 Popsugar Writing Challenge category: A queer romance.
Big Gay Wedding, by Byron Lane. The setup for this book sounded like a fluffy, over-the-top comedy. Barnett comes home to his family's farm in Louisiana, and his mother Chrissy is hopeful that he's going to stay and run the farm. Instead, Barnett tells her he's marrying his boyfriend Ezra, a teacher who talks in Californianisms about "vibes" and "being present." Chrissy is still having trouble accepting Barnett being gay, and she's looking for every possible fault in Ezra. Soon Ezra's family arrives: his overbearing alcoholic mother, his silent father, and his twin sister, who wants to throw the biggest, gayest wedding ever. There is a lot of comedy with these larger-than-life characters, and the wedding itself is a tour de force, but there's also a lot of serious drama. Chrissy has to get past her homophobia and her dreams for Barnett that he doesn't share. There's a lot of grace and forgiveness given, not only to Chrissy, but to others who treat Barnett homophobically, including one who tries to sabotage the wedding. And Barnett and Ezra have to face and overcome their doubts about each other before making this lifelong commitment. And there's quite a bit about grief. One of the side characters is terminally ill and had been keeping it secret. And there are two heartbreaking scenes of pet death. I should really know better than to read any book where an elderly pet in introduced early on.
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