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A review by panicwritten
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
4.0
Delilah Green Doesn't Care was a fun, flirty, sapphic romance that centers around sisterhood, girl power, and finding your own family.
I loved the queer rep and the bi-positive vibes (something this world needs more of IMHO). Each of the characters were pretty well fleshed out and I adored that they were all very different. What friend pack doesn't have the sweet friend, the well-put-together friend, and the wildcard. LOL!
The romance was a decent slow burn that starts as Friends With Benefits, but you know that never works, right? *wink wink* Anyway, I saw this was dubbed a romantic comedy, but it didn't hit the comedy points quite like I usually see. Sure, there were parts that made me laugh, but no more than any other romance book. The steamy scenes were also well done. Steamy without being too erotic, which makes my inner teen boy giggle.
The only things that didn't sit well with me were the ages and then a nit-picky thing.
Let me explain: The characters of DGDC are all 30 or just shy of, but most of them read much younger for me. IMHO, the characters felt more like early 20s than going into their 30s.
As for my nit-pickiness, there were a couple of times in the first several chapters the characters note a woman being "white." This threw me out immediately each time mostly because there were no POC's in this book that I remember. All of the friends are white as are the love interests--even the men. So why note someone is "white" while in character? The author could have just said something along the lines of "fair skin" and I would have been fine. To each their own.
In any case, DGDC was a delightful read with cozy feels and heartwarming sister-bonds.
I loved the queer rep and the bi-positive vibes (something this world needs more of IMHO). Each of the characters were pretty well fleshed out and I adored that they were all very different. What friend pack doesn't have the sweet friend, the well-put-together friend, and the wildcard. LOL!
The romance was a decent slow burn that starts as Friends With Benefits, but you know that never works, right? *wink wink* Anyway, I saw this was dubbed a romantic comedy, but it didn't hit the comedy points quite like I usually see. Sure, there were parts that made me laugh, but no more than any other romance book. The steamy scenes were also well done. Steamy without being too erotic, which makes my inner teen boy giggle.
The only things that didn't sit well with me were the ages and then a nit-picky thing.
Let me explain: The characters of DGDC are all 30 or just shy of, but most of them read much younger for me. IMHO, the characters felt more like early 20s than going into their 30s.
As for my nit-pickiness, there were a couple of times in the first several chapters the characters note a woman being "white." This threw me out immediately each time mostly because there were no POC's in this book that I remember. All of the friends are white as are the love interests--even the men. So why note someone is "white" while in character? The author could have just said something along the lines of "fair skin" and I would have been fine. To each their own.
In any case, DGDC was a delightful read with cozy feels and heartwarming sister-bonds.