Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Love & Other Disasters

I really liked Dahlia and London, but I expected so much more from this book. It was way too long with very little happening. I was excited about the cooking show aspect, but that was lacking as well. It was a lot of telling with little showing, or else what was shown did not make sense with what we were told. For example, when

midway through the book, we are told Lizzie is one of the top competitors as well as London. Up until then, Lizzie was hardly mentioned being in the top three or winning challenges ever, and Dahlia seemed to be outperforming London. It just didn’t make sense.

Also the sex scenes were not it for me. I’ve never cringed so hard from a book before. Those descriptors were just… not it. Also: trigger warning for big toe sucking. It’s like they were so good with communication but then they start sucking on her toe with zero warning. Took me out of it immediately. Feet are gross.
This is all so disappointing because London and Dahlia had the potential to be one of my favorite book couples ever.

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danaslitlist's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective 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

A romance novel that takes place on the set of a cooking competition? And it’s queer?! Sign me up!

There was so much to love in this book from the characters being vibrant and fleshed out, the building up of the romance, the drama on set! Not to mention the really important discussions of non-binary representation, navigating your life after it throws you a curve ball, and finding the strength to stand on your own.

This book gave me the warm fuzzies and it’s not often that I get those warm fuzzies. Especially rare that I get them from a romance novel. Also the sex scenes were wonderful and the perfect blend of spice and sweetness. I can’t hype the fact that there was communication during those moments and how refreshing it was to see that.

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viireads's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

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fatkidatheartreads's review

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3.5

A non binary chef and a queer chef both walk into a cooking competition! 🍳
Great representation, great romance. There was angst, and cooking, and kissing, and conversations and a whole lot of love. I especially loved how much these two communicated ( except that third act break-up of course).

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mimikac's review

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funny 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

4.25

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qraveline's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense 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

4.5

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