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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
4.0
emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashley herring blake romances be like
cover: cute, giving y2k romcom but for the queer girlies
inside: sex, depression, sex, depression, sex, depression, sex, happy ending
and i eat it up every single fucking time 😋

also, you cannot convince me that
astrid isn't a lesbian - i know the book settles on "bisexual" but every relationship she's had before jordan (all with men), she's literally been unhappy and just playing a part? like if this was a real person i wouldn't be telling her how to id, but as a character whose backstory you can deliberately write, it really felt like it was leading to "lesbian haunted by comphet"