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brennooth's review
5.0
Ugh, I loved all of this. Supportive weirdo Rachel was hilarious, I love daddy Maya and I’m so so so glad that Nina stood up for herself and told her mother and Drew off. Win and Chloe were hella adorable as well.
chaosqueen's review
3.0
So good, so gay. I also loved seeing a bigger person be a heroine. My main gripes are that it felt Maya was kind of pushed to the side in favor of Nina and her journey, and I ended up skimming because a lot of the story felt draggy. Not discounting Nina's journey, it was incredibly important, but Maya was also a POV character and it felt like her entire story revolved around Nina (I know I know but I mean come on. Even romance characters have lives outside of their love lives)
lezreviewbooks's review
5.0
Review of ‘Big girl pill’ by KD Williamson, audiobook narrated by Wesleigh Siobhan
‘Big girl pill’ is so much more than a lesbian second chances romance or even a coming out story. It’s also a tale on how to overcome what people expect from yourself and fight for your own desires. The author does a great job to present family as both a facilitator or an inhibitor to one’s potential.
Maya Davis and Nina Sterling have a history. Since they had a one night stand in college, their friendship has been in shambles. Now that Nina is getting married, she asked Maya to be her bridesmaid. Maya, who still harbours feelings for Nina, decided to take a big girl pill and be part of the ceremony. Hopefully, that will help her overcome her unrequited love, won’t it?
This was a fantastic, humorous, and entertaining romance with an interesting exploration of family relationships. The romance had very good chemistry between the mains with a slowly but surely build-up of their bond. However, in my opinion, what really makes this book outstanding is the weaving of family relationships which fortunately takes a lot of space in the novel. The family aspects here are as important as the romance.
Another thing I loved about this book was the not-so-secondary characters, especially Maya’s brothers and Nina’s lesbian cousin Rachel. They are fleshed realistically as well as the interconnections among them. Each character has their unique and very distinct personality so much so that they seem to become alive through the pages. Among them, Rachel is hilarious and incredibly loyal. Apparently the author plans to write a sequel featuring this character. Rachel surely deserves it.
I’ve listened to the audiobook narrated by Wesleigh Siobhan who is new to lesfic but hopefully will narrate more queer books in the future. The author chose this narrator personally, which was a great decision. Her narrative tone is a perfect fit for this novel which has a balance of funny, romantic and emotional moments. Her choice of voices and accents are also spot on and brings the story to life.
Overall a very entertaining, humorous, and emotional audiobook. 5 stars.
Available with a Scribd subscription.
Duration: 8 hrs and 51 mins
See all my reviews at www.lezreviewbooks.com
‘Big girl pill’ is so much more than a lesbian second chances romance or even a coming out story. It’s also a tale on how to overcome what people expect from yourself and fight for your own desires. The author does a great job to present family as both a facilitator or an inhibitor to one’s potential.
Maya Davis and Nina Sterling have a history. Since they had a one night stand in college, their friendship has been in shambles. Now that Nina is getting married, she asked Maya to be her bridesmaid. Maya, who still harbours feelings for Nina, decided to take a big girl pill and be part of the ceremony. Hopefully, that will help her overcome her unrequited love, won’t it?
This was a fantastic, humorous, and entertaining romance with an interesting exploration of family relationships. The romance had very good chemistry between the mains with a slowly but surely build-up of their bond. However, in my opinion, what really makes this book outstanding is the weaving of family relationships which fortunately takes a lot of space in the novel. The family aspects here are as important as the romance.
Another thing I loved about this book was the not-so-secondary characters, especially Maya’s brothers and Nina’s lesbian cousin Rachel. They are fleshed realistically as well as the interconnections among them. Each character has their unique and very distinct personality so much so that they seem to become alive through the pages. Among them, Rachel is hilarious and incredibly loyal. Apparently the author plans to write a sequel featuring this character. Rachel surely deserves it.
I’ve listened to the audiobook narrated by Wesleigh Siobhan who is new to lesfic but hopefully will narrate more queer books in the future. The author chose this narrator personally, which was a great decision. Her narrative tone is a perfect fit for this novel which has a balance of funny, romantic and emotional moments. Her choice of voices and accents are also spot on and brings the story to life.
Overall a very entertaining, humorous, and emotional audiobook. 5 stars.
Available with a Scribd subscription.
Duration: 8 hrs and 51 mins
See all my reviews at www.lezreviewbooks.com
synth's review
2.0
This is more like a low 2.5 for me. This is generally well-done and I almost liked it except for a number of things that ended up tilting the scale more towards "I appreciate some of the things this book did but . . ."
On the positive side, there is no cheating and the whole process of realization for the not-that-straight MC is done realistically in its slowness and "subconscious piercing through to consciousness more and more". Idk how to explain it better but most times such a story is done we get a simplistic "oh I want to kiss/have sex with this person but no it's just admiration/sexual frustration" and/or "but it doesn't matter, I'm getting married, oh but I can't resist the lust", which wasn't the case here. Additionally, I appreciated that the book is not formulaic, which is too often the case even with such stories that don't fit the formula; as well as the way the topic of the "big girl" MC's weight and body type is handled even if I can't explicitely state why. Like it's never ignored, it's there most of the time but not in a way that is self-deprecating even when she is not being positive about it, nor in a way that is superficially body-positive when she/the story is being positive about her body.
On the negative side, this was so dramatic, both with the extreme of pains of unrequited love even after two years, and with the euphoria of love between the MCs. I also thought the whole process of the not-so-straight MC learning to assert herself against her controlling fiancé and abusive mother was a bit too simplistic. It was certainly written better than a lot of fiction but it still was way too fast and "easy" for her. Also they don't read like they're 23 on so many levels except for the level of drama. And I also was disappointed in the lack of more racial and queer diversity, but this is more my own fault because it was evidently not a goal for the author, I just went into this story with the impression it was going to be less centered around white people for some reason (like even the main support is the white cousin, the black family is much more on the sideline despite being explicitely presented that the twin brother was pretty involved in the MCs' friendship before it all went to pieces. And then the only other queer character is, again, the white cousin, except for a drag queen in passing and another white one-night-stand for the black MC to get her crush on the white MC out of her system). On that note, the black MC was written as acting "confident" (explicitely repeated over and over about her in sexual situations) in a way that came across to me as pretty butch in its condescencion to the women romantically and sexually in her life, which always really puts me off.
On the positive side, there is no cheating and the whole process of realization for the not-that-straight MC is done realistically in its slowness and "subconscious piercing through to consciousness more and more". Idk how to explain it better but most times such a story is done we get a simplistic "oh I want to kiss/have sex with this person but no it's just admiration/sexual frustration" and/or "but it doesn't matter, I'm getting married, oh but I can't resist the lust", which wasn't the case here. Additionally, I appreciated that the book is not formulaic, which is too often the case even with such stories that don't fit the formula; as well as the way the topic of the "big girl" MC's weight and body type is handled even if I can't explicitely state why. Like it's never ignored, it's there most of the time but not in a way that is self-deprecating even when she is not being positive about it, nor in a way that is superficially body-positive when she/the story is being positive about her body.
On the negative side, this was so dramatic, both with the extreme of pains of unrequited love even after two years, and with the euphoria of love between the MCs. I also thought the whole process of the not-so-straight MC learning to assert herself against her controlling fiancé and abusive mother was a bit too simplistic. It was certainly written better than a lot of fiction but it still was way too fast and "easy" for her. Also they don't read like they're 23 on so many levels except for the level of drama. And I also was disappointed in the lack of more racial and queer diversity, but this is more my own fault because it was evidently not a goal for the author, I just went into this story with the impression it was going to be less centered around white people for some reason (like even the main support is the white cousin, the black family is much more on the sideline despite being explicitely presented that the twin brother was pretty involved in the MCs' friendship before it all went to pieces. And then the only other queer character is, again, the white cousin, except for a drag queen in passing and another white one-night-stand for the black MC to get her crush on the white MC out of her system). On that note, the black MC was written as acting "confident" (explicitely repeated over and over about her in sexual situations) in a way that came across to me as pretty butch in its condescencion to the women romantically and sexually in her life, which always really puts me off.
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