Genre: LGBTQ/New Adult
Publisher: Random
Pub. Date: May 28, 2024

Mini-Review

Bernie and Leah meet when Bernie answers an ad that begins with “Four Swarthmore grads, looking for a fifth housemate” and ends with “Queer preferred (we all are).” I had high expectations for this story, but I was somewhat disappointed. Two quirky and queer female pals embark on a road trip. The roommates, or side characters, are multifaceted, with several representations of various racial/ethnic backgrounds and gender identities. The narrative is passable but suffers from a few poor storytelling decisions. The author’s writing style didn’t appeal to me, but it may just be me. It may have been better as a short story than a novel because, as a novel, there are too many characters. In a short, some characters may have been eliminated.

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