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A review by baymax96
Can't Let Her Go by Kianna Alexander
3.0
This book was recommended in a cute bookstore in Georgetown Texas called Lark and Owl. I love that it is a lesbian story with black character including a stud with maternal sides and a non binary character. All these things drew me in and the start of this story is great.
The prose is written how one would write and not necessarily how one would speak and so the conversations between characters sometimes fell short. Aiko and Peaches relationship was the only relationship I truly believed and felt like when I was reading their conversations, I was sat with two best friends/chosen family members. The friendship group as a whole didn’t feel like a group of people who knew each other well and hung out often.
Peaches and Jamie seem like two people who would get along and the sexual chemistry on that first trip is great, very believable yet the unnecessary bickering and initial fights they have just scream red flags and was something that turned me off to their relationship.
The sex scenes were raunchy and beautifully written, and I loved the moment of Jamie having to pause to protect her hair before the shower sex scene as moments like these are always skipped over in films or other books. That representation was a key moment.
I enjoyed this book but I really wanted to love it more then I actually did.
The prose is written how one would write and not necessarily how one would speak and so the conversations between characters sometimes fell short. Aiko and Peaches relationship was the only relationship I truly believed and felt like when I was reading their conversations, I was sat with two best friends/chosen family members. The friendship group as a whole didn’t feel like a group of people who knew each other well and hung out often.
Peaches and Jamie seem like two people who would get along and the sexual chemistry on that first trip is great, very believable yet the unnecessary bickering and initial fights they have just scream red flags and was something that turned me off to their relationship.
The sex scenes were raunchy and beautifully written, and I loved the moment of Jamie having to pause to protect her hair before the shower sex scene as moments like these are always skipped over in films or other books. That representation was a key moment.
I enjoyed this book but I really wanted to love it more then I actually did.