Iris Kelly Doesn't Date: A swoon-worthy, laugh-out-loud queer romcom

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stevie's anxiety really hit home for me - i too find making decisions difficult, i stress about mundane tasks and i can't speak to new people to save my life. all of their journeys are so relatable and I’ve loved seeing pieces of myself in the characters of this series. She is vehemently against dating after a string of bad relationships, including her last girlfriend, Jillian, cheating on her wife with Iris. Bc I was pretty let down by Astrid’s book, and I was deeply bummed to feel similarly abt this one, too. Described (charitably) as passionate and strong-willed, she loves to talk (and talk) about popular culture, queer theory, utopias, time travel, and any other topic that she has magpied over the years.

It makes it seem like the author isn't really interested in portraying queerness as anything else than stereotypes. Blake introduces her readers to a new character, Jordan Everwood, who has arrived from—yes, serendipity and irony are real things, folks—coastal Georgia. Women in their 30's who are out for years are naming their groupchats "Cheers for Queers" and get starry eyed seeing a coffee drink named "Pansexual Pistachio Cold Brew". We've seen a bunch of Iris, including some of her more painful experiences leading to her not dating.It’s so clear to me that Blake just wants to get a pat on the back for being such a good, inclusive ally rather than to actually do the work it takes to be helpful to the communities who you’re benefitting from by writing about them and making yourself seem so “woke” (or so you think). This is the first and last time she is mentioned in the book, she has no lines and even less characterisation. Stevie and Iris had a failed hookup and Stevie's (shitty) friends started pressing and asking if they're dating. She'll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. She is now working on her second book but has one problem: she is completely out of ideas after having spent all of her romantic energy on her debut.

The final installment in the Bright Falls series only further demonstrates why these books have been so beloved: because Blake is a master at her craft, creating carefully plotted stories around flawed, lovable characters that explode with chemistry and tension. Seriously, I loved Iris in Delilah’s book and Delilah in Iris’s book and that one opens the series while the other closes it is perfection.I’m all for more diversity in books but not when it comes across as tokenizing marginalized communities and not when it’s incorporated so unnaturally. I think I’ve already mentioned before how this type of incorporation of many identities feels so cheap when the main characters are all cisgender white people. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move…. New insight into iris was just what i wanted to see with the addition of Stevie who is an emotional, strong sweet character and following her journey was amazing.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I wonder sometimes if there are people out there who are as forgiving as the characters in romance novels. She gave great bisexual rep, and I loved her confidence in her curvier body and her exuberance and wittiness and fun spirit! I'm going to be honest here, I loved the first two books because of the characters, Claire, Delilah and Astrid, there were something about them that you feel attracted to their story.The bottom line is that this book seems like it was written by a millennial who thinks they know what’s “trendy” right now, but proof read and approved by a thirteen year old who reads too much fan fiction (though some of the fan fiction was probably better).