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Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
4.5
emotional lighthearted medium-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: Complicated

First, I love anything surrounding food so this was an automatic win for me. I was picturing the Great British Baking Show if it had been filmed inside the house instead of on the lawn, but I really should have been picturing Chopped instead. Oh well! Second, the love between Dahlia and London is just so pure and adorable and wonderful. They are both so real and raw and flawed and lovable that it's impossible not to swoon as they discover their feelings for one another.

I think another thing I should state is how uncommon it is to read a book with a nonbinary main character, and how much I genuinely enjoyed that element of this book.