Marieke (mariekes_mesmerizing_books)'s Reviews > Love & Other Disasters

Anita Kelly: a new queer voice conquering the world! Their stories are heartwarming, fluffy, relevant, and sooo amazing! This is how rom-coms should be written!

I was so happy that I got the opportunity to read Love & Other Disasters early. I adored both of Anita Kelly’s novella’s in the Moonlighters series. Their writing is vibrant and witty, and their characters are beautifully imperfect, inside and out. I still want to immerse myself in Love & Other Disasters, in the fantastic personalities Anita created, in the humor, the banter, and all those difficult topics that came up in between.

Dahlia is bankrupt and just got divorced from her first love. She feels guilty for letting David down and has doubts about her future. While reading I listened to Alone by Rag ‘n Bone Man & Nothing but Thieves, and this song fits so well with Dahlia’s struggles.

Maybe it would stop hurting, each reminder of how easily everyone she knew was navigating the path David wanted so badly, the path Dahlia couldn’t give him.

Three years ago, London announced that they’re non-binary, and they’re the first openly non-binary character in a cooking show. But from the moment London told their beloved dad that they’re non-binary, he refused their gender identity and his rejection still hurts.

It was a hard thing to explain. That they could exist in a space that was all their own, and that they could shift and adjust until it felt right.

I fell head over heels in love with Dahlia and London. Love & Other Disasters is touching, sexy, and refreshing. It’s about following your dreams, accepting yourself, being vulnerable. All in all, it’s an astonishingly funny story and so well written. There will be more books in this series, an m/m story and an f/f, and I’m dying to read them 🥰!

I received an ARC from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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