This is my first time reading something by Skye Kilaen, but this makes me want to go read the other books in Love at Knockdown. I really enjoyed how easy the writing was to get into and read so much at a time while feeling time didn't just fly by.

Also, love the rep, I love me a good romance between two bi people.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

DNF at page 15 and 16.

This was book 3 in my LGBTQ TBR challenge series on TikTok, and this is a fucking fail part 2. 3 books in, and only a 33% success rate. What am I doing wrong??? :,)

Anyway, the transphobia is a no.

"I didn't know when Infinite Darlene and I first became friends. Perhaps it was back when she was still Daryl Heisenberg, but that's not very likely; few of us can remember what Daryl Heisenberg was like, since Infinite Darlene consumed him so completely."

This is just a small little snippet of the reason I DNF'ed. Yes, this was written in 2003. Doesn't excuse the action of the author writing this. The rest of it is just transphobia from the narrator and I don't need that, so this is a fucking DNF.

Yea, this character is supposed to be a drag queen and a quarterback, but was it needed? Not really. No thanks. This is a hard pass for me.

Let me explain why I didn't like pages 15/16. To me, this screams like the author is trying to make fun of Drag Queens. I haven't researched the author at all, so I don't know if that has changed. But in this book, it felt like those 2 pages were making fun of Drag Queens, but also an undertone of transphobia. It's hard to explain, but the comment about the name could have been worded differently so that didn't make it seem like she was trans and the MC was dead naming her. Because it took me 3 times to read that passage to understand, "oh so she is a drag queen?"

Plus, the narrator and all other characters were so FLAT in 16 pages that I didn't give a fuck about anyone. So, this is a DNF for sure and not something y'all should go pick up. Save your energy and read actual good LGBTQ books, thanks!!!!!!

*Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for a copy in exchange for an honest review*

I requested Mistakes Were Made on a whim thinking I wouldn't get approved, but oh boy am I glad I did! I read this in one day. It was so addictive and so god damn good.

Mistakes Were Made follows Cassie, a 21-year-old senior College student, and Erin, a 39-year-old Doctor. They meet at a bar, decide to hook up and move on with their lives. That is until Cassie meets her best friend, Parker, mom, which just so happens to be Erin from the night before. The two of them try to ignore the spark between them, but will they be able to stop the feelings?

A few friends of mine had read this book and have been raving about it, and for good reason. This book starts out with a bang and never drags. As soon as I saw a friend's video of it (you know who you are) I knew I had to read this book (thank you for your service).

This book has everything I want in a romance - cute moments, emotional moments, and obviously sex scenes. Everything about this book is perfection like I can't believe it's over.

The mutual pining, oh my. The fact that both of them are obviously so infatuated with one another and yet don't do shit? Mutual pining to the MAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. Loved everything about this book.

I beg of you, add this to your tbr. It's completely worth it.

fuck it, this gets 5 stars. even after reading all of Wicked Villains by Katee Robert, i’m still thinking about this

All gay anthology?? By queer and bipoc authors?? Absolutely yes give it to me.

4.5 stars. These stories were SO GOOD by my favourite is either Chloe Gong’s or Anna Marie McLemore’s.

Highly recommend if you like anthologies, or want short stories by authors that aren’t cishet and white