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A review by misha_ali
Di-Curious by Erin Branch
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A big thank you to the author for giving me an ARC for this book.
I love a good queer Dungeons and Dragons book. I love that this book is about a person whose personal expression of identity and professional life is deeply connected to her D&D character and cosplaying that character. June is a well-fleshed-out person with insecurities and people-pleasing tendencies despite being a massive influencer due to her display and TTRPG games.
Nova (she/they) is a non-binary person with the opposite problem. They love doing behind-the-scenes work for fantasy worlds, such as writing books about D&D characters, and working on her craft by applying for an MFA program after their first book flopped due in large part to a certain influencer's review. Now, Nova wants to get revenge and what better way to work out her frustration with her former best friend, sometime crush and killer of her career than to play a character who will take down June's popular Bard character?
Things get flirty and steamy and life gets in the way, but this is a really good book about empowering your person to be their most authentic self, open themselves up to new experiences, and make choices that work for them rather than pleasing others.
If I had to nitpick, one thing that did not land properly with me was that the characters don't feel nearly thirty. If it had no reference to age, I would but them in their late teens or early twenties because they don't really deal with conflict like adults. Instead, they are cold to people without asking if they did something, assume something is malicious when they could simply ask the person, but simply do not. This kind of approach to friendships and interacting with people doesn't really sound like people who are nearly thirty to me but otherwise, this is a really fun book.
I love a good queer Dungeons and Dragons book. I love that this book is about a person whose personal expression of identity and professional life is deeply connected to her D&D character and cosplaying that character. June is a well-fleshed-out person with insecurities and people-pleasing tendencies despite being a massive influencer due to her display and TTRPG games.
Nova (she/they) is a non-binary person with the opposite problem. They love doing behind-the-scenes work for fantasy worlds, such as writing books about D&D characters, and working on her craft by applying for an MFA program after their first book flopped due in large part to a certain influencer's review. Now, Nova wants to get revenge and what better way to work out her frustration with her former best friend, sometime crush and killer of her career than to play a character who will take down June's popular Bard character?
Things get flirty and steamy and life gets in the way, but this is a really good book about empowering your person to be their most authentic self, open themselves up to new experiences, and make choices that work for them rather than pleasing others.
If I had to nitpick, one thing that did not land properly with me was that the characters don't feel nearly thirty. If it had no reference to age, I would but them in their late teens or early twenties because they don't really deal with conflict like adults. Instead, they are cold to people without asking if they did something, assume something is malicious when they could simply ask the person, but simply do not. This kind of approach to friendships and interacting with people doesn't really sound like people who are nearly thirty to me but otherwise, this is a really fun book.