When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa

I have been doing the Goodreads challenges for about a year, and have mostly been happy with the things that I have read to complete them--none have been clunkers, some have been very good and are also books I might otherwise have missed out on. So when I say that is why I read this one, it is a neutral thing. September is Hispanic Heritage Month, and this fits the bill for that--written by an author who identifies as half Puerto Rican and half Brazilian about Javier, who is of Puerto Rican heritage and Marisol, who is of Brazilian heritage. It is a pretty classic sort of romance novel. Javi and Mari have been friends and attracted to each other since college. They managed to salvage the friendship by icing the romance and so many things happen over the ensuing 12 years that keep them more or less apart. Mari's father does not think Javi is good enough for Mari, a fact he doesn't bother even a little bit to hide and that doesn't quite resister with Mari. Mari leaves college for law school and knows where she is going from the get go whereas Javi meanders around a bit and doesn't want to be a ball and chain. It all comes to a head when Mari impulsively decides to marry the man her father is mentoring in their law firm and asks Javi to be her man of honor. This does not go off script for a romantic comedy, and as is so often the case with this genre, that is what the reader is hoping will happen.