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Despite the terrible formatting and total lack of understanding of how to use punctuation, I really enjoyed this! I especially loved the references to Joel Schumacher’s Falling Down, and the song Ladies Who Lunch from Steven Sondheim’s Company!

I honestly wasn’t expecting to like this but I loved it!

Finally Loved by Jaqueline Ramsden is a heartwarming sapphic romance. It follows Neve and Alba, two women who meet in interesting circumstances, that would not normally be conducive to starting a romantic relationship. Neve is crying after having been broken up with in the middle of a Best Buy, when she runs into Alba, who comforts her. Can two people end up together when this is how they meet?

As well as being heartwarming, this book is very funny, with a bunch of laugh-out-loud moments, but it never loses its heart. The characters are well developed, and there are a bunch of memorable side characters.

I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Jaqueline Ramsden, and this is no different.

The Summer List is a new YA sapphic romance by Katia Rose. It’s actually her first YA, and it’s seriously good.

The Summer List is about Naomi and Andrea, who meet while Naomi is house-sitting for her dad’s boss. Naomi and her friends decide to write a group bucket list to complete before they start university. But Naomi is also expecting to spend most of the summer alone in the house reading, which she is happy about because she is extremely socially anxious. And then Andrea, the boss’s daughter, turns up unexpectedly in the middle of the night and shakes up her summer, and maybe her whole life.

This novel deals with important subjects like social anxiety and neurodiversity, and deals with them really well. It is a beautiful story of learning to love and accept yourself and find your place in the world.