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Not Just Best Friends by Darcy Liao
4.0

4⭐️ AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES! pt 0.5 | tropes: sapphic romance, friends to lovers, trans fmc | medium steam | digital

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I read this after reading Make Room For Love (5⭐️) and confirm Liao is so good at writing yearning! Frankie and Vivian are best friends and desperately in love with each other. I loved the mutual pining and seeing their different POVs as they begin to blur the line between friendship and something more. I loved seeing the background between these characters after getting a taste often them! I also liked the focus on community building and found families. Community is so important for queer people and it can be hard to build outside of cities so I understood why Frankie's moving was such a different decision.