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Love & Other Disasters
by Anita Kelly
***THE VERSION OF THIS THAT I READ WAS AN ARC***
ETA 06/23 to add review post-publication:
The intersection of queer books and feel-good iterations of cooking competitions is vanishingly small, but this is a fantastic entry into that or any other genre. Dahlia and London's anxieties and talents are presented with equal frankness, and both have the chance to shine as the book runs its course.
Their romance starts at the obligatory meet-cute and carries on, secure and confident in its own premise, never stopping to awkwardly attempt to identify the wherefores or why nots of London's blissfully complete existence. They just ARE and, except for a few notable exceptions, their right to be goes unquestioned and without the need to be continuously justified. It's nice, is what I'm saying.
As a final note; time is a bit wonky in this, with the competition that is our main method of keeping track falling further and further to the wayside as Dahlia and London grow closer, but I can't quite get upset about it.
ETA 06/23 to add review post-publication:
The intersection of queer books and feel-good iterations of cooking competitions is vanishingly small, but this is a fantastic entry into that or any other genre. Dahlia and London's anxieties and talents are presented with equal frankness, and both have the chance to shine as the book runs its course.
Their romance starts at the obligatory meet-cute and carries on, secure and confident in its own premise, never stopping to awkwardly attempt to identify the wherefores or why nots of London's blissfully complete existence. They just ARE and, except for a few notable exceptions, their right to be goes unquestioned and without the need to be continuously justified. It's nice, is what I'm saying.
As a final note; time is a bit wonky in this, with the competition that is our main method of keeping track falling further and further to the wayside as Dahlia and London grow closer, but I can't quite get upset about it.