point it was a real humorous look at how a stupid app and expectations from what we see in magazines, etc. can really become a head fuck if you try to conform. This was one of those times where I found myself feeling sympathy for Daniel and mentally yelling at Erik that he needs to get his shit together and try when it came to his relationship with Daniel. Daniel, after downloading a wedding app becomes overcome and I couldn’t help but think that perhaps Erik needed to intervene before things went to shit.
While I relate to Erik, the whole academic thing and not really completely into planning parties, I did want to hit him on the head. In fact, he did the one thing that academics tend to do when a job offer comes their way and why some academics are completely miserable because they don’t do the whole work-life balance right. I felt sorry for Daniel at that point and I was really annoyed with Erik.
But in the end it’s all good, there is a HEA and it is then that Erik does show, albeit in passing, that he actually did pay attention at some important details when their wedding plans were destroying their relationship.
