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A review by garbage_mcsmutly
Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
📗 This was a really cute listen. Sapphic historical (Victorian era) featuring two young women and their widowed parents. The love between the MCs (and between a few other couples in the book) was very sweet. I have to admit, there were times when I was skeptical about the HEA, just because the characters really got into situations it seemed impossible to move on from. This is a plus to me, when even though we know the HEA is coming, we can't easily predict how exactly they get there.
🎧 Dual POV, two narrators. I always love Mary Jane Wells and Morag Sims was very good too.
🌶️ 3/5 for a couple scenes that were explicit but not titillating.
🏳️🌈✊ There was of course queer representation since this is a sapphic. There is another sapphic couple of side characters, and potentially a gay couple as well. I liked that, although the book acknowledges that being openly queer would not be acceptable to Society, all the people close to the MCs are loving and accepting.
No racial or cultural diversity.
🎧 Dual POV, two narrators. I always love Mary Jane Wells and Morag Sims was very good too.
🌶️ 3/5 for a couple scenes that were explicit but not titillating.
🏳️🌈✊ There was of course queer representation since this is a sapphic. There is another sapphic couple of side characters, and potentially a gay couple as well. I liked that, although the book acknowledges that being openly queer would not be acceptable to Society, all the people close to the MCs are loving and accepting.
No racial or cultural diversity.
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Classism