Love & Other Disasters is a queer romance with a non-binary main character. Two contestants fall in love on a cooking show. It is a simple plot that made for a wonderful story.

Before I get into the nitty gritty I am first going to tell you why you should read this book. The non-binary rep is awesome. Seriously, amazingly awesome. It is enough for you to read this book even though I will now continue with my review.

I only pick up romance books when there is another aspect I am interested in. It was, obviously, the non-binary rep. I am aromantic and romance in books just annoy me. And there is no friendship first in this book. It is full on googly eyes from the first page. It’s a romance book so it is probably a plus for most everyone else.

The book also has some steam. So mixed in with the plot expect a play by play of some bedroom action - although not always in the bedroom. Not my favorite part, but a huge selling point for others. Again, because it is a romance book.

I have tried to pay more attention to writing structure and grammar as I am reading books in print. It is my quest to be a better reader to be a better writer. I had to stop, because I was just editing the story. It had run on sentences next to an incomplete sentence. Then a sentence was missing a comma that randomly showed up later when it was not needed. This is not Falker - the grammar should have followed rules.   They made a choice not to. I did not like the choice. It made an excellent story seem amateurish. 

It was a fun story. The cooking show structure seemed realistic (from someone who knows nothing) and the narration flowed well. The characters were fluffy and well developed. There was important rep and also important themes. If it actually followed grammar rules it would be a perfect romance book. Maybe not perfect even then, but close enough.

Except…how can you mention a binder and not once mention how horrible it is to take off and put on? I mean some of those sex scenes would have been a bit differently because binders do not just slip off with the rest of your clothes.