Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

I enjoyed this one a lot! Delilah Green was fun, but I didn't connect to the characters like I did in this one- which is funny since so many of the characters are the same lol. Astrid felt VERY fleshed out and genuinely written, and I loved witnessing her growth as a character. She is very easy to empathize with and relate to, which makes it that much easier to get invested in the romance. And her interest in and dynamic with Jordan felt real.

I really appreciated that the big Conflict between Astrid and Jordan wasnt based in miscommunication. It was an unfortunate side effect of both Astrid and Jordan growing and starting to complete their big character arcs. And once both of them realized what they wanted and what they are worth they were able to come back together as Themselves

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Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

An extremely sweet romance with several 🌶 spicy 🌶 scenes all the way to completion 😘 Unexpected ending!

Also love the depiction and representation of someone coming out later in life.

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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

I really enjoy Ashley Herring Blake's writing, and I really enjoyed this companion novel to Delilah Green Doesn't Care! I cannot wait for Iris's story, just because we've met her in two books now and she's already a character I adore and is well-developed, but anyway, onto Astrid's story!

Reading about Astrid was lovely, you got to see who she actually is rather than who she is told she needs to be. She goes through self-discovery struggles, and she does her best, even if she doesn't feel up to it.

Jordan was a tougher perspective for me to get into, because the reason this novel got a 4 instead of a 5 is because of her, and her actions! Not that I didn't love her character - her experience was unique (to the books I've personally read) and something I was not anticipating. Spoiler: Cancer Mentions in the book, I do wish I knew of that prior but it wasn't a big part of the story, but it was mentioned a couple times. Still, the way Jordan thought of it and how it affected her life (spoiler: she was not the one with cancer) felt well-thought out and cared for.

Ashley Herring Blake has an amazing way of making the stories so enriching, it's not just about the two main characters but she's able to flesh out the surrounding characters as well. There was more to this book than just a love story, and I really loved that! I like seeing characters grow outside of the relationship that they're going to be in.

So the reason I can't really give this book five stars is because of how Jordan went with the renovation in the beginning of the book. I really didn't like how she went on about it; her grandmother got a loan for this renovation, to pay Astrid, and how she meddles with the design seems really disrespectful. She wasn't considering what anyone else but herself wants and not taking anyone else into consideration, even if she does think she knows better but it's not really her place.

I do understand that she has big feelings over the renovations, since it means a lot to her and she has a lot of lovely memories there, but the issue is she didn't even try to voice her concern to her grandmother, her brother, to Astrid, to the producers, she just decided it's "my way or the highway" and started going behind their backs and did whatever she wanted, and just complain about Astrid's design instead of actually communicating?

In the end, when Astrid told everyone the truth it was Astrid who got blamed; however, it was actually Jordan's fault, in my opinion. They wouldn't have been in that situation if Jordan hadn't meddled or voiced her concern in the beginning.

Also, I think the author missed an opportunity by not outwardly getting Astrid (Jordan too, but mostly Astrid) into therapy after everything went down.

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5.0

ABSOLUTE BANGER. I know I read this in March, but I genuinely think this will be my top read of the year. everything about it was phenomenal, and I am going to be so sad when this series is over. Jordan + Astrid forever <3

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Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I think I just wasn’t in the mood to read this otherwise I may have liked it a bit more. (Or maybe not who knows) I kinda had to force myself to finish once I hit 71% 😭 but I did like how the story ended overall. I also felt like Astrid was a completely different person compared to Delilah’s story but I do realize we only saw her through Delilah’s pov so that might be why. Otherwise this was okay 🤷🏽‍♀️

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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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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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

5.0

❣️BOOK GIRLFRIEND RATING❣️
Jordan Everwood
💟💟💟💟💟
5/5 "Book Girlfriend Hearts"
✅️ carpenter
✅️ soft butch
✅️ car named Andora
✅️ confident
✅️ tarot card reading

❤️ ASTRID PARKER DOESN’T FAIL FEATURES ❤️
Queer Romance (Bi MC + Lesbian MC) - LGBTQIA Author - Romantic Comedy - Rivals to Lovers - Opposites Attract - Meet Disaster - Slow Burn - Workplace Romance - Duel POV - Open Door

❤️ WHAT I LIKED ❤️
Sizzling Chemistry - Haunted Victorian Inn - Home Makeover TV Show (Jordan’s Grandmother’s Inn) - Opposing Design Styles - Grumpy Carpenter vs Uptight Designer

❗️ WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ❗️
I loved it, but Astrid’s relationship with her mom and the way Astrid lets her mom’s voice in her head control her is difficult to read and can be uncomfortable if it is triggering for you.

⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS ⚠️
Sexual Content, Emotional Abuse, Toxic Relationship, Grief, Homophobia, Cancer, Alcohol

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i love astrid and jordan your honor

the turmoil of trying to figure out who you are really jumped out in this book and i loved it! ashley did amazing with the way she portrayed the feelings astrid is going through during her awakening. the "big" drama was a bit much imo and probably

could have been portraved a lot differently than it was. i love how dramatic astrid was about it though , be tbh... same

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