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June and Selena from Soft on Soft for my underrated wlw book series! // twitter thread society6
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June and Selena from Soft on Soft for my underrated wlw book series! // twitter thread society6
Short(ish) Happy-Ending WLW Books
A roundup of some wlw novellas I’ve read recently!
Soft on Soft by Em Ali // Contemporary, pan mc x demisexual love interest
Make up artist falls for a gorgeous model and they build a soft, loving relationship from the ground up to encompass both their needs. Just 100% comfort and mutual support. A little too saccharine for me but if you want sweet fluff that still deals with real mental health issues, this is for you!
Ripples of Smoke and Water by Lotus Oaks // Fantasy, identities not given
You know those fairytales where a princess has to complete three challenges to save her prince from an evil sorceress/troll/whatever? This is that except the princess isn’t in love with the prince and falls for the lake fairy who kidnapped him. Solid 4 stars, I’m a big fan.
The Lady and the Thief by Megan Derr // Historical fantasy, lesbian mc x bi? love interest
Years ago, Lisette posed as a maid in Adeline’s house and they carried on a secret romance -- until Lisette stole her jewels and vanished. Now Lisette has reappeared in another disguise, and Adeline is determined to figure out who she really is, and what she’s up to. Spoiler alert: things are not as they seem and they are still into each other. A quick read in a fantasy world filled with LGBT characters!
Soft on Soft by Em Ali (which I received as an ARC with a different title, #FatGirlsInLove, that appears to be a working title) is an entirely unique story. It’s a romance between two fat sapphic women: Selena, a Black demisexual model, and June, the Arab-Persian, anxious make-up artist. Thanks to the profession of the two protagonists, Soft on Soft is full of diverse bodies being celebrated, colourful descriptions, flowers, and altogether vivid mental images.
Soft on Soft by Em Ali was reviewed @ The Lesbrary
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Soft on Soft by Em Ali!
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Soft on Soft by Em Ali!
Extremely cute cover reveal alert! Today on the site we’ve got the cover for Soft on Soft, a contemporary f/f Romance by Em Ali that’s ownvoices representation for demisexuality, fat mc and li, anxiety and middle-eastern rep. The best part? It releases in five days, so you can preorder now and devour it within the week! Here are the details:
June Bana might post nearly daily makeup looks that…
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Review: Soft on Soft by Em Ali
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Genre: Contemporary, romance, wlw
Blurb: June Bana may be a perfect makeup guru online, but in real life she’s a hermit with a crush on the beautiful model Selena Clarke. When she finds out Selena likes her back, June has to confront her anxieties about relationships to gain not only a girlfriend, but a better understanding of how far she'd go for love. Can she leave her comfort zone for something softer?
This wasn't entirely my thing, but if you want a fluffy romance that's all about comfort and sweetness and going at your own pace, doing your own thing, and girlfriends supporting each other So Dang Much, you're going to love this.
There isn't a ton of plot, it's more of an emotional arc. Being in a relationship scares June in the beginning, and the book is about how she and Selena work hard and are kind and understanding with each other to build a new relationship that's good for both of them and their individual needs. Which is a really sweet thing to read, and it's personally validating to read different kinds of relationships that don't emphasize sex (and of course, a relationship between two girls).
Since I thought the model/make up artist romance premise was really cute, I was disappointed that it wasn't focused on as much, but I guess that was just the background to the real story, the progress of their relationship. The writing is also not always great. There's unnaturally stiff dialogue, some typos, etc. The goodreads profile currently says the book is “under edits for an undetermined period of time”, so perhaps all that will be fixed if you read this.
Verdict: it's an interpersonal development book, not so much a plot book, but it's cute and sometimes funny!
Similar to this book:
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
The Melody of Me and You by M. Hollis
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