Max's childhood best friend Paige just told him that she's engaged to her boyfriend, Austin, and she wants Max to be her best man. Max isn't in the best place in his life. He works in human resources at a dead end job with a horrible boss. He was in a very long-term relationship (with Greg) but was recently dumped. Instead of moving on, he's desperately holding on, hooking up with Greg for meaningless sex whenever its convenient for Greg.
Max is quickly dragged into the many details of wedding preparation, and that's when he meets, Chasten, the groom's brother. Chasten is very good looking, fashionable, wealthy, and a social butterfly. Max is immediately jealous and feels like Chasten is edging in on his relationship with Paige. To make matters worse, it just happens that Chasten and Matt almost hooked up one night, but it ended in disastrous embarrassment. Max wants nothing to do with Chasten, and he doesn't want Chasten around Paige either.
Obviously, that dynamic can't last forever. This is a romance novel after all. Eventually Max and Chasten start talking, and they give each other another chance. The big obstacle after that is they are both (kind of) with other people, but we all know it will work out in the end.
This book was kind of "meh" for me. There were some fun scenes and parties around New York and in the Hamptons. It felt like a different world. But Max seemed very whiny to me. It was satisfying to see him improve his life. However, he wasn't happy to help Paige with the wedding, and then he wasn't happy when Chasten was helping her either. He didn't seem to think about anyone but himself. Also, the romance didn't feel as intense as maybe it could have been. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't my favorite.
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