To tell the history of comics without mentioning romance is quite hard, but to explain the modern comic landscape without comics is actually quite easy.  What was once a dedicated genre in comics has all but disappeared in the modern day medium, and it makes a series such as this one somewhat odd, even if there are still far more comics ever printed on romance than there have been on zombies or vampires.  This series tells the story of the two titular characters, one a divorce lawyer and the other a wedding planner, set up in one of the most obvious cases of “opposites attract” that might have ever made its way into a rom-com.

The story by this point is already fairly far advanced.  As Ares helps his counterpart plan a wedding instead of pulling one apart, there is a lot of the formulaic romance in the series which has already been covered.  The meet-cute is long since passed, and so has the initial friction which inevitably leads to chemistry.  One of the criticisms of most movies in the rom-com category is that the two leads simply don’t match, but the creative team doesn’t really have to worry about that here as they can choose who they want to represent their characters.  Equally though, the chemistry is dialed back at times by the sometimes manufactured dialogue between the two, which kind of seems like they are passing from scene to scene as in a movie, as opposed to the more organic comic presentation.

While this story is sweet and charming, there is also not much to distinguish itself from most others in the genre save for the choice of medium.  The age of romance in comics is long since past, and while this story is maybe no standout in terms of approachable and likable characters, it is still a nice story which is compact enough and not too full of the cliches of the genre, even while not being something too extraordinary.  In the end the concept behind the series is a little bit weak for the characters, but it is the well written characters that end up carrying the story, which is better than most romances can manage.

Story: Jamie S.  Rich Art: Megan Levens
Story: 8.3 Art: 8.3 Overall: 7.8 Recommendation: Read

Oni Press provided Graphic Policy with a free copy for review