You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
ems_reading_corner 's review for:
Love & Other Disasters
by Anita Kelly
3.5, rounded down
First off, I really like Anita Kelly’s writing style. I actually accidentally picked up Julie’s book first and realized I was missing context, so I went back to the library the next day it was open to grab books one and two.
And it was very sweet. The reality tv show drama was interesting, though the timeline of the whole thing was a little bit confusing. I did enjoy the side characters, or at least the ones that I remembered existed. There were so many that I usually forgot most of them.
My biggest issue was the insta-love/insta-lust. I am in no way a fan of that idea and, though the book was very explicit about it being just that, I still didn’t like it. It plays a little bit into the difficulty of following the timeline for me. How long exactly did they spend getting to know each other? Because whatever the time it was, it felt a little bit too fast for love, much less a full commitment. Because of the insta-feelings, I also struggled to get invested in their relationship. I liked the characters as separate entities, but I was never as invested in them together as I hoped to have been.
That being said, the story was fun and I liked how the plot unfolded. The respective family subplots were also pretty good.
The spice was fine, to me. Like I’ve mentioned, there was a lot of lusting, which is not for me. And the two of them used sex as a substitute for intimacy and conversation, which was also not my thing. But the spice wasn’t out of place. The one thing I did enjoy was their dynamic in bed. I really enjoyed reading about something a little bit different and more true to my own ideas about sex. There were a couple of actions they did that I thought were plain gross, but the dynamic was nice to read about.
I’m very excited for the next two because of the rep that’s coming. Don’t get me wrong, I so loved London and their non-binary rep, but I’m also looking forwards to the other kinds in the future installments of the series. And hoping for less insta-everything.
First off, I really like Anita Kelly’s writing style. I actually accidentally picked up Julie’s book first and realized I was missing context, so I went back to the library the next day it was open to grab books one and two.
And it was very sweet. The reality tv show drama was interesting, though the timeline of the whole thing was a little bit confusing. I did enjoy the side characters, or at least the ones that I remembered existed. There were so many that I usually forgot most of them.
My biggest issue was the insta-love/insta-lust. I am in no way a fan of that idea and, though the book was very explicit about it being just that, I still didn’t like it. It plays a little bit into the difficulty of following the timeline for me. How long exactly did they spend getting to know each other? Because whatever the time it was, it felt a little bit too fast for love, much less a full commitment. Because of the insta-feelings, I also struggled to get invested in their relationship. I liked the characters as separate entities, but I was never as invested in them together as I hoped to have been.
That being said, the story was fun and I liked how the plot unfolded. The respective family subplots were also pretty good.
The spice was fine, to me. Like I’ve mentioned, there was a lot of lusting, which is not for me. And the two of them used sex as a substitute for intimacy and conversation, which was also not my thing. But the spice wasn’t out of place. The one thing I did enjoy was their dynamic in bed. I really enjoyed reading about something a little bit different and more true to my own ideas about sex. There were a couple of actions they did that I thought were plain gross, but the dynamic was nice to read about.
I’m very excited for the next two because of the rep that’s coming. Don’t get me wrong, I so loved London and their non-binary rep, but I’m also looking forwards to the other kinds in the future installments of the series. And hoping for less insta-everything.