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

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But okay, let's roll with it: as far as fake dating goes, Stevie acts very lacklustre and uninvested, seeming like a really bad girlfriend. This is minor, but I am pretty certain either Iris or Stevie said they were allergic to strawberries earlier on in the book, and then later in the book, they both eat strawberry pie. 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. For the first thirty-five years of my reading life, I had no idea what went on between the covers of romance novels (well, okay, I had some idea), but if it had anything to do with what was on the cover—hard pass. Together they were incredible - again the spice was phenomenal but they're also so soft and sweet with each other, And you can see such a great friendship beneath all that chemistry making them such a great pairing.

all of their journeys are so relatable and I’ve loved seeing pieces of myself in the characters of this series. With Iris, I really related to the way everyone in her life was constantly pressuring her to live life the way they thought was best. When Stevie used the above quote to remind the people who love her that she can take care of herself, all I could think was. The last comment I’ll make, which kind of ties into the previous ones, is about the amount of buzz words Blake throws in, which also feels so unnatural.

And I wouldn’t say I was disappointed, but I did have a few more points of contention with this third book in the series, some of which began to rear their head in the second novel, but I was able to brush them aside in light of how fantastic the rest of the book turned out to be. As with the other two books in this series, Ashley Herring Blake successfully mixes witty repartee and emotional journeys. It’s sweet, it’s spicy, it’s sapphic, it’s satisfying—everything readers of Blake’s work have come to love. All is going to plan until the stranger responds to Iris’s seduction technique by vomiting all over her. When she's not writing or reading, she's wrangling her two young sons, falling into Pinterest holes, drinking coffee, taking walks, or trying to figure out which Orphan Black clone she likes best.

All things I didn't realize until I watched her soften her pointy feelings over Stevie's too-rounded ones.I love the idea Iris took on of refueling your creative side with a new passion to find the love for your real one. Bc I was pretty let down by Astrid’s book, and I was deeply bummed to feel similarly abt this one, too.

This is the first and last time she is mentioned in the book, she has no lines and even less characterisation. I loved that Stevie was part of her own group of friends, outside of Bright Falls, and we were introduced to more fabulous characters. she was very relatable and while others might not like her character, i understood where she was coming from. I think book two remains my favorite—I would do illegal things for Astrid Parker—but Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date is definitely a close second!Iris, burned by her past two relationships and a lifetime of being seen as just a hookup, has sworn off dating. Stevie Scott is fresh out of a long term relationship that had fizzled out long before the relationship had officially ended, and she is in a rut with her acting career. and I felt like we never rlly got much of a resolution with her family, esp her little sister, Emma.

To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for a local play only to come face-to-face with Stefania-or, Stevie, her real name. These characters were out and in their 20s when same-sex marriage was legalized, you’re telling me they don’t know how it happened? Her character development for both love interests always leaves the reader with a thorough understanding of each character.I loved seeing Adri get jealous because she thought they were dating—hello getting the only one bed FAKE OUT LOL—and it wasn’t a crazy leap to think that the fake dating was actually pretty logical (given the circumstances). Queer and POC characters show up and vanish at exactly the same speed, giving you whiplash and making it feel like they are nothing but a checked box on a long list of checked boxes. 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. Stevie and Iris are required to "work" on themselves and improve their behaviour, but only to the point of "getting the girl" - the ultimate end goal. Similar to how I felt abt Jordan in book 2, I though not as extreme as i pretty much never warmed up to her at all).