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rebeccasreadingrambles's review against another edition
5.0
my new favorite author!!!
Wow! I am so sad this book is over because I am obsessed, it is SO GOOD. I ADORE the characters. Everyone is interesting and unique and just fabulous characters with so much depth and so much growth. I love reading about cocktails and art and friendship and romance. And steammmm of course! Self acceptance and facing the hard things and breaking out of trying to fit some mold. I had no idea what to expect, but this poly relationship is the most healthy relationship I've read about in a looooong time (definitely didn't see that coming). This was relatively low drama which I LOVED because I am all about romance with communication and easy forgiveness and conflict resolution (sorry maybe some people don't but I DO!)
Note: I listened to the audiobook and HIGHLY recommend it if you can! So very well done and impossible to stop listening.
Wow! I am so sad this book is over because I am obsessed, it is SO GOOD. I ADORE the characters. Everyone is interesting and unique and just fabulous characters with so much depth and so much growth. I love reading about cocktails and art and friendship and romance. And steammmm of course! Self acceptance and facing the hard things and breaking out of trying to fit some mold. I had no idea what to expect, but this poly relationship is the most healthy relationship I've read about in a looooong time (definitely didn't see that coming). This was relatively low drama which I LOVED because I am all about romance with communication and easy forgiveness and conflict resolution (sorry maybe some people don't but I DO!)
Note: I listened to the audiobook and HIGHLY recommend it if you can! So very well done and impossible to stop listening.
mpimental's review against another edition
funny
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
alisa4books's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
zaidzu's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
womanwill's review against another edition
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
4.75
A fun, steamy, and dare I say delicious poly romance from TJ Alexander! Aptly named, Triple Sec is three love stories for the price of one (or one big romance?) with a dash of a cocktail competition to drive the plot.
Told from the perspective of Mel, a cocktail mixologist and divorcee learning to love again. Mel is swept off her feet by Bebe, a fun and curvy lawyer, who quickly sucks Mel into the world of polyamory. Eventually, Mel also meets Kade, Bebe's nonbinary wife. After a weekend snowed in together, things get even cozier...
Alexander delivers another very queery and very fun romance read. I laughed out loud at some of their one liners and highlighted more than a few. This is a fun and very queer romance with some tension but no third act breakup, which is always refreshing.
Read if you want:
- three romances wrapped in one
- to crave a damn good craft cocktail
- big queer found family
- open communication and adulting
- no third act breakup
- single POV
- NYC in winter (and cocktails)
- polyamorous throuple
- steam
- only one bed, by choice
- snowed in together in Canada
- healing from divorce
Thanks to S&S and NetGalley for the e-ARC. As always, all thoughts my own.
Told from the perspective of Mel, a cocktail mixologist and divorcee learning to love again. Mel is swept off her feet by Bebe, a fun and curvy lawyer, who quickly sucks Mel into the world of polyamory. Eventually, Mel also meets Kade, Bebe's nonbinary wife. After a weekend snowed in together, things get even cozier...
Alexander delivers another very queery and very fun romance read. I laughed out loud at some of their one liners and highlighted more than a few. This is a fun and very queer romance with some tension but no third act breakup, which is always refreshing.
Read if you want:
- three romances wrapped in one
- to crave a damn good craft cocktail
- big queer found family
- open communication and adulting
- no third act breakup
- single POV
- NYC in winter (and cocktails)
- polyamorous throuple
- steam
- only one bed, by choice
- snowed in together in Canada
- healing from divorce
Thanks to S&S and NetGalley for the e-ARC. As always, all thoughts my own.
kimsayssmile's review against another edition
medium-paced
5.0
I binged this book in a few hours and enjoyed it immensely! I liked getting to know a bit of everyone’s personal stories and then how they weaved together and became one joint story.
This was the first book I’ve read with a polyamorous relationship. I love how Mel and Bebe and Kade are all so different, yet work so well together as partners with each other and then as a throuple.
I also thought it was interesting that I could never get a clear picture of any of them in my head. In other books, this would frustrate me because I couldn’t picture who the character was supposed to be. However, in this book, it actually adds to the story not being able to clearly picture the characters. I have absolutely no idea what Kade looks like, but that goes along with them being nonbinary and not fitting into a specific mold. I think that’s cool.
I enjoyed the bartending storyline and the spicy scenes but this book was all about the main characters and their relationships for me!
hijinx_abound's review against another edition
3.5
In a lot of ways, this is a quieter love story. It involves three people who begin as a married couple and a person one is interested in. It evolves over time with lots of communication and growing pains into a poly relationship.
I loved watching Mel navigate this new relationship as well as her evolution as a bartender with mad cocktail skills.
I would have liked to see a bit more of Bebe outside her partners.
I loved watching Mel navigate this new relationship as well as her evolution as a bartender with mad cocktail skills.
I would have liked to see a bit more of Bebe outside her partners.
tamaramarie's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
4.0
libraryrachreads's review against another edition
3.5
REVIEW: Triple Sec ⭐⭐⭐.5 (3.5)
I have read and enjoyed Chef’s Kiss and Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander, so I was really excited to start reading Triple Sec.
First of all, I love the unique take on a traditional rom-com. I’m always for positive representation in romances, and TJ Alexander provided that with nonbinary and bisexual characters as well as polyamorous relationships. I love reading about different voices and points of view than my own, so this was perfect to dive into. Triple Sec gives you so many warm and happy vibes that make you want to keep reading. It has a sweet love story, it’s funny, and it even gives spice. TJ Alexander also does such a great job making the three main characters, Mel, Bebe, and Kade, unique with their own struggles and needs. It was fun seeing how their chemistry and care for one another developed as they all discovered more about themselves as well.
Personally, I wished Triple Sec was written in multiple POVs, especially in the case of a polyamorous relationship. We got to know Bebe and Kade only through Mel’s lens, and I think it would have been really interesting to see from their sides. I also wished there were a little more to the story with the three of them together. Their relationship as three developed quickly and I just wanted it to go on longer and get to a deeper level.
Overall, I really enjoyed Triple Sec. It was a great, sweet, but spicy rom-com that just hit the spot for me!
Thank you, Netgalley and Atria Books | Atria/Emily Bestler Books, for the free advanced copy for my honest review!
I have read and enjoyed Chef’s Kiss and Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander, so I was really excited to start reading Triple Sec.
First of all, I love the unique take on a traditional rom-com. I’m always for positive representation in romances, and TJ Alexander provided that with nonbinary and bisexual characters as well as polyamorous relationships. I love reading about different voices and points of view than my own, so this was perfect to dive into. Triple Sec gives you so many warm and happy vibes that make you want to keep reading. It has a sweet love story, it’s funny, and it even gives spice. TJ Alexander also does such a great job making the three main characters, Mel, Bebe, and Kade, unique with their own struggles and needs. It was fun seeing how their chemistry and care for one another developed as they all discovered more about themselves as well.
Personally, I wished Triple Sec was written in multiple POVs, especially in the case of a polyamorous relationship. We got to know Bebe and Kade only through Mel’s lens, and I think it would have been really interesting to see from their sides. I also wished there were a little more to the story with the three of them together. Their relationship as three developed quickly and I just wanted it to go on longer and get to a deeper level.
Overall, I really enjoyed Triple Sec. It was a great, sweet, but spicy rom-com that just hit the spot for me!
Thank you, Netgalley and Atria Books | Atria/Emily Bestler Books, for the free advanced copy for my honest review!