thank you to avon and harper voyager + netgalley for providing me with an e-arc in exchange for my honest thoughts <3 

the rise of taylor swift lyrics as book titles is an era in books that i'm so glad i get to experience. dress has long been one of my favorite t.s. songs because it perfectly captures the yearning of friends to lovers. i knew the second i stumbled upon Don't Want You Like a Best Friend that it was made for me. a sapphic, friends-to-lovers, regency romance... i ate it up. 

i really liked the characters to the point that i just wanted to protect them from everything. they were messy and real and so in love with each other. i was particularly attached to beth whose story is one of sacrifice for those she cares about most. the angst and yearning that make up these characters was like a gut punch toward the end. i couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel, but i wanted it for them so badly. 

between the prose and the romance, this was such an effervescent debut, and while it took me a while to read this one, i found myself picking it up whenever i could. it was easy to find myself whisked away into a world of afternoon teas and ball gowns. i'm foaming at the mouth for any future f/f regency romances after reading this.