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Queerly Beloved
by Susie Dumond
Amy is a semi-closeted queer baker living in a small conservative town in mid-2010s Oklahoma. After she’s fired from her job at a Christian bakery for her “lifestyle”, she is desperate for money and starts a business as a bridesmaid for hire. She’s keeping herself busy between her bridesmaid adventures and her new romance with Charley who is new in town. But can she manage to keep balancing all of these new additions to her life along with her pre-existing friendships?
Since this book is set in 2013, it was really interesting to see how the court decisions around marriage equality were addressed in this book. I loved seeing how the different characters were feeling and it really brought up some interesting points and made me think about how things have (or in some cases have not) changed in the last decade. I appreciated that in this regard, this book ended up being really informative.
Amy started out feeling really immature and pretty unlikeable in the beginning of the story, but by the end her growth and her experiences made me root for her. I love a good baking romance so I loved that she was a baker and the bridesmaid for hire plotline was so much fun. I didn’t love how Amy and Charley handled their relationship - the lack of communication felt a bit immature at times. However, despite not loving the main characters I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a good balance of fun and informative.
Thank you to Dial Press for the advance copy.
Since this book is set in 2013, it was really interesting to see how the court decisions around marriage equality were addressed in this book. I loved seeing how the different characters were feeling and it really brought up some interesting points and made me think about how things have (or in some cases have not) changed in the last decade. I appreciated that in this regard, this book ended up being really informative.
Amy started out feeling really immature and pretty unlikeable in the beginning of the story, but by the end her growth and her experiences made me root for her. I love a good baking romance so I loved that she was a baker and the bridesmaid for hire plotline was so much fun. I didn’t love how Amy and Charley handled their relationship - the lack of communication felt a bit immature at times. However, despite not loving the main characters I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a good balance of fun and informative.
Thank you to Dial Press for the advance copy.