A review by bookasaurusrecs
Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia

5.0

Pub date: July 2, 2024

Spice: 🌶️

Read if you like:
-PNW setting
-strong single moms
-best friends to lovers
-small town romance
-rom-coms
-second chances
-found family
-dirty dreams 😉 
-live music/karaoke + bar vibes 
-parents who allow their kids full freedom of expression 

Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream is a sapphic romance about hope, second chances, and the importance of community. A small-town bar owner and single mom, Cash, is juggling motherhood and a new romance. She’s independent, hardworking, and doing the best she can. She is trying to build a future for her daughter, Parker. And her queer bestie, Inez, is along for the ride with her. Then, Chase, an old “fling” comes back to town with plans to open another bar, which would mean major competition for Joyce’s, Cash’s bar. Cash decides that she wants to do reservations and save the bar! And it’s definitely worth checking out! You will love these characters! I promise!

This was funny, hot, and incredibly sweet. I thoroughly enjoyed the small-town setting, Ridley Falls in the PNW. I seriously want to live there and be friends with all of the locals. The friendship between Cash and Inez is incomparable. We all NEED an Inez. She cracked me up the entire time.

The chapters were short with just the right amount of detail to keep me hooked. This was such a quick read because I was so intrigued to see which the direction the story was going to go. Tehlor’s writing made me fall in love with these characters and wish more than anything that they were real.

Rep:
-lesbian
-bisexual
-non-binary 
-half Mexican FMC
-anxiety
-two dads/two moms as parents 

Trigger warnings: homophobia, bigotry

Final thoughts: I’m obsessed with these characters and this story. I have absolutely no complaints. It was perfect to me. AND I need a producer to pick this up and make it a movie ASAP! The ending made me tear up. It was so sweet! I will 100% be reading Tehlor’s other books. 

If you’re looking for a queer sworn-worthy romance, please consider adding this to your TBR!

Thank you to Tehlor Kay Mejia, Random House, and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a honest voluntary review!