A review by yourbookishbff
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This is a sexy contemporary rom-com that is equal parts sexy and hilarious. Is the male main character, Colin, a perfect human being who makes zero mistakes throughout this book and approaches every conversation and conflict with loving kindness? Yes. He has very little character development because honestly he starts out with five gold stars for me. Our female main character, Truly, does have some growth in store, but only as she comes to terms with her own two-dimensional perspective on lifelong commitment and her own insecurities in being loved. This is a wide-open-door romance with some pleasantly surprising femme domme and one of my favorite microtropes (this man is quick off the mark, IYKYK). 

I suggest comedy goggles for the adult parent trap shenanigans in the third act, because if you take it *too* seriously, you, like Colin, might need a breather. 

Also, this is bi-4-bi and has one of the most beautifully affirming conversations around bi-erasure and impostor syndrome that I've read in romance. I was misty-eyed, and so grateful to Bellefleur for this explicit representation and dialogue. 
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