Now, I’ve loved Jasmine Guillory’s romance books ever since The Wedding Date. That story is still one of my favorites (Alexa and Drew supremacy!) Controversial, but I also really enjoyed The Proposal (the second book in this series/universe). Unfortunately, While We Were Dating missed the mark for me just a bit.

I thought some of the dialogue was cringy and I didn’t feel as connected to Ben or Anna as I did with the other characters from the other books in the series. Although we did get to know more about Ben, I still don’t think he was as fleshed out and developed as Theo or even Carlos….honestly not even Drew! Additionally, I’m the type to suspend disbelief for books that require it, romance definitely being one of those, but I couldn’t get past some of the things Ben said and did because I know for a fact most men wouldn’t say or do some of the things he did, lmao. I did like how he worked in the Communications industry and JG did a great job at showing what Black and brown people have to go through on a daily basis working in it 🙄. As for Anna, I also felt she was a bit underdeveloped and sort of generic in that actress written in a book way. But I did like her character nonetheless and her take no BS attitude, how she dealt with her anxiety/mental health struggles as well as how she always advocated for herself in a cutthroat industry that works OT to tear Black women, especially plus size Black women down.

Even though this wasn’t my favorite JG read, she’s still an auto-buy author for me and I’m going to read any future romance books she puts out, lol. If you want a cute, fluffy(ish), doesn’t require much thinking romance then I’d say go for it.