Reviews - Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date

Ashley Herring Blake

4.09 AVERAGE

henrimag's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kc_resch's review against another edition

3.0

This was a cute story, and a fun, light read with a lot of heart in it. It was fun to see the common characters all the way through the arc of the trilogy. Each one had its own charm, but I have to say, this one felt like the weakest of the three. It might be because I didn't personally feel super connected to either of the main characters. But the characterization of Stevie's anxiety disorder felt off to me (I'm a therapist), like it was an anxiety disorder written by someone who looked up Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Wikipedia. That sort of tarnished an otherwise decent book for me.

kumara's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yshateri's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was such a beautiful ending to the trilogy. I loved Iris and Stevie and this “fake dating” trope.

sophia_shelves's review against another edition

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marthabethanreads's review against another edition

3.5

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

queenllama's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The actual plot is a good idea and rh writting I'd okay. However the author loves to mention LQBT+ or a character race at every second. It's also the smallest character in the book so if she wanted to be divece why not make a bigger character be a different race or LGBT+.
The nicknames that iris and Steve's were calling each other were very cute but they lasted 2 chapters.
I also fell like I the only characters I learn about were Stevie and iris. The side characters didn't get much attention.
Also one of the characters is mentioned to be a cockney and also fro Liverpool. They are completely different part of England.