![]() ![]() Her answer intrigues: “Pretty big! Stay tuned! I love how much people liked Dana I hope I get to check back in with her and Natalie someday.” Jasmine Guillory on Sex and Friendship Queer Characters in Jasmine Guillory BooksĪnd speaking of The Proposal, I mentioned Dana, and asked Jasmine what the chances are that we’ll see another queer hero(ine) in one of her books. She didn’t fan cast (is it fan casting when you wrote the characters?) Nik and Carlos, so I would like to humbly submit Haneefah Wood and Diego Luna. Malcolm: “Look, you can’t write a romance with an older British black man as the hero without thinking about Idris Elba from time to time, okay?” Vivian: “I don’t have a great idea for Vivian, so I’d love to hear what others think!” (Author’s note: Vivica A. Theo: “William Jackson Harper is a dream Theo-he plays Chidi in The Good Place, and I had a number of friends independently cast him after reading The Wedding Party.” Maddie: “Tessa Thompson would be a fantastic Maddie.” It’s bright and fun and confident, and I love how well it tells the story of the book.” She mentioned, too, that the cover for The Bride Test made her want to read the book right away, and named Christina Lauren’s The Unhoneymooners and Sonali Dev’s Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors as covers that set the tone for the books “so well.” “I am OBSESSED with the cover for Alexa Martin’s Intercepted! I remember when I first saw it when she revealed the cover, and I couldn’t get over it-I was drawn in right away to that woman on the cover. We touched on the illustrated cover trend, and I asked what her favorites are. In Jasmine’s words, “SO GOOD.”) Jasmine Guillory on Illustrated Covers I never looked back!” (In non-romance-though it has an amazing meet cute-we both gushed about mutual pal Amy Spalding’s next novel, We Used To Be Friends. Like many people, she’d read romance here and there over the years, including Georgette Heyer’s books, but she says “Tessa Dare, Courtney Milan, and Lisa Kleypas’s books were the ones that made me dive head first into the genre. Jasmine Guillory’s Gateway Romance Readsįor many newer readers of romance, Jasmine’s books are the gateway to the genre, so I asked her what books got her started reading romance. I had the opportunity recently to ask Jasmine a few questions over email about romance novels, baking, her dream cast for the (imaginary, for now) adaptations of her books, and more. The series has spawned a large and still growing fan base, and possibly been the catalyst for Barnes & Noble going all-in on romance. The newest book in the series, Royal Holiday, is in stores now. Her debut, The Wedding Date, was a runaway hit and has spawned a small but growing universe of novels about a group of friends and relations in California, each of whom gets their own happy ending. You probably already know this if you follow her on Twitter, subscribe to her newsletter, or, I dunno, have read her books. Twitter: All posts by Annika Barranti Klein She says it promises to be another hit.Annika Barranti Klein Contributing EditorĪnnika Barranti Klein likes books, obviously. In the Washington Post, bestselling author Helen Hoang recommends The Wedding Party The reviewer says: “I have to actively refrain from talking about Guillory and her novels IN ALL CAPS because I get VERY EXCITED - she's that good!” Buzzfeed says The Wedding Party is one of the page turners you’ll be obsessed with this summer!īuzzfeed includes The Wedding Party on this list of great summer beach reads. The Wedding Party is in great company on this list, along with Elizabeth Gilbert and Colson Whitehead! Shondaland calls The Wedding Party one of the 10 books you won’t be able to put down this summer Vox lists The Wedding Party as one of the 10 most anticipated books of the summer! ![]() Time includes The Wedding Party on a list of the 32 books you need to read this summer. Library Journal starred review! Bustle calls Royal Holiday one of the books you have to have on your Autumn reading list! Pop Sugar calls Royal Holiday another sparkling hit from Jasmine Guillory Book Page calls Royal Holiday one of the most anticipated romances for fallĮntertainment Weekly says The Wedding Party is one of the summer’s hottest readsĪnd says “Jasmine Guillory is one of romance’s brightest new voices.” Time calls The Wedding Party one of the best books of the summer Shondaland calls While We Were Dating one of the 5 best books of July! Time calls While We Were Dating “another dazzling love story.”Įntertainment Weekly calls While We Were Dating one of the best new books of July! says While We Were Dating is one of the 12 best beach reads to get lost in this summer! While We Were Dating See the cover reveal and read about the book over at Entertainment Weekly! ![]()
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