C.B. Lee's Reviews > Daniel & Erik’s Super Fab Ultimate Wedding Checklist

Imagine a movie trailer opening with a fun lively pop song, we're introduced to Daniel and Erik, very much in love, in a diner making heart-eyes at each other. Newly engaged, they've just started planning their wedding; or well, Daniel is. Close up on a phone open to an app that says "Welcome to Aurora, your digital life planner!" and some festive wedding themed icons. A montage of wedding shenanigans play with Daniel trying to stay ahead of the many lists he needs, and things coming together, things falling apart, and the music swells and the title card flashes at the screen; two groomsmen on a teetering wedding cake.

This novel leaps off the page; it is so much fun. I'm a big fan of rom-coms in general, and Belledonne delivers every trope and turns them on their head with a genuine and delightful romance. Told simultaneously in the present and through flashbacks of Daniel and Erik's budding relationship, the story of falling in love and also being in love and staying in love is done so well. There are tears and heartbreak and high stakes and I absolutely adore it. Recommended for anyone who's a big fan of romantic comedies.