Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt

3 reviews

charnyreads'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, War, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Pregnancy

gtrue21's review against another edition

3.5

This isn’t my favorite queer romance, but it feels very realistic. The constraints of living in a small conservative town and not being able to realize your identity until later in life is a very real thing for a lot of LGBTQIA+ folks, and at the same time, sometimes you just want them to be happy without having to deal with oppression and societal expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War

marx's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

this book is better written than 90% of f/f romance novels (not a high bar) but the plot is completely unbearable. just want to mention the extremely funny fact that the book constantly alludes to the ex-military protagonist’s career in a Shadowy American Intelligence Agency without revealing what she actually does for work. folks, the deep state is infiltrating our lesbian fiction. 

(also there are no sex scenes in this. booooo hissss) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, and Racism

Not all of this is handled sensitively ESPECIALLY the racism