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A review by lbarsk
Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
4.0
A 4.5! I enjoyed this one more than Delilah Green, actually, maybe because Astrid's character journey isn't "I actually do care about things and I'm allowed to care" but rather "I do care, caringly, a LOT, but what I'm allowed to care about has been really restricted by my mother." So as someone who cares, caringly, all the time, it was just easier to get into Astrid's POV than it was Delilah's. But it's a fun series, and the tension between the two leads was very steamy!
I do wish there had been, I dunno, more of a conversation about Jordan's butch-ness? Like, she's butch but it's giving soft butch, and I feel like it would've been even more compelling of a story if Jordan and Astrid had been experiencing really different genders and able to talk about that. It seems that by the end Astrid was even dressing and holding herself differently (as often happens when someone comes out, especially later in life!) so Jordan like, Having Perspective On Presentation And Queerness would've been really cool to see.
Over all, though, another solid Bright Falls read -- Ashley Herring Blake is GREAT at writing wlw romances.
I do wish there had been, I dunno, more of a conversation about Jordan's butch-ness? Like, she's butch but it's giving soft butch, and I feel like it would've been even more compelling of a story if Jordan and Astrid had been experiencing really different genders and able to talk about that. It seems that by the end Astrid was even dressing and holding herself differently (as often happens when someone comes out, especially later in life!) so Jordan like, Having Perspective On Presentation And Queerness would've been really cool to see.
Over all, though, another solid Bright Falls read -- Ashley Herring Blake is GREAT at writing wlw romances.