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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
This queer rom-com takes place during a reality cooking competition. With lots of talk about food and two characters who are trying to find and be their true selves, this novel is a cut above the usual rom-com fare. I really liked it and thought narrator Lindsey Dorcus did a fabulous job. At times I did find Dahlia (she/her) a little too over-the-top with her zaniness but that didn’t take away from the chemistry her and London (they/them) had. This audiobook kept me smiling.
Really wanted to like it but struggled. DNF at 30%. Two stars for a non-binary main character.
This was a fun, quick romance featuring a queer MC and a nonbinary MC. I think this may be the first book I've read with a NB main character! This story is also set in a cooking competition tv show, so more of my bread and butter. Not necessarily the biggest fan of the conflict between the two MCs in the end though. Overall, a perfectly good read.
I wanted to love this book but unfortunately I really didn’t. I was excited for a romance with queer and nonbinary representation and while that was great, the actual story was a bit bland. The story was pretty cliche and the dialogue was sometimes cringe-worthy. The few moments where the author really went in depth about the character’s experiences in the LGBTQ community were great, but everything else was pretty blah. I think this was a 2 star book for me but I’m bumping it up because I would love to see more books with nonbinary representation.
I love the representation of a nonbinary character in a romance. Sweetly rendered with great chemistry between the characters.
Cute and worth the read if you want something fluffy and fun but it didn’t make me swoon
I really wanted this to be good but it really wasn’t, it did finish it though and it kind of entertaining
So I read this series out of order, reading book 3 before coming back and starting here from the beginning. I love How You Get the Girl so much that I wanted more. Mostly more of Julie, whose twin, London, is featured in this novel. And also more of Dahlia, London's partner, who I really loved in How You Get the Girl. And, okay, I didn't like this book as much as I liked book 3, but I was still very entertained, very interested in this romance, very invested in the cooking competition, Chef's Special that serves as the setting for this novel.
The best thing about Love & Other Disasters is how messy London and Dahlia are as people, each dealing with their own baggage that make their coming together complicated, never mind that they're literally competing against each other on national television for life-changing money for them both. Dahlia has quit her job and is recently divorced. London will be coming out as non-binary on national TV, which they know will cause angst for their father, who still hasn't come around to the idea in the 3 years he's known.
I liked this a lot, even if Julie wasn't featured enough. And I still love Dahlia. London was a bit of an enigma for me. I liked them, for sure, but I feel like I was kept at arm's length from them. This wasn't an issue for Dahlia, who manages to get very close to London in a short time. And despite Dahlia's reluctance to get into another relationship so soon after her divorce, and despite the fact that London hasn't been with anyone since they came out as non-binary and is still a little unsure of themself/uncomfortable in their own skin, neither can deny their feelings or their attraction. And it all happens way too fast for me (and what was with the toe work during their first sex scene?), even if I loved it. The cooking competition added a lot of great drama, too.
I'm going to now give book 2 a go, which I am not super excited about. But any chance for more Julie and more Dahlia is a win for me. I hope it's enough to get me through a book I wouldn't otherwise read.
The best thing about Love & Other Disasters is how messy London and Dahlia are as people, each dealing with their own baggage that make their coming together complicated, never mind that they're literally competing against each other on national television for life-changing money for them both. Dahlia has quit her job and is recently divorced. London will be coming out as non-binary on national TV, which they know will cause angst for their father, who still hasn't come around to the idea in the 3 years he's known.
I liked this a lot, even if Julie wasn't featured enough. And I still love Dahlia. London was a bit of an enigma for me. I liked them, for sure, but I feel like I was kept at arm's length from them. This wasn't an issue for Dahlia, who manages to get very close to London in a short time. And despite Dahlia's reluctance to get into another relationship so soon after her divorce, and despite the fact that London hasn't been with anyone since they came out as non-binary and is still a little unsure of themself/uncomfortable in their own skin, neither can deny their feelings or their attraction. And it all happens way too fast for me (and what was with the toe work during their first sex scene?), even if I loved it. The cooking competition added a lot of great drama, too.
I'm going to now give book 2 a go, which I am not super excited about. But any chance for more Julie and more Dahlia is a win for me. I hope it's enough to get me through a book I wouldn't otherwise read.