Laura Kay (2)

2.25 stars. i liked this pretty well, especially that it was so largely focused on the friend group and their joint relationship, the way things used to feel possible with groups of friends at a certain time of life. i liked the focus on queer strength and the way that can look. i wasn't so into the way the main romantic relationship wrapped up - how they got together, really, without doing much discussing of the years of pining they'd had for each other, or the sex scene - but otherwise i liked them. i enjoyed spending time with them and would totally visit their home in the country.… (plus d'informations)

lolol i don’t know if this was good or if i’m just obsessed with the british narrator.. but have you ever wanted to move out into the countryside with a group of friends, buy a house together and form a little gay commune? well if you haven't this book will for sure make you want too. this is the perfect read if you want something light-hearted and low stakes. the main plot is about building a home - physically and with the people you surround yourself with. the only real tension comes about in the final chapters when you finally get to see how Eleanor’s crush on Ray will play out. the lack of tension made it feel like i was just drifting along through most of the book. but that's the case with most books by british and irish authors so i don't hold that against them. WE LOVE CHARACTER DRIVEN BOOKS! Laura Kay’s strength is writing characters!! this cast of characters feels so real.. i really wanted to jump into the pages and join their little gay commune! their relationship and the community they build in the village is just so wholesome… (plus d'informations)

Eleanor is stuck in a rut—personal and professional—and makes a promise to herself to have a year of Wild Things, where each month she does one big thing that pushes her out of her comfort zone. So when the opportunity comes up to move into a queer commune—or at least, a run-down old farmhouse in the London commuter belt—she jumps at the chance. Except it means that now El will be living with Ray, the woman she's been unrequitedly crushing on for years.

Wild Things is a cute, light, queer romcom. El and Ray's getting together is a slow-burn and fairly low-key, and the book's emphasis is as much on El's growth as a person as it is on that. Laura Kay has a knack for finding the right balance so that this is cosy and happy-ending-y without being saccharine, with secondary characters who are easily distinguishable from one another without being irritating Bundles of Quirks and/or One-Liners. This was a perfect read for a blustery, snowy February evening.… (plus d'informations)