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Love & Other Disasters
by Anita Kelly
Ever read a book that reminds you why you love the romance genre? And makes you so overjoyed at the progress that the genre has made? Love & Other Disasters is that book for me.
I started reading romance novels when I was young - probably too young lol. It was all white washed and heteronormative - at least what was accessible to me. I didn't see me in them at all but I loved the hope and joy they made me feel, nonetheless.
Now I'm reading books that really reflect the world we live in - representation from all walks of life, reflecting all the beautiful folx that exist and it's just beautiful. The genre continues to teach me, as well. This book, in particular, challenged my own implicit heteronormativity and I loved that.
Love & Other Disasters features Daphne, a queer woman, divorced and trying to figure out where her life is going. She's spent the previous few years teaching herself to cook and now finds herself on a reality cooking competition, a la MasterChef, hoping this is the answer to not only her financial problems but that it will also magically mean she's got her shit together. There she meets London. swoon
London is a strong, silent non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns - and is the first non-binary person that is out on the show. There is chemistry between London and Daphne from the get. The writing is witty and charming, the action in the book is funny, at times vulnerable and just so incredibly honest, that you can't help but fall for the book, in its entirety.
Also, I loved that this was not a fade-to-black, closed door romance... It was open and real and hot as flippin' hell. Yes, please, and thank you!!!
Take a chance - you won't be disappointed.
I was provided a digital ARC of Love & Other Disasters from @readforeverpub and @netgalley by author @anitakellywrites in exchange for an honest review.
I started reading romance novels when I was young - probably too young lol. It was all white washed and heteronormative - at least what was accessible to me. I didn't see me in them at all but I loved the hope and joy they made me feel, nonetheless.
Now I'm reading books that really reflect the world we live in - representation from all walks of life, reflecting all the beautiful folx that exist and it's just beautiful. The genre continues to teach me, as well. This book, in particular, challenged my own implicit heteronormativity and I loved that.
Love & Other Disasters features Daphne, a queer woman, divorced and trying to figure out where her life is going. She's spent the previous few years teaching herself to cook and now finds herself on a reality cooking competition, a la MasterChef, hoping this is the answer to not only her financial problems but that it will also magically mean she's got her shit together. There she meets London. swoon
London is a strong, silent non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns - and is the first non-binary person that is out on the show. There is chemistry between London and Daphne from the get. The writing is witty and charming, the action in the book is funny, at times vulnerable and just so incredibly honest, that you can't help but fall for the book, in its entirety.
Also, I loved that this was not a fade-to-black, closed door romance... It was open and real and hot as flippin' hell. Yes, please, and thank you!!!
Take a chance - you won't be disappointed.
I was provided a digital ARC of Love & Other Disasters from @readforeverpub and @netgalley by author @anitakellywrites in exchange for an honest review.