3.5 

Les Be Honest

By Sarah Robinson
Les Be Honest by Sarah Robinson digital book - Fable

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"I loved the story...I felt completely immersed and couldn't stop reading it." - NetGalley Reviewer

 

"Robinson delivered once again with a book with two strong women and a romance with sexy chemistry and is filled with witty dialogue that will make you laugh out loud." - Library Reviewer

 

"The banter was hilarious and it was a fun and easy read. Just what I needed!" - NetGalley Reviewer

 

The highly anticipated second standalone romantic comedy in the Queerly Devoted series by Sarah Robinson is a steamy story of lesbian romance and elder millennial drama as Yasmeen explores how to become a bad*ss boss in a neighborhood that wants to shut her and her dreams down with an intriguing and infuriating woman who has never heard "no" before in her life.

 

After several failed businesses—including an edible panties subscription box—the eternally optimistic Yasmeen Kiani feels like her next launch has to be the big break. When she sees a FOR LEASE sign at the corner lot on her street, she decides it's time to try, try again. While there are over 1,000 gay bars in the United States, there are less than 25 lesbian bars total (a real life fact! See the Lesbian Bar Project)…and Yasmeen has decided that she is going to open the first in her Arlington, VA neighborhood. Unfortunately, the neighborhood is not on board with her plan.

 

Tyler Adams has been the president of every club or organization she's ever been involved in. Class valedictorian, president of her college sorority, even prom queen twice, including a high school she didn't go to. Tyler does nothing second best just like her father, a real estate mogul who she has a close yet tumultuous relationship with and who owns the building she lives in. A full-time podcaster on top of helping her father lease his property out, including to a new business by a woman she finds incredibly attractive, Tyler hosts one of the country's most listened to shows on true crime yet her personal life and sexuality are the biggest mystery to her fan base.  

 

Tyler isn't used to facing opposition, but Yasmeen is no stranger to having to fight for what she wants and she's about to teach Tyler that failure isn't the end of the world—just the beginning of the war.

 

What Yasmeen didn't expect was for Tyler to teach her some battles are not worth fighting…but the one for her heart is.

 

PRAISE FOR QUEERLY DEVOTED SERIES:

 

"A delightfully witty sapphic romance that is deeper than I had anticipated and these emotions underlie the humor and sarcasm used to tell the story." - The Lesbian Review, on Baby Bank by Sarah Robinson

 

"Oh baby, this romance is a queer delight! Fun and funny, Robinson's writing will have you begging for more." - Haley Neil, author of f/f romance Planning Perfect

 

"I will be ready to read what ever the author writes next." - Goodreads Review

 

"This book is all about female empowerment and choosing the family you want!" - NetGalley Review

"Each character brings a unique flavor to the mix, making the reader feel like a part of their close-knit circle. The romantic entanglements and misadventures provide the perfect backdrop for this heartwarming rom-com." - Amazon Review

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Les Be Honest Reviews

3.5
“An absolutely delightful follow up to The Baby Bank. This was a great way to start the new year. The characters and the story are fun and interesting and I enjoyed reading it.”
“I didn't really enjoy it but also it wasn't terrible I'm sure some people will enjoy this book I'm just not some people. I didn't really find the plot engaging and I have no real feelings about the characters. Also it was kind of an end of book breakup kind of not. I'm not sure, either way it was annoying. Just not my vibe.”
“please note that the trigger warnings and topes/themes may contain spoilers I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. HEA: yes spice: several open-door spicy scenes TWs: homophobia, mentions of child death, mentions of miscarriage, self-harm, death of a parent (recounted), parental abandonment, mental health (depression, institutionalization, mental breakdown), religious trauma, manipulation, blackmail standalone: book 2 in the Queerly Devoted series (can be read as a standalone without issue) final thoughts: I loved the idea of this book, the light that was shone on the need for lesbian and queer spaces, and the openness for therapy and self-help. It didn’t end up being for me because I didn’t feel like the FMCs made sense together or had any chemistry, but the spicy scenes were well done despite that. I didn’t like that one FMC kept saying what a flat ass the other FMC had… SO ODD TO ME!!! Overall, I felt like it moved fast (maybe too fast at some points to get to the desired result) and I had a difficult time rooting for either FMC. This is marketed as fake dating but I don’t see which part was really all that fake but still hits the mark enough. read this book if you love”
““I honestly don’t understand how sour edible panties didn’t take off" is one hell of an opening line. Unfortunately, it did not live up to my expectations from this opener. I hate to say it, but I HATED almost everyone, especially the main characters. The main conflict of the book surrounds the fact that the love interest's dad is a republican and supports anti-LGBT legislation despite having a gay daughter. Every single person warned the main character this would be an issue, but did she listen? No! Of course not! Because his daughter is hot so it'll be fine (although all the compliments felt like negging ngl eg "I don’t think I’d ever seen someone with a flatter ass before, but it was working for her—and for me."). The two of them begin their romantic relationship on the prospect of fake dating to win over love interest's dad, except they immediately sleep together and then she gets mad that they’re not considered dating. I felt like I was being gaslit ngl. To add to the reasons I despised the mc is: constantly insulting love interest's dog for being small, forced people to accept that they don't give a shit about being punctual, and uses her friends business services for free. I didn't really get on with the writing style, and I didn't expect it to be as bad as it was considering I have also read an arc of baby bank, but here we are. The book featured many queer characters, which is great, but if felt forced with every single one of them introduced by their identity. There are so many better ways to do explain their identities. The book also features the line "I felt like I was living a book plot." which was just SO weird because YOU ARE! You're not real! It instantly pulled me out of the moment. All of these things combined meant I was begging for the book to be over, and unfortunately despite the queer representation that is much needed in fiction, I hated this. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.”

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