Disclaimer: I received this e-arc from Netgalley and then bought the book at a book con. Support your authors! All opinions are my own. 

 

Book: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care 

 

Author: Ashley Herring Blake 

 

Book Series: Bright Falls Book 1 

 

Rating: 5/5 

 

Spice Rating: 5/5 

 

Diversity: Lesbian FMC, Bisexual FMC, Bisexual character 

 

Recommended For...: Adult readers, Romance, Small Town Romance, One Bed, Lust to Love, Casual Sex to Love, Queer, Lesbian, Bisexual, Contemporary Romance 

 

Publication Date: February 22, 2022 

 

Genre: Romance 

 

Age Relevance: 18+ (language, romance, sexual content, dead parents, alcohol consumption, neglectful parenting, cancer) 

 

Explanation of CWs: There is a lot of cursing in this book. There are scenes of romance and sexual content. There are mentions of dead parents and some scenes of neglectful parenting shown in the past. There is alcohol consumption. There is a mention of cancer. 

 

If This Was a Taylor Swift Song: Midnight Rain 

 

Publisher: Berkley 

 

Pages: 375 

 

Synopsis: Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her. When Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid’s stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there’s some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all. Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise…at first. Though they’ve known each other for years, they don’t really know each other—so Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they’re forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations—including a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancé—Claire isn’t sure she has the strength to resist Delilah’s charms. Even worse, she’s starting to think she doesn’t want to... 

 

Review: How much time do you have to read about how much I love this book? Because I love it SO SO MUCH! This was my first introduction to Ashley Herring Blake’s writing and I can’t be more of a fan now. I am now a fan forever. I thought this book had some great writing and had a great story. The story expertly sets up the rest of the series in my opinion and I crave more of this series with these characters. The book had the tropes of small town romance, one bed, and casual sex/lust to love. I thought the world building was also so wonderful and the book was just so addicting from start to finish. I wanted to read this thing wherever I was (which was a romance book con… so like it was on brand LOL). 

 

The only thing I wish the book had was that I wanted more defined chapters as to who’s chapter it was because that was a little confusing and I wish there was more Asterid and Delilah reconnection, but I have a feeling I’ll get that in another book. 

 

Verdict: I LOVE IT SO MUCH! Highly recommend.