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A review by candise
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
3.0
Full disclosure: I read this book for free via NetGalley. Honestly, I'd just finished All the Light We Cannot See, and I wasn't ready to delve into another book of that size or emotional commitment. I wanted a trashy summer read. I'd heard pre-publication hype about this novel on After Ellen, and when I saw it available on NetGalley, I just picked it up on a whim. It was perfect.
So first off, I HATED both of the main characters for at least the first three chapters, and it took me nearly the whole book to even begin to warm up to Josh (one of the two alternating POV characters). Beef #2: It seems like every other lesbian "new adult" book lately is set in LA with very beautiful and mostly rich ladies. I'm all for fantasy, but I'm also kind of over it.
Now that all the shit-talking is out of the way, I still genuinely enjoyed this book. I read it obsessively for two days, and the lady-lady romance was hella cute. And since it is "new adult," it would be remiss of me to not mention that there is definitely sexy times in this book. I know this is the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the first book to dive into this one -- the author catches you up quickly. So if you are in the mood for a super short and cute summer read, there you go.
So first off, I HATED both of the main characters for at least the first three chapters, and it took me nearly the whole book to even begin to warm up to Josh (one of the two alternating POV characters). Beef #2: It seems like every other lesbian "new adult" book lately is set in LA with very beautiful and mostly rich ladies. I'm all for fantasy, but I'm also kind of over it.
Now that all the shit-talking is out of the way, I still genuinely enjoyed this book. I read it obsessively for two days, and the lady-lady romance was hella cute. And since it is "new adult," it would be remiss of me to not mention that there is definitely sexy times in this book. I know this is the second book in a series, but you don't need to read the first book to dive into this one -- the author catches you up quickly. So if you are in the mood for a super short and cute summer read, there you go.