A review by sere_rev
Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest

2.0

I love a good female choral story and for such a short novel this does a good job of defining each character. The love story is very sweet but the conflicts going on around it are enough to prevent the book from being unbearably fluffy. Still, some things annoyed me: especially at the beginning the two protagonists are so similar they might as well be the same person - their early interactions are a constant "No way! Me too!", and they keep quoting Emily Dickinson at each other and smirking which... come on now, be serious. Also, there's plenty of sex. I'm sure this is a pro for some readers, but I got bored of it pretty quickly. I haven't read any of those recent romance novels with the pastel-colored covers that all look the same, but I imagine Curious Wine is about that style of book. Except it's sapphic, which automatically makes it better.