A review by moony_reads
Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales by Rebecca Podos

3.0

(thank you to netgalley, the publisher and the authors for the ARC)

a nice compilation with a wonderful amount of rep but a lot of the shorts just weren't my cup of tea

Silver and Gold by Natasha Ngan ⭐⭐
rep: sapphic

Five Stars by Amy Spalding / ⭐⭐⭐
rep: sapphic, li has anxiety

Unfortunately, Blobs Do Not Eat Snacks by Rebecca Kim Wells / ⭐⭐
rep: sapphic

Edges by Ashley Herring Blake / ⭐⭐⭐⭐
rep: sapphic (bi/lesbian)

What Makes Us Heroes by Julian Winters / ⭐⭐⭐⭐
rep: black mc, achillean, bi ex

And by Hannah Moskowitz / ⭐⭐⭐
rep: bi characters, polyamory

My Best Friend's Girl by Sara Farizan / ⭐⭐
rep: persian mc, chinese american li, sapphic (lesbian/bi)

(Fairy)Like Attracts Like by Claire Kann / ⭐
rep: black mc, sapphic

These Strings by Lilliam Rivera / ⭐⭐
rep: latinx cast

The Passover Date by Laura Silverman / ⭐⭐⭐½
rep: jewish cast

Bloom by Rebecca Barrow / ⭐⭐
rep: black characters, sapphic

Teed Up by Gloria Chao / ⭐⭐⭐
rep: taiwanese american mc

Boys Noise by Mason Deaver / ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
rep: trans mc, achillean

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Malinda Lo / ⭐⭐⭐
rep: chinese-coded cast, sapphic

Disaster by Rebecca Podos / ⭐⭐⭐½
rep: jewish mc, sapphic (lesbian/bi)