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Love & Other Disasters

Anita Kelly

3.91 AVERAGE

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marisaey's review

4.0

- loved the characters' dynamic
- loved the spin that the cooking competition added to the plot
- loved how the book treats queerness
- loved the familial relationships & emotional intelligence
- love books that remind me I love being a lil gay!!!!

and the line "this is where I fell in love with you" W R E C K E D me for some reason so thanks for that!!!!!!!!
emotional hopeful 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: Complicated
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rootsinlibrary's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 32%

Slow and insta love was not selling me 
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A fun book that I kind of expected more from.
I did enjoy the second half of the book a lot, but the first part was too insta-love for my tastes, and I didn't feel like I could connect with the characters. Dahlia specifically has left a weird, vaguely unpleasant taste in my mouth, which I can't necessarily describe. She felt like a deeply troubled individual who definitely needed more than an instant romance in order to get functioning, but I don't know.
This isn't in any way a bad book, and there's a good chance I'll be checking out Anita Kelly's other works, but the first half was a bit lacking. I did like London a lot as a character, though, and I did appreciate their arc.

shmemkay's review

3.0

yet another book in which I refuse to believe that a main character drives a tesla
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

Fun! It bogged down in detail a bit, and some of the reality tv plot seemed highly implausible… but otherwise a delight. 
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Cutes romance Buch mit nichtbinärer Hauptperson! Hat sich schnell und süß gelesen, die Kochaspekte des Plots waren dabei immer passend. Die Sexszenen waren erstaunlich explizit und teilweise an fragwürdigen Orten, aber immer okay. 
Unapologetically queer & zu empfehlen ! 
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No