This might be my new favourite throuple romance! 

A spooky gay romance set in the bad old homophobic days of when I was in high school!

I really liked this. The characters had great chemistry. I liked the lack of drama. There were just a few moments that dragged on, and the arguments (internal to the MCs’ thoughts, or between the MCs and their respective friends) sometimes felt a bit repetitive.

The first half of this I was like “wow, five stars, this is definitely going to be in my top ten favourite books, I can’t wait for her to get with Kade too” and then we got to know Kade better and I was like “wow I don’t actually care about Kade, they’re kind of annoying and mostly just a boring non-entity, I miss Bebe” and Bebe also just became a one note character whose single personality trait was “kind of just excited and peppy.” I also found the sexual dynamics between each of the characters kind of uncomfortable.

So the romance fell flat, but I guess I was still invested in the mixology side of things.

Really loved the narrator. Loved getting insight into Olivia—really redeemed her after not seeming very nice in the first book. Loved the pairing. Loved the conversation about ADHD and being neurodivergent in general. So excited for the next book in the series!

This was mostly an enjoyable read, up until the third act breakup. I really hate when an MC storms off and gets angry because they think the other MC has gotten back with their toxic ex. Also, how did it take two months for the sister to fess up to what she had done??? And how will the sister ever be forgiven?

Still, the book was cute enough I want to read the rest of the series.

This whole series makes me feel slightly uncomfortable the whole time. There’s just something yucky and stressful about it. The characters never feel like they are actually a good fit for each other which makes their interactions uncomfortable. The power dynamics are never handled particularly well. There’s a serial rapist walking around who never faces any real consequences. The way the “clingy ex” is handled is really gross. And also I just don’t like constant descriptions of abused animals.