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Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

306 reviews

roorooreads's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was such a cute romance with a backdrop of a cooking show competition. Our first main character Dahlia just went through a divorce and has quit her job to be on the show. London is nonbinary and is on the show so they can start a nonprofit organization. The two connect pretty much immediately, which was a bit too insta love/lust for me. I loved the sweet moments and cute banter. I also loved how protective they both were of each other. The miscommunication trope reared it's ugly head a bit but overall I loved this story and it's characters!
Spice:🌶🌶🌶

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prettysoyboy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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sarahesterman's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“Hey, London?”
They unclicked their seat belt and met her gaze, raising an eyebrow.
“Fuck anyone who doesn’t see you.”

I have started, deleted, and retyped this review so many times now I just have to get it out. I loved this book. Love & Other Disasters’ character’s lives were a little bit messy and honestly the way I loved this book was a little bit messy as well. And thus my review is also kind of messy.

Here are some things I loved about the book:

I loved how real Dahlia and London felt. I loved that Dahlia’s ex-husband wasn’t painted as a bad guy but rather that they grew apart and ended up wanting different things. I loved that there was some angst with both of their families, what with Dahlia ending her marriage and London coming out first to their family as pan and then later as nonbinary when they realized there was a word to describe how they felt in their body. I loved that Anita Kelly chose not to disclose what sex London was assigned at birth until pretty far into the book. I loved that the book was written in third person so we could feel the impact of London’s they/them pronouns (and how easy it is to use them when referring to a singular person). I loved the background of a cooking competition, and the important of London matter-of-factly using their pronouns on national television. I loved the sex-positive nature of the book and that we got queer sex scenes instead of fade to black. I loved that it was cute and sweet and funny and emotional and real.

And even though I had a few nits while I was reading, they weren’t big enough for me to change how I felt about the book because I loved it so goddamn much.

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jpalms0626's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was overall a pretty decent read, and I think the premise of a cooking show and contestants as the main characters was interesting. I was enjoying the character development a lot towards the beginning, but felt like it fell short from about halfway through and kind of flatlined. I wish we got more of London and Dalia's relationship towards the middle/end, it felt like more of individual stories for a moment.

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