Iris Kelly Doesn't Date: A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud queer romcom

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These characters were out and in their 20s when same-sex marriage was legalized, you’re telling me they don’t know how it happened? The bottom line is that this book seems like it was written by a millennial who thinks they know what’s “trendy” right now, but proof read and approved by a thirteen year old who reads too much fan fiction (though some of the fan fiction was probably better). As the two women play the part of a couple, they turn into a constant state of hot-and-bothered and soon it just comes down to who will make the real first move . both of the prior installments of this series missed the mark for me but i knew there was potential. We get a little bit in the way of Stevie setting boundaries with her friends, explaining what she needs from them, and asking them to respect her as a person and her choices, but it wasn’t enough for my taste.

She is the author of the young adult novels Suffer Love, How to Make a Wish, and Girl Made of Stars (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), the middle grade novels Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World, The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. Loved Stevie, how human and relatable she got and of course Iris, our beautiful and entusiastic redhair. Blake balances the sibling tension between Delilah and Astrid with the main romance plot between Delilah and Claire, all the while developing the setting of Bright Falls, Oregon. and I felt like we never rlly got much of a resolution with her family, esp her little sister, Emma.There's only one problem--Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she's completely out of ideas. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move….

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World was a Stonewall Honor Book, as well as a Kirkus, School Library Journal, NYPL, and NPR Best Book of 2018. I also felt like I should finish it just to be done with the trilogy, so this holiday season I give thanks that I no longer feel obligated to read any of her books just for the satisfaction of completing a series. No one in the editing process clocked that same sex marriage in Oregon was via a court decision, not legislation?Iris suddenly became a romance author off-page in between books (was this change made to make this book more meta?

Those that work out are described as never-ending honeymoon phases where they constantly have "48h orgasm sessions" and forever behave as if they'd just met. Iris agrees to fake date Stevie to get her creative juices flowing for her novel, but it turns into so much more. This is minor, but I am pretty certain either Iris or Stevie said they were allergic to strawberries earlier on in the book, and then later in the book, they both eat strawberry pie. Okay, so my memory sucks and I remember enjoying the first two Bright Falls books a lot but did I laugh as much as with this one? There is Stevie's nonbinary friend I guess, but they lack any depth and are also introduced as an identity checkbox, and those identities also apparently make them "the single coolest person Stevie knew").another thing that left me scratching my head was when Stevie reads Iris's first book after it's published, it feels so personal and she recognizes their romance in the words but it was written before they'd even met.

I think I’ve already mentioned before how this type of incorporation of many identities feels so cheap when the main characters are all cisgender white people. I must start by saying that this is a very biased review because for me Ashely Herring Blake can do no wrong and this was proven by the final book in the series, Iris Kelly doesn’t Date. When she's not writing or reading, she's wrangling her two young sons, falling into Pinterest holes, drinking coffee, taking walks, or trying to figure out which Orphan Black clone she likes best. Her character development for both love interests always leaves the reader with a thorough understanding of each character.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Stevie's ex constantly bullies Iris, but it's Iris that gets chastised for standing her ground, Stevie never tries to defend her. But I also did enjoy the fake dating aspect, and know there wouldn’t have been the same buildup without -some- lack of communication.