Reviews with content warning for Alcohol - Delilah Green Doesn't Care

This was the sweet little slice of romance I needed after reading so many horror books back to back. It was a classic trope of a character moving away from their hometown only to be brought back by some event and falling in love with someone from their childhood. In this case Delilah, returns for her estranged stepsister’s wedding and falls in love with her stepsister’s childhood best friend, Claire.

I’m a little bit of a sucker for a miscommunication trope, but executed well. & I was a little frustrated by it in this one just because I felt if Claire just talked to Delilah instead of assuming shit things might have gotten resolved quicker-ish. But it wasn’t the worst.

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darkhorse488's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

3.5

A perfectly fine queer woman romance. I really enjoyed that these characters has some depth to them and family relationships and friendships were explored as much as the central romance. I particularly appreciated the single mom representation and how Delilah handles Claire’s daughter. This was extremely sweet and single moms (especially bisexual ones) tend to be quite underrepresented in romance so yay to this author for including one here.

What prevented me from rating this higher is that I did not love the way Claire treated Delilah through most of the book (she’s constantly lying to everyone and trying to hide their relationship) or how the third act breakup was handled. If those aspects had been handled differently I would have enjoyed this far more than I did.

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komiification's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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takarakei's review against another edition

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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? Yes

3.0

everyone is bi
sapphic
childhood hometown, small town romance
group of girl friends

I expected more connection to the characters, but kinda couldn't keep some of the friends straight. The whole plotline of breaking up their friend's wedding was like... "yall really let her get all the way this far before stepping in? are y'all actually friends?" The relationship between Delilah and Claire didn't really hit either, it felt very like insta-lovey. I think there was actually just not enough focus on their relationship to make it seem more believable.

3.5/5🌶️

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invisibleninjacat's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The pairing here was interesting - the estranged stepsister who circled around the outside of her sister's friend group and one of those friends. It's not childhood friends to lovers, and it's not enemies to lovers, but there's elements of both those tropes in there. No one in the novel has their shit together, and most of them will down a glass of wine at the first hint of experiencing a feeling (which is certainly not the most healthy relationship to alcohol, but it's not presented as a problem, so keep that in mind if you're sensitive to that). Overall, though, it's queer and messy and interesting. You could write a pretty cool essay about the symbolism of lavender and water in the novel, too. The men are all lousy, from mildly (Grant) to extremely (Spencer), and dating men is presented as the clearly inferior option, which outside the admittedly funny "men are trash" joke queer women like to tell, is a little trite.

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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