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

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Yes, even Astrid—who, by the way, gives off such extreme Lemon Breeland vibes that I’ve since had to go back and rewatch a few episodes of Hart of Dixie. While on the topic of friend groups we know how I feel about the amigo squad established in the previous two books and they do not disappoint here. After a crushing breakup that challenged her sense of self, Jordan finds herself an unlikely match for Astrid. She holds a Master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather.

all of their journeys are so relatable and I’ve loved seeing pieces of myself in the characters of this series. Phoebe was a trans woman, a brilliant artist, and had been the Empress's lead costume designer since day one.Her entire family is all paired off and her parents have been together and are still extremely in love. We've seen a bunch of Iris, including some of her more painful experiences leading to her not dating. and I felt like we never rlly got much of a resolution with her family, esp her little sister, Emma. Overall this was a great read, with possibly my two favourite characters from this entire series, in a book with a few more pet peeves and problems to pull me out of the narrative. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, her parents are still in marital bliss.

In the play it's two men, one of them is trans" "I love that" say the two cis characters, using a man's identity to make themselves feel progressive. this wasn't a perfect book, but what it was was cute and frustrating and angsty and OHMYGODTHESECHARACTERSARESOSTUPIDPLEASEJUSTTALKTOEACHOTHER. My main critique of this book is that it seemed like Blake had a checklist of every single marginalized identity while writing this and there was someone holding a gun to her head and threatening to pull the trigger if she didn’t mention at least several of them per page. Jennifer Crusie blogged about it a bit back (or, if that link doesn't work, here's a cache of the original) and it changed how I understand story. Thank you to the eARC deities who gave me a copy of this book to read the moment it became available.

We get a little bit in the way of Stevie setting boundaries with her friends, explaining what she needs from them, and asking them to respect her as a person and her choices, but it wasn’t enough for my taste. okay, so i think out of the two i have read (i haven't read delilah's story yet), i would say this one if currently my favourite. I've liked Iris and empathized with her difficulty, particularly with the breakup with Sam because she just doesn't want kids. This is the first and last time she is mentioned in the book, she has no lines and even less characterisation.

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. I want to say more, but spoilers, so hopefully I can come back when this book comes out and fill the rest in. From there the plot got honestly a little too complicated for my tastes, with a failed hookup and a queer community theater production of Much Ado About Nothing leading to a fake dating scheme, with romance lessons and practice sex mixed in, as well as this meta level of the romance novel Iris is writing mirroring her romance with Stevie. Imagine my surprise when I discovered what was waiting for me in the sequel, Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail (2022). I wasn't the biggest fan of Iris in the first book, she started to grow on me in the second book though, and I definitely fell.From their meet cute to the very end, it was fun and cute with just the slightest touch of angst and enough spice to keep it fun.

Iris and Stevie each have their own compelling pasts, struggles, and dreams, and Blake shows both the hard work and the beauty involved in making those different realities wrap around each other in love.It makes it seem like the author isn't really interested in portraying queerness as anything else than stereotypes.