Reviews

Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest

toucansam23's review

3.0

I really don’t like the beginning of this book. There are like six women all spending the weekend together in a cabin in the mountains in California/Nevada. It’s very difficult to keep up with all of them in the beginning, especially when they really aren’t important to the rest of the story. That being said, I think, once the story started developing between the main two, it was a cute, old-school type romance. It feels a bit dated but no less real. I appreciate how everything happened and the ending was better than I expected. I recommend this book to older queer women (because they would understand some of the references better), and anyone who wants to read a short lesbian romance.

squidbee's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

charlieavocado's review

5.0

Amazing. Must read if you liked The Price of Salt/Carol.
Very much written in the late 60s, early 70s, and dated by that. But also very much worth a few hours of your time.

uminoria's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

00leah00's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

jldobh's review

emotional fast-paced

3.0

jamietherebelliousreader's review against another edition

4.0

4 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I love a good sexual orientation discovery story and this was definitely it. I really liked the main character Diana and her romance with Lane. They had really good chemistry. Sure, the relationship moves really fast and they say “I love you” awfully fast the way it’s written it made total sense for them.

I liked the writing style and how consumable and addictive it was. The characters felt real and flawed which I appreciate. However, I feel like the

Spoiler

rape

added absolutely nothing to the overall story and really could’ve been left out. It was jarring and pointless. Nothing comes from it. Other than that this was a really good read with a lovely romance.

antreach's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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? No

4.0

priadrummond's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

alixereads's review

hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0