Book Details
The Ex Vows
Georgia Woodward lives by her lists, none more so than the one about her ex, Eli Mora. It’s full of the ironclad dos and don’ts they’ve been following since she returned to the Bay Area after their cataclysmic breakup five years ago.
With the wedding of their mutual best friend, Adam, looming, and them about to step into their roles as best woman and man, Georgia’s never needed it more. She refuses to threaten their tight-knit friend group with her messy—and still very present—feelings. The rules on that list will keep her cool, calm, and compartmentalized.
What’s not on her list? Eli arriving from New York with a new rule-breaking attitude or the all-inclusive venue burning to the ground, leaving the bride and groom in dire straits. Nor does she anticipate Adam asking her and Eli to help him make a miracle happen. Together.
As Georgia and Eli rush up to Napa Valley to pull off the perfect wedding, their old chemistry comes back in technicolor. Somewhere between cake tastings gone wrong, disastrous DJ auditions, and Eli’s heated attention, Georgia starts recognizing the man she fell in love with before. And if she lets herself break her rules, she might find what they’re building isn’t the something old that ruined them—it’s a chance at something new.
The Review
Hello Book friends!
Today I’m reviewing The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce. In this second chance romance Georgia Woodward is preparing for her best friends wedding. What she’s not prepared for is her ex, Eli Mora, and how he’s made some major changes and ready to win her back.
A Few More Thoughts
Friends, I wasn’t able to put this one down!
There are so many wonderful aspects of this book I completely enjoyed! Tropes that were written so fantastically: he falls first, second chances, one bed, he’s in therapy, fake engagement (the second cake tasting scene 👏🏽), and more. What truly kept me going was the indelible threads Joyce wove together these incandescent truths of friendship, honesty, and love.
In a world where two friends turned lovers can be completely at odds with their professional and personal lives, being pulled in directions they didn’t think they would find themselves in, and finally realizing the person who stares back at them (both for Georgia and Eli) wasn’t who they were five years ago, can be hard to reconcile, especially when your partner is as adrift as you are; where the connections between them aren’t as strong and the distance is getting closer.
More Thoughts
As I was first reading The Ex Vows I thought of the Tori Amos song Baker, Baker. I’d gone to a lot of her concerts during high school, my favorite being her Strange Little Girls album (that feels like forever ago) and I went up to San Francisco to see her play and I remember that song hitting me in a way that I think most people feel after they’ve fallen apart, but had found the strength to start gluing themselves back together.
And that’s where the story begins. The moment two people who cared for each other are back in the other’s orbit, waiting, ever so patiently, for the moment they collide. To see what they create once they do. You should read this one to find out.
The Ex Vows is a love letter to second chances, the bonds of friendship, and how two people can find their way back to each other, even when things are still so messy and unresolved.
Happy Reading ~ Cece
RATING: 
– Exceptionally Inked
About the Author
Jessica Joyce
Jessica Joyce lives happily-ever-ongoing with her husband and son in the Bay Area. When she’s not writing character-driven, realistic and relatable tales of millennials who are just Doing Their Best while falling in love, you can find her listening to one of her dozens of chaotically curated Spotify playlists, trying out a new skincare face mask, crying over cute animal TikToks, or watching the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice.
publication details
| Pub Date | ISBN | Page Count | Publisher | Age Group | Source & Format | Review Posted Online |
| 16-Jul-24 | 978-0593548424 | 400 | Berkley | Adult | NetGalley, Digital ARC | July 21, 2024 |
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ABOUT THE CREATOR
CECE BECKMAN
Cece holds a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach. She lives in California with her husband and children. When she’s not reading or writing reviews she can be found wandering book aisles at local bookshops, drinking iced cold lattes with cold cream foam, or passing the time with her cats.
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