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Love & Other Disasters
by Anita Kelly
2.5/5 stars rounded down.
I really liked the concept and the cover art is really cute, but it just didn't come together for me. The insta-love was so weird, and the both of them have decided they're completely and utterly in love with each other despite them knowing each other for less than a month and barely dating for a week or so. I found it really weird whenever they immediately recognized when the other was out of sorts, like you just met this person and you already know what's out of character for them? I would have been slightly more forgiving if Dahlia and London had chemistry, but a lot of their conversations were awkward and driven more by physical attraction than any romantic one.
The writing didn't really help, either. It was kinda clunky and felt so disconnected. I cannot put my finger on exactly why, but even the sex scenes felt so bland to me that I was spacing out
Additionally, I wish the cooking competition was more of a focus. The main couple literally are so horny for each other that they completely ignore what the hell was happening during the competition. I don't really want tv, anymore, much less reality tv, but I wanted to see more of the cooking competition and the relationships between all the contestants.
But I wouldn't call this a bad book. I'm not nonbinary, whatsoever, but I could tell that Kelly put a lot of thought and care into representing it in London's character. Other than that, this is a fine book, but just not something I enjoyed too much.
I really liked the concept and the cover art is really cute, but it just didn't come together for me. The insta-love was so weird, and the both of them have decided they're completely and utterly in love with each other despite them knowing each other for less than a month and barely dating for a week or so. I found it really weird whenever they immediately recognized when the other was out of sorts, like you just met this person and you already know what's out of character for them? I would have been slightly more forgiving if Dahlia and London had chemistry, but a lot of their conversations were awkward and driven more by physical attraction than any romantic one.
The writing didn't really help, either. It was kinda clunky and felt so disconnected. I cannot put my finger on exactly why, but even the sex scenes felt so bland to me that I was spacing out
Spoiler
(But I don't really think I'm into food sex, anyway, so . . .)Additionally, I wish the cooking competition was more of a focus. The main couple literally are so horny for each other that they completely ignore what the hell was happening during the competition. I don't really want tv, anymore, much less reality tv, but I wanted to see more of the cooking competition and the relationships between all the contestants.
But I wouldn't call this a bad book. I'm not nonbinary, whatsoever, but I could tell that Kelly put a lot of thought and care into representing it in London's character. Other than that, this is a fine book, but just not something I enjoyed too much.