Ember Hearth finished reading Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (Bright Falls, #3)
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love.
And she's happy for all of them, truly. …
Okay so apparently this book is the third in a series, and I only figured that out when I literally turned to the Acknowledgements page after finishing the entire book. A couple of the side characters which appear in this novel are coupled up in previous entries in the series, and I suppose that would make the whole thing a bit more impactful. BUT I still enjoyed it.
The cozy-queer small-business-owner-core vibes can be a little overwhelming, and the main character's anxiety feels a little cliche. The fake dating trope falls a little flat — to the point that I think it could be removed entirely and the core of the novel would be unchanged.
But all that said, it's still very cute, and I enjoyed it, despite not really being a regular romance reader. I probably won't be recommending it to people, but that doesn't mean I didn't have …
Okay so apparently this book is the third in a series, and I only figured that out when I literally turned to the Acknowledgements page after finishing the entire book. A couple of the side characters which appear in this novel are coupled up in previous entries in the series, and I suppose that would make the whole thing a bit more impactful. BUT I still enjoyed it.
The cozy-queer small-business-owner-core vibes can be a little overwhelming, and the main character's anxiety feels a little cliche. The fake dating trope falls a little flat — to the point that I think it could be removed entirely and the core of the novel would be unchanged.
But all that said, it's still very cute, and I enjoyed it, despite not really being a regular romance reader. I probably won't be recommending it to people, but that doesn't mean I didn't have fun with it.
