Reviews with content warning for Deadnaming - Love & Other Disasters

My new top romance pick to recommend!

If I were Paul Hollywood, I would give this book a handshake (iykyk) 😍

Love and Other Disasters deserves a spot on my favorite romance shelf, right next to Boyfriend Material and Red, White, and Royal Blue. It showcased this gorgeous, sexy, wonderful, healthy relationship, these vibrant, loud, messy characters in love, and a delicious helping of mouth-watering descriptions of food.

A little synopsis" "The first openly nonbinary contestant on America’s favorite cooking show falls for their clumsy competitor in this delicious romantic comedy debut".

I'm so in love with Daliah and London and will forever be crying over their adorable cinnamon-roll-loves-a-tornando relationship

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solenekeleroux's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

A super cute queer romance.
I loved the reality TV cooking show background and all the TV shenanigans, honestly I wanted even more of that.
Both characters are great, I loved London of course, it's rare to get good non-binary characters in romance, and the way the author gendered them correctly even when the transphobic woman on the show didn't was beautiful, I love that level of respect to their character. I also loved Dahlia's messy and spontaneous personnality.
The romance was delightful, very sweet, with hot sex scenes. It was a simple, efficient and joyful read.

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kayladaila's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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katsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

"She did not want niceness that was only granted because she appeared to fit into the boxes deemed acceptable by society."

"When you were around someone who felt everything, it mad you feel like you could feel everything, too. Like the depths of the world were suddenly limitless."

"You deserve more than you think you do. Go and get it all."

I loved this romance so much. It was so cool to see a non-binary love interest on page. I definitely would love to read more romances like this. I love that LGBTQ characters are becoming more mainstream because representation matters!

The steam was pretty good. If you like steamy books, it probably won't make you blush but it was still written quite well. The romance itself was a little slow-burn but not overly so. I also loved how well this novel modeled consent without having to have a whole conversation. It was just a natural part of how the characters interacted with one another.

I also really liked the food aspect. That was a fun addition to the story that kept things interesting. But definitely don't read this book while hungry! The competition really gave it a unique atmosphere since both London and Dahlia were very aware that they could be sent home at any moment.

My biggest complaint would probably be that I wish the competition had been fleshed out just a little bit more. I felt like we only got to know the other characters in the competition at a very surface level. Getting to know them better could have really added to the tension and intrigue of the story.

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