The Proposal book review

Telling someone that you want to marry them does not ruin the surprise of when the proposal happens. Keep reading to find out what book I'm talking about.

Hey, it's Kyla Denanyoh. So today, we're talking about the book The Proposal. So, so good. The author of the book is Jasmine Guillory. As I'm composing the review of this book, I am wearing my Lawyers Change Careers shirt. The author of this book is a lawyer (ME TOO), but I'm jumping ahead. The genre of the book is fiction. The theme of the book is a rom-com or romantic comedy. 

Off jump, the biggest plot twist comes right in the beginning, but it lays a foundation for the entire book. You should not propose to someone if you have not discussed marriage. I know that is controversial. It shouldn't be, but it is very contentious. I was proposed to in 2018 at a Mexican restaurant with fortune cookies and a cake.

I had no idea when it was coming, but I knew I wanted to marry my husband. We had talked about it. Do you think you want kids? What do you feel about working? Would you like to adopt? Do you want to live with me? You have to talk about these things. 

I say all that because this proposal happens, Nik is terrified, and people have to come and save her. She's embarrassed. There are all these people looking. There's all this stuff. And let's boil all of that down to one thing. She doesn't want to marry the person who proposed to her. And they had never discussed it.

They had only been together for five months, but that wasn't even the problem. You have to know that you want to be married to this person. You need to have discussed it. I would write that on a billboard if I could. Can you discuss it afterward? Yes, but the person could also say no, they don't want to marry you. And how could you think you want to marry me? So yes, you absolutely must discuss where the relationship is going. It's mandatory. 

This book was really cute. It had all of your typical miscommunications. That's the whole point of romantic books. Someone thinks something's happening, but it doesn't, and can the couple survive the struggle of the miscommunication? 

Would I reread the book The Proposal? Yes. I would read it mainly because the author, Jasmine Guillory, references characters in her other books, like Theo and the stylist he's dating. So you meet characters in one of the books and see them change and how their relationships develop. So, each book has built-in emotions where you will miss the characters and wonder what they're doing. Maybe I should reread the wedding date and see where I met these characters. So that part is cute, and it's fun that Jasmine includes it in the books. 

So it's beautiful that you want to be married. You love someone so much that you want the government involved in it. That's how I feel about marriage. But there needs to be a discussion about whether or not you wish to be married. And then two, do you want to marry someone you're dating? You don't have a conversation; you already have communication issues, which probably will not bode well for the future relationship. I'm not a therapist; I'm a lawyer and read many romantic books. So that's my take on it. 

Let me know. Did you know that Jasmine Guillory used to be a lawyer? Do you enjoy cute little romantic books like this? 

Until the next book review, Kyla