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A review by afretts
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
I received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I stopped reading this at 15%. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be my cup of tea. I was immediately put off by what a douche Josh is. He's sexist, selfish, and inconsiderate. He has a terrible relationship with his mom and dad and is openly disrespectful. I didn't like the way he felt it was appropriate to make jokes about his friend and his assistant's sex life.
I kept reading for a bit because all of this I could have dealt with if it looked at if Josh was going to be redeemed in the end. Then I realized that despite the fact that Josh and Vanessa are the only POV's they are not love interests. Vanessa is set to fall in love with her friend, Bri. This in and of itself did not put me off, but coupled with the POV of Josh, I didn't really care for book's structure and am not invested enough in the (unbearable) characters to stick it out.
I did find the F/F romance and the racial themes to be an interesting "angle." Sadly, these things are so rare in modern literature that I am able to refer to them as an "angle" and have people know what I mean. Kudos to Adler for getting these things out there. The world needs more books with LGBT characters.
I stopped reading this at 15%. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be my cup of tea. I was immediately put off by what a douche Josh is. He's sexist, selfish, and inconsiderate. He has a terrible relationship with his mom and dad and is openly disrespectful. I didn't like the way he felt it was appropriate to make jokes about his friend and his assistant's sex life.
I kept reading for a bit because all of this I could have dealt with if it looked at if Josh was going to be redeemed in the end. Then I realized that despite the fact that Josh and Vanessa are the only POV's they are not love interests. Vanessa is set to fall in love with her friend, Bri. This in and of itself did not put me off, but coupled with the POV of Josh, I didn't really care for book's structure and am not invested enough in the (unbearable) characters to stick it out.
I did find the F/F romance and the racial themes to be an interesting "angle." Sadly, these things are so rare in modern literature that I am able to refer to them as an "angle" and have people know what I mean. Kudos to Adler for getting these things out there. The world needs more books with LGBT characters.