my heart is very full and i am currently having a lot of emotions!!

Actual review:

So, if you have followed any of my reviews for any amount of time, you know that Adam Sass is one of those authors who hits me right in my too-soft, too-big heart. And Grant's story? Ouch.

Like Micah Summers, this story takes a classic fairy tale and gives it a queer twist. I was obsessed with the idea of following someone who was collateral damage in someone else's happily ever after, and oh boy, was Grant damaged. Sweet, sweet Grant.

I loved the way Grant's depression was written because it is just so incredibly relatable. There's nothing like being heartbroken and depressed and away from family and friends, and Grant reacts the same way I think I would- spiraling and hiding in my room while avoiding everyone about it. His family dynamics were also everything to me- family is often a queer kid's first bully and seeing Grant realize that and stand up to them both for himself (and for any smaller family members that may have needed to see it) really choked me up. Also, a big, loud-ass, Italian family is so fun to read. The. relationships between Grant and his siblings were some of my favorites and just really healed my heart. 

Vero Roseto is a character of its own and I adored her makeover montage. Grant and Ben working together and through their own hang-ups (despite Grant doing everything he could to KEEP himself hung up) to help save such a special place for their families was a love story within a love story for me. 

Also, Ben? An angel. A doll. Never done one single thing wrong in his whole cute little Scottish life. Adored him and how he pushed and prodded and was just mean enough to get Grant out of his own head and stop trying to sabotage himself. He was so loyal to the Rossi family and watching Grant really realize just  how loyal was soothing and irritating because OPEN YOUR EYES, KID. Perfection.

I spent probably the last twenty or so minutes of the book silently crying and reading because Grant finally stopped standing in his own way and let himself be happy and it was everything I wanted it to be. 

Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts is heartfelt, healing, and full of a messy, real-life queer fairy tale. Another Adam Sass story I will be peddling on everyone I meet.

A wild, Mad Max-esque ride that I really enjoyed! I love, love, love the idea of using robots and AI to parallel Valentine's journey with his own body.

Just a really interesting and thought provoking read that still made me laugh and had an absolutely adorable romance at the center of it.

Everyone in this book is terrible and I adore them all.

I don't know what I was expecting when I started this, but I was so invested by the end I was pacing my living room, anxious to see what was going to happen next. And that ENDING?!

The world building was effortless and I fully was in Georgia with Gem and this rag tag bunch of terrible, awful, messy, beautiful, queer gods. I bought all of this, hook, line & sinker and it was so refreshing to read a YA fantasy where the "bad" guys are quite literally everyone so it doesn't matter who you root for.

Gem is flawed and just- so absolutely lovely and stupid and angry and lost and perfect and I will fight for them. They're also hilarious and I was no expecting to laugh SO much. Everything about them just works and I want them being slutty and terrible and thriving.

H.E. Edgmon really said I support queer rights *and* queer wrongs, and I can't get enough. I need the second book, like, yesterday. 

Themes

This is precious. 

Were there things that I though could have been better developed? Yes. Did that take away my enjoyment of this book? In no way shape or form.

I’m always sucker for rivals to lovers and throw in a friends with benefits situation and I am officially a goner.

The magical aspect was cute and fun, and I love love loved the taking care of a egg parenting forced proximity. Elliott Parker is a big ol softy who put up a facade because he felt like an outcast, but you give him something to take care of and that boy is a GONER. Absolutely stole my heart.

This is just fun and cute and a very easy read. Also the cover? Show-stopping.

However can we please stop comping any queer book with a male presenting bisexual main character to RWRB? This is in now way that and it’s lovely in its own right!