I’ve read romances with gorgeous writing, incredible characterization, and surprising and creative plots. In fact, I love this so much that I wrote a whole piece about it for Book Riot. I also enjoy its comforting predicability.
I often turn to romance for fun, light, escapist reading. Basically, this book is smooth sailing: girl meets girl, girl gets girl, the end. In the last fifteen pages, there’s a small conflict involving Alexis’s parents and their disapproval of Trisha, but it comes so late in the book and is over so fast as to feel insignificant. A few days later, they discover they go to the same college. Here’s a quick summary of the plot: Two young women, Trisha and Alexis, meet at the strip club where Trisha works. Unfortunately, Treasure, which I was really looking forward to, was a disappointment. In that spirit, my goal is for the reviews on this blog to be as varied and eclectic as the books I read. But there’s always something to say about a book, even if it’s short and simple. Most romance novels don’t upend my world view or leave me utterly changed.
The thing is, I can’t wholeheartedly love, support and advocate for a genre if I refuse to review books in that genre. I love reading all sorts of books-serious and unserious alike-but I always felt that writing about most of the wonderful, beautiful fluff I read wasn’t worth it: what would I say? But until making this commitment, I never bothered to review certain kinds of books-namely romance novels and other beautiful fluff. Writing about a book after I read it is such a helpful way to organize my thoughts around it. I know I won’t get to 100%, but I want to try. This is because I’m trying to review every book I read. A friendship is safe-not too intimidating for Ginny, and not too serious for Nat-as long as they can keep it that way.You might have noticed I’ve been posting a lot of reviews in the past few weeks. Nat and her friends welcome Ginny into their group, but there’s an undercurrent of something more between them. With anxiety about the future always in the back of her mind, Nat is determined to live in the moment at all costs.
Natalie Becker knows exactly who she is, and she’s right where she wants to be-so why isn’t she happy? She shouldn’t be preoccupied by what awaits her after college: working at her mother’s Jewish deli and giving up on her dream of being an artist. But being out and welcomed doesn’t mean self-acceptance is so simple. Arriving for her first year at an artsy, incredibly queer college in middle-of-nowhere Vermont, she’s ready to be her true bisexual self. A new friendship evolves into something unexpected and extraordinary in Rainbow Overalls, a heartfelt college romance by debut author Maggie Fortuna.Īll Ginny Holland wants is to skip over her dramatic coming out story and live a being out story.
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