Delilah Green Doesn't Care
2022 • 400 pages • 11h 41m
Ratings63
Average rating4
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Ratings63
Average rating4
A clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love--with all its complications--by debut author Ashley Herring Blake. Delilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls--nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it's a different woman every night, but that's just fine with her. When Delilah's estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid's stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there's some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all. Having raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise...at first. Though they've known each other for years, they don't really know each other--so Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they're forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations--including a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancé--Claire isn't sure she has the strength to resist Delilah's charms. Even worse, she's starting to think she doesn't want to...
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3 primary booksBright Falls is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Ashley Herring Blake.
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4.5, rounding up, small town romance but make it super gay, already reading the second book!
“She couldn't change anyone's mind, couldn't make someone love her who had no interest in doing so, and couldn't keep someone from leaving her if that's what they wanted to do.”
I am sad to say that it's been a while since I read an LGBT book and I am so happy that this was the one I picked up.
Small town, tattooed photographer and a single parent? This was magnificent. I ate this up. When I say that I annotated this from cover to back, I mean it.
The characters of this book are what drew me into loving it as much as I did. Delilah was a character I didn't expect to love and relate to so much. It felt like I was falling in love with her along with Claire. She had a feisty and take no prisoners attitude on the surface but underneath it all, she just wanted to feel like she belonged. Delilah had been hurt so many times in her life and had begun to believe it was because of her own doing. It was so refreshing to see her learn to accept herself and the love she deserves. Claire was such a beautiful character and I loved seeing her also realise she deserved good things too.
I would love a book about Iris. I found her hilarious and would just devour anything with her present in it.
I loved that underneath, this was more than just about the romance between Delilah and Claire. It was about friendship and family and forgiveness. The important lesson I got from this was that people aren't always what they seem, sometimes they are fighting their own battles.
I am so excited to read Astrid's story and hopefully see her get the happiness she deserves.
Bechloe fan-fic, is that you? I like my romance novels as tropey as possible and this definitely scratches that itch, though it also veers into romance cringe sometimes. Also, if this story was an AITA post, everyone would be the asshole.
THIS WAS MCFREAKIN' DELIGHTFUL
this book was so much fun, from the banter to the shenanigans, and steamy, with mari-approved smut, to the heartstring-pulling conversations around the complications of unconventional family structures. fell in love with delilah, absolutely adored claire, iris made me laugh often, and astrid somehow in the end became my favorite character
i am SO excited for astrid's book!!
