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

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I also loved that we got to see her vulnerable underside, her hurt and the parts of herself she locked up for good, and the ways that Stevie can open her up again to the idea of love and partnership in a way that is so deeply relatable to so many people who have gone through a heartbreak.

So when I tell you I jumped for joy when I was approved for an arc of the final instalment in the series, Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date, just know I’m not speaking in a figurative sense. 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. A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake. You don't get to use their identities like that if you don't put any work into involving them as PEOPLE.She is begged by her ex/friend to play the lead in a "queered up production of Much Ado" because they know that she will sell seats as a big name in the scene (she's big enough to sell out a theatre but not to be offered any other roles? I wonder sometimes if there are people out there who are as forgiving as the characters in romance novels.

All is going to plan until the stranger responds to Iris’s seduction technique by vomiting all over her. I want to say more, but spoilers, so hopefully I can come back when this book comes out and fill the rest in. Especially when you’re in queer communities, you can’t know from looking at someone what their gender and sexual identity are.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. Started a bit slow, but grew on me to the point where I was yet again a sobbing mess saying “aww” through my tears.