Worst Man by Brandt & Stein
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I like graphic novels and I had been in a bit of a slump, so I decided to grab one and give it a punt. Worst Man is about the wedding of Domino McElligott and Battista Lovely, they are getting married in a remote island far away from everything, a nice secluded perfect wedding. Introduce Radcliffe Raleigh. He is a professional "worst man", who works to stop weddings from happening to avoid people who aren't truly in love or that others think are a bad pairing or shouldn't marry. He is hired by the mother of the bride, who is a tech mogul, Valentina McElligott. She had previously hired him to break up her other daughter's wedding, which Rad failed to do as they were truly in love and therefore was against his policy, but for that he had six months. To stop this wedding, he is now given 32 hours and a threat on his life. So he gets to it and tries hard to pull all the tricks he can muster in such a short time. But what he doesn't plan on is the best man who is on his own mission to see this wedding succeed for his friend. Add to the mix the fact that Domino's sister came and they vaguely remember Rad from the time he was their own worst man, and that she is upset that her perception is that their mother gave them the island to Domino and Battista but didn't even show up to her wedding. A groom who insists on being blindfolded so he doesn't see the bride before the wedding because it is bad luck. A mother of the groom with a terrorising pooch that is also the ring bearer. A hotel that had their staff scared away by Rad so it's only him and his hacker friend, alongside the best man and the two friends he brought up to help. And Valentina is also helping by bringing quite literally a boatload of people from her company and a wedding planner that is having a crisis and frustrated and determined to somehow still make this the best wedding ever (she's in a war path). This was so so funny. Between Rad desperately slowly falling for the best man and trying his best to at the same time ruin this wedding, but also frustrated because how is he going to undo this when the best man seems to be undoing whatever he does to cause chaos. Chaos is just everywhere. One of the fun things is you get to see loads of very messy family and friends relationships. Like the misunderstandings between the sisters and how they see the other different than they themselves perceive who they are. You get to see a bossy mother of the groom who knows best. A bride and groom who truly love each other and are just trying to have a good wedding without too mcuh chaos and somehow with Valentina involved that feels impossible. But, will love prevail, both for Rad and for the couple? Go read to find out, it is worth it and a very fun journey.