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tiannagripp 's review for:
Honey Girl
by Morgan Rogers
I wanted to like this, but I just couldn’t get into it. As my other reviews will attest, I don’t like romance. And the prose in this was so flowery at times. Too metaphorical and too romantic for my taste. I felt like this book was doing the absolute most. Allllll the bases and races were covered. Grace was living in the America republicans have nightmares about. And I LOVE reading about characters of color. I’m so excited to read books starring queer characters of color by queer authors of color. It felt a little ham-fisted at times. I mean, three sassy queer men living in an apartment and one is Black, one is white the other is Native American and trans? I dream about this kind of utopia too, but it felt a little forced.
I also wanted to like these characters more. They said cute things, but I didn’t feel like anyone was connected to anyone. Grace SAID the family from the Tea House was her family and they SAID it back. But I didn’t really feel it. Something was missing. Her friends seemed united with trauma bonds, which is valid, but I needed more for this to feel like real love rather than desperate infatuation. And I didn’t see Grace and Yuki falling in love as much as I read about two people who barely knew each other becoming more and more infatuated with each other. Their discussions didn’t feel deep or meaningful. It felt like watching two teenagers fall in love and constantly spin out when it wasn’t magic at all times. “Are you there?” I was more interested in Grace figuring out what her life could/would be, but it unraveled way too slowly for my taste and there was way too much repetition. At times I felt like the story crawled.
I hate being so critical. I’m still so glad this book exists and I know other people will enjoy it more than me with my cold dead heart. I can’t wait to see more by this author. But this first book wasn’t for me.
I also wanted to like these characters more. They said cute things, but I didn’t feel like anyone was connected to anyone. Grace SAID the family from the Tea House was her family and they SAID it back. But I didn’t really feel it. Something was missing. Her friends seemed united with trauma bonds, which is valid, but I needed more for this to feel like real love rather than desperate infatuation. And I didn’t see Grace and Yuki falling in love as much as I read about two people who barely knew each other becoming more and more infatuated with each other. Their discussions didn’t feel deep or meaningful. It felt like watching two teenagers fall in love and constantly spin out when it wasn’t magic at all times. “Are you there?” I was more interested in Grace figuring out what her life could/would be, but it unraveled way too slowly for my taste and there was way too much repetition. At times I felt like the story crawled.
I hate being so critical. I’m still so glad this book exists and I know other people will enjoy it more than me with my cold dead heart. I can’t wait to see more by this author. But this first book wasn’t for me.