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Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

I have gripes, but I was also completely freaking hooked so... make of that what you will. 

Gripes:
A) Some of the actions characters chose were bizarre.
Like knocking over a tower of full champagne glasses to annoy your step sister? Massively weird overreaction, esp since it mostly impacts the establishment and servers (and the character who did this was a server so she would know that pain). And putting cayenne in a man's underwear in your quest to break up a couple? Didn't find it believable or entertaining.

B) Some flat characters. Like Spencer? He reminded me of Jed Mosley in the Wedding Bride ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‚
C) Cringey sex scenes. They vascillated between steamy and embarassing. Why refer to underwear as "cheekies" when writing a sex scene between two grown women? And why call them "centers"? Didn't work for me.
D) It felt like a lot of tropes at play in one book. 
E) Some clunky representation. Not bad, not nonexistent, just felt *slightly* checkbox-ey. Could feel a little more authentic with a bit more attention paid to that aspect, I think. 

That being said, I ate this up. I clutched my kobo to my chest. I became VERY invested in Claire (omg). I don't think it's the best romance I have ever read, but I'm happy to have experienced the love between Delilah and Claire, and the friendship of these women, and will absolutely continue with the series as they are published.