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A review by breadedbookpages
Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade
4.0
DatDBS is quite a gentle book. It has an anxious fat heroine who signs up with a reality TV and is selected, but her boyfriend breaks up with her with only a short while to the filming so she asks her coworker to step in. The coworker she hates.
At first, I was worried just how Dade would turn the whole plot on its head with the whole Hate-to-lovers trope since it seemed that all of Callie's complaints about Thomas were legit. They still are legit even when we delve into Thomas's point of view and experience just how deeply he has fallen in love with her over the past several months they began working together.
There is however one comment about asexuality that I didn't think was quite necessary. It's when Thomas comments on how he isn't asexual, he wants sex. Asexuality does not equal being sex repulse and vice versa. A person who is asexual can be interested and have an enjoyable time having sex.
The book is quite short and it's extremely delicate in caring for Callie's anxiety. I wished it was longer, so we could see more of Thomas. Overall, this is a satisfying romance.
At first, I was worried just how Dade would turn the whole plot on its head with the whole Hate-to-lovers trope since it seemed that all of Callie's complaints about Thomas were legit. They still are legit even when we delve into Thomas's point of view and experience just how deeply he has fallen in love with her over the past several months they began working together.
There is however one comment about asexuality that I didn't think was quite necessary. It's when Thomas comments on how he isn't asexual, he wants sex. Asexuality does not equal being sex repulse and vice versa. A person who is asexual can be interested and have an enjoyable time having sex.
The book is quite short and it's extremely delicate in caring for Callie's anxiety. I wished it was longer, so we could see more of Thomas. Overall, this is a satisfying romance.