Anna's Reviews > Truly, Madly, Deeply

I feel like this book has an audience but I'm not sure that I was it. This book is definitely for people who want a simple romance without a lot of depth. And there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes you need a book that you can just fly through without using a brain cell and this book is that. It is cute and you're going to end with a smile on your face. It is not a bad book but there are some problems that I just can't stop thinking about now that I finished.

First there's literally no scenes in a bookstore so I'm not sure why that's the cover art.

Second don't tell me you're on a podcast and then literally have the podcast be a small itty bitty baby snippet of the book. I wanted angst and enemies and drama. I didn't want someone overreacting and storming out only to just be coddled back.

Third, where are the flaws in the man? Men are just not this perfect. For me it actually kind of ruins a romance book when the love interest has no flaws. I get that men in real life are not that great as a whole but to just make them perfect kind of waters down the romance for me. I want realistic human features and flaws not picture perfect.

Now I did love that we had bi for bi representation and there is a fantastic on page conversation about bierasure. However, there are two points in this book where there's a secondary character who uses the term puts the A in Ally and the main characters realize that this is problematic but they don't actually specify why. I think that there was a great opportunity there to really highlight and celebrate that the A stands for asexual aromantic and agender and that it does not stand for Ally. Pride is not for allies. You are not included in the acronym.

My last thought is that how is this book so white? Where are the people of color? Also where are the other queer people? I don't know it was just a palette cleansing book honestly and one that I think could be a lot better than what it is.