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A review by shaylee_reads
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Ratings:
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall:⭐⭐⭐/5
Romance:❤️❤️❤️❤️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5
Diversity: Queer FMC, Pan & Nonbinary MC, Trans FTM SC
Tropes: Competitors to Lovers, Sapphic Romance
Content Warnings: Homophobia, Transphobia, Misgendering.
Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a steamy queer romance that follows Dahlia Woodson and Non-binary London Parker who met on the set of a reality cooking show, Chef’s Special where they are both competing to win $100,000.
My favorite aspect of Love and Other Disasters is the non-binary representation. As a Non-binary person myself, I could really relate to London's character especially when it came to their struggles with their father. Not everyone in my family except my identity so seeing London deal with this problem and over come it was really special to me. I appreciate how even when London was being misgendered by one of the transphobic characters, the text itself never did.
Although I felt like the relationship between Dahlia and London didn't have a lot of chemistry and it felt a little insta lovey, I did think they where very cute together.
I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of spice that was in this book. I was expecting it to be one of those book where it isn't fade to black but it's not very descriptive and there to be only one or two scenes. Although this book wasn't the smuttiest I've read, it did have quite a few scenes that where pretty descriptive and decently long.
The premise of this book was interesting, I've never read or even heard of for that matter a book that takes place during a cooking show. I had really enjoyed that aspect of the book. I will say that there didn't seem to be much of a plot to this book because of that I struggled to get into it.
I did however really enjoy the writing style of this book.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and it's definitely one that I would read again. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a book with good non-binary rep.
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5
Writing:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall:⭐⭐⭐/5
Romance:❤️❤️❤️❤️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5
Diversity: Queer FMC, Pan & Nonbinary MC, Trans FTM SC
Tropes: Competitors to Lovers, Sapphic Romance
Content Warnings: Homophobia, Transphobia, Misgendering.
Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly is a steamy queer romance that follows Dahlia Woodson and Non-binary London Parker who met on the set of a reality cooking show, Chef’s Special where they are both competing to win $100,000.
My favorite aspect of Love and Other Disasters is the non-binary representation. As a Non-binary person myself, I could really relate to London's character especially when it came to their struggles with their father. Not everyone in my family except my identity so seeing London deal with this problem and over come it was really special to me. I appreciate how even when London was being misgendered by one of the transphobic characters, the text itself never did.
Although I felt like the relationship between Dahlia and London didn't have a lot of chemistry and it felt a little insta lovey, I did think they where very cute together.
I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of spice that was in this book. I was expecting it to be one of those book where it isn't fade to black but it's not very descriptive and there to be only one or two scenes. Although this book wasn't the smuttiest I've read, it did have quite a few scenes that where pretty descriptive and decently long.
The premise of this book was interesting, I've never read or even heard of for that matter a book that takes place during a cooking show. I had really enjoyed that aspect of the book. I will say that there didn't seem to be much of a plot to this book because of that I struggled to get into it.
I did however really enjoy the writing style of this book.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and it's definitely one that I would read again. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a book with good non-binary rep.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Deadnaming