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

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But okay, let's roll with it: as far as fake dating goes, Stevie acts very lacklustre and uninvested, seeming like a really bad girlfriend. Ah yes, so, it turns out that “throwing every single queer stereotype at the wall and seeing what sticks” worked for me for precisely one book. 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").

You do not get Diversity Points for making all of your leads cis/white but identifying every side or one-off character as non-cis/white. I never really understood Iris' character, and if I'm honest, I still don't, but I think that's what made this story so fun. both of the prior installments of this series missed the mark for me but i knew there was potential. She's blocked on writing her book and I'm thinking someone so completely anti-romance would, in fact, have a tough time writing romance novels.I highly recommend starting the reading with the first book: Delilah Green doesn't care and then Astrid and Iris's books.

As with the other two books in this series, Ashley Herring Blake successfully mixes witty repartee and emotional journeys.These characters are supposed to be in their late 20s to their early 30s and they all behave like teenagers at any given moment. This example particularly demonstrates my point because of the use of the em dashes — just to really make sure you didn’t miss that info!

Sure, there's got to be some opportunities but if you really want to live on your talent and craft, you need to go somewhere with enough actual jobs on offer that you can make a living with it. Not just Adri, her ex-girlfriend, who I think we’re supposed to kind of hate, but also Ren, who is supposed to be her closest friend in the group and Vanessa, too, though she had very little page time. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.She is now working on her second book but has one problem: she is completely out of ideas after having spent all of her romantic energy on her debut. We don’t get answers to any of these questions, and it felt a little unsatisfying for me, especially knowing this is the final book of the series, so we won’t be able to see snapshots of them later on in their relationship as we had the privilege to do with the first two couples. 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. It seems like in the previous book, everything was Astrid's fault and she was not allowed to be hurt.

Except Stevie's friends think that Iris is her girlfriend, and what's a girl to do except fake date Iris to get her well meaning, but pushy, friends off her back.When Stevie desperately asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend, Iris is shocked, but goes along with it because maybe this fake relationship will actually get her creative juices flowing and she can get her book written. Her character development for both love interests always leaves the reader with a thorough understanding of each character. Yes, even Astrid—who, by the way, gives off such extreme Lemon Breeland vibes that I’ve since had to go back and rewatch a few episodes of Hart of Dixie. Stevie and Iris are required to "work" on themselves and improve their behaviour, but only to the point of "getting the girl" - the ultimate end goal.