A review by frankiedoodle
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

2.0

the two stars this book received are made up purely of the spice, which was excellent and plentiful. Unfortunately, the rest of my experience reading this was completely overshadowed by the fact that in an early chapter one of the main characters reveals that she has a strawberry allergy and towards the end of the book she eats a strawberry pie with no repercussions or any reference to the allergy. And so instead of having thoughts about the book I had a lot of thoughts about how the romance genre forces authors to churn out books at such an ungodly rate that the editing process is completely rushed, to the point that even PENGUIN FUCKIN RANDOM HOUSE books have sloppy amateur errors make it into print. I want a romance author to get the 5 years that a high fantasy author gets to create their magnum opus I want to read that.