Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Love & Other Disasters

Such a beautiful portrayal of a non-binary person in a relationship with a woman. Their love was the main focus, while they still had realistic interactions with others while still having one another's back.

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ctara2123's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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love_bookswillbetheendofme's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

London was someone I found to be relatable, as it's hard to find gender non-comforming main characters in romance novels. I think they were well written. I also loved the way their relationship developed.

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kajoreads's review against another edition

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hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

It took me almost half the book to get invested in the romance, but I was flying through the pages by the end.

I picked this up for the enby rep, but ended up liking Dahlia’s storyline more. If you ask me, she was the better written character out of the two.

That’s not to say I disliked London, I just couldn’t quite grasp what their personality was supposed to be like. Their characterization felt inconsistent to me.

The cooking show setting was fun & definitely my favourite part of the book. #TeamDahlia

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joensign's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Reality Cooking Competition Shows + grumpy/sunshine romance = perfection

I love this book! Dahlia and London are such a sweet, funny and totally sexy couple. I love their story and how they fight for each other.

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shaylee_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.0

Ratings:
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall:⭐⭐⭐/5
Romance:❤️❤️❤️❤️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5
Diversity: Queer FMC, Pan & Nonbinary MC, Trans FTM SC
Tropes: Competitors to Lovers, Sapphic Romance
Content Warnings: Homophobia, Transphobia, Misgendering.

Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a steamy queer romance that follows Dahlia Woodson and Non-binary London Parker who met on the set of a reality cooking show, Chef’s Special where they are both competing to win $100,000.

My favorite aspect of Love and Other Disasters is the non-binary representation. As a Non-binary person myself, I could really relate to London's character especially when it came to their struggles with their father. Not everyone in my family except my identity so seeing London deal with this problem and over come it was really special to me. I appreciate how even when London was being misgendered by one of the transphobic characters, the text itself never did.

Although I felt like the relationship between Dahlia and London didn't have a lot of chemistry and it felt a little insta lovey, I did think they where very cute together.

I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of spice that was in this book. I was expecting it to be one of those book where it isn't fade to black but it's not very descriptive and there to be only one or two scenes. Although this book wasn't the smuttiest I've read, it did have quite a few scenes that where pretty descriptive and decently long.

The premise of this book was interesting, I've never read or even heard of for that matter a book that takes place during a cooking show. I had really enjoyed that aspect of the book. I will say that there didn't seem to be much of a plot to this book because of that I struggled to get into it.

I did however really enjoy the writing style of this book.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and it's definitely one that I would read again. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a book with good non-binary rep.

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gingerbread814's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

3.5

A good queer love story. I would have loved a little more slow build up before jumping in fully with the love and sex, but all in all a feel good book that hits the right notes and provides a positive representation of queer love in one of its many forms.

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