Guess who has her reading spark back? I am back to reading and writing book reviews!
So, I recently read Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake. I came to write the review as soon as I finished but all I could fathom was: wow!
A day later, I can string a sentence longer than that together. I just have to say, I loved every second of this book. I went looking for this book months back, I saw the hype online and knew I’d love it. I’ve been feeling a little off about reading recently but this book has left me wanting to read more WLW books!
This book tells the story of single photographer Delilah Green, she heads back to her to home town Bright Falls to be the photographer at her estranged sister's (Astrid Parker) wedding. This is where she meets Claire Sutherland, again. Claire is one of Astrid's closest friends, she has a daughter called Ruby and throughout the story, she struggles with abandonment due to her baby daddy constantly leaving them. Delilah and Claire hit it off, and we follow them through a secretive, steamy queer romance.
I love Delilah Green, she reminds me a lot of Shane from L Word (the OG series) but more femme. I loved reading her point of view more than Claire's but the stories were told well side by side. Claire is fun, sexy and curvey. I cannot fathom how happy it made me feel seeing bigger women in romance novels especially getting her happy ever after! It took me a little while to really understand Claire, but once I did she easily became such a fabulously relatable character.
The build-up between Delilah and Claire was intense, steamy, and always left me wanting more. I have never wanted a couple to be together more than I did these two. I finished the book in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down. I had to know what happened in the end.
I read the book for some woman-loving-woman romance and I got so much more than that. I really liked the dynamic between Delilah and her step-sister Astrid. At first, I didn’t like Astrid but I loved how they worked things out and really managed to bond and be there for each other in the end. I love the whole sister helping sister bond and being strong for it (RE: Elsa & Anna).
I cried at several points in the book, at one point it was Delilah bonding with Ruby and they are a moment together where Delilah introduces her to photography and they really connect, I cried so much. It was the fact that Delilah could really see herself in Ruby, and Claire observing it was so great. I also cried at the breakup, it had me bawling. The story really takes you on an emotional rollercoaster but nothing too exhausting.
There isn't a single fault I have with this story, it was beautiful, steamy, and just fabulous. If you haven't read it yet, you really should!
