My Dinner with Andrea

by Jen Durbent

[Chelsea]

Trigger warnings: death, murder, hate crimes, police brutality, sexual abuse/assault, transphobia, misgendering, gun violence (sorry if I missed anything but those were the major ones!)

This wasn't a bad book exactly, it was just a not for me book. I try to read things outside my favourite genres and they don't always work out for me which is fine.

I wasn't really a fan of Andrea in this book. Her whole personality was annoying to me. I did really enjoy reading about Faith and even Michelle. I loved their dynamics and how hard they were trying to have this open relationship. I felt so happy for them both!

My other issue with this book was that there wasn't really a climax. The story stayed at the same level for the whole book, which can totally be fine, just not for me. I need the build up!

I do think the author packed a lot of diversity in this book and made it seem so effortless which I was really happy to see. There was nothing forced about writing these characters and it was really nice to see them being represented in a book.