A review by jupanuma
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This is a nice story about a black, biromantic, asexual main character named Alice, and how she deals with relationships. It feels very realistic and portrays asexuality pretty well. 

Why did I not rate it higher then? I'm not a huge fan of pure romance stories, and I didn't really like most of the characters. Alice herself has many flaws, one being that she is very selfish in a lot of ways.
Close to the end she finally figures this out and says she will do better, but we never SEE her do better
. Her best friend, Feenie, was just a terrible person throughout the book I thought, with the only redeeming quality is that she sticks up for Alice. Otherwise just hated her in general. Ryan, Feenie's boyfriend/finance, was nice but that's about it. After a certain point, about midway, he just disappears and is never talked about or seen again. Alice's romantic intereste, Takumi, I think is the best character. He is very understanding to Alice but also has good counterarguments when the topic calls for it. He felt like a complete character where Alice just felt like her personality only consists of Asexual and Selfish. To me, she and her friends didn't feel as fleshed out as Takumi did. 
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