#g. benson

[iamcindycane]

Some of the books I've read this month (APRIL 2021)

Taking Flight by Siera Maley

Lauren, city girl whose actress mother recently passed away, was shipped to live in Northern Georgia with a pastor and his family. Things didn't go as planned when she fell in love with the daughter of the pastor. The story tackled trauma, abandonment, religious trauma, and homophobia.

Breaking Character by Lee Winter

Two Hollywood actresses had to fake date each other. Need I say more???

Those Who Wait by Haley Cass

They found each other through dating app. Sutton is looking for true love, Charlotte is only looking for a hookup because she needs to focus on her political career. But Sutton really like Charlotte so she proposed for them to be friends with benefits. I loved both characters, it was really fun to read.

Just for Show by Jae

Psychologist with OCD, Claire, needs someone to pretend as her fiancée so she hired an actress who is the total opposite of her ideal girl. Loved the banter on this one.

Who'd Have Thought by G. Benson

Neurosurgeon Samantha hired ER Nurse Hayden to marry her. I'm not sure if it can be consider as enemies to lovers but the banter was there. Hayden was really funny, made me laugh at times.

The Gravity Between Us by Kristen Zimmer

A cute bestfriends to lovers story. Both characters had their own POV, it was really entertaining.

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

Enemies to lovers. Basketball player and cheerleader. One bed trope. Kelly is one of my fave wlw book authors and she didn't disappoint.

Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann

It was one of the funniest books I've ever read!!! I didn't like the main character at first, she was really annoying but as the story goes, I learned to love her and I actually saw myself on her. We both hate everyone lol. It was written in diary format, I thought I won't like it but ended up loving it a lot. It was a very fun read. Strongly recommended.

A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

I LOVED NAUSICAÄ!!! This one just became my favourite fae book. It tackled a lot of issues and all the main characters are queer! It totally deserve the hype that ACOTAR and Folk of the Air got. I can't wait for the second book. Very strongly recommended!

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: F/F Fauxmance-to-Romance Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (YA) Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown Something in the Wine by Jae Who'd Have Thought? by G. Benson Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

[mssnekireads]

Joy swallowed her bite and turned to Taren, who was slowly chewing gum and still... starring. With big, soft, incredible brown eyes. Joy was a sucker for eyes. For warmth and laughter. For the lines around them. For the way they could darken or lighten.

— G. Benson, Dead Lez Walking

[mssnekireads]

“It’s so early.”

Tilly lifted her head and squinted blurrily at the clock. “It’s nine, Evie. That’s not early.”

“Everything’s early when you’ve just woken up.”

— G. Benson, The Thing About Tilly

[mssnekireads]

“But people, especially when a huge weight is lifted off their shoulders, can, well, not exactly change. I guess it’s more become who they were meant to be without being burdened by something.”

— G. Benson, The Thing About Tilly

[mssnekireads]

Tilly gave the same fragile smile from before, almost self-deprecating. “I don’t know if we will ever know what was best.”

“Maybe there wasn’t a best? Just several options that could all work in their own ways? And all have their own separate sets of problems?”

— G. Benson, The Thing About Tilly

[mssnekireads]

“You miss them. And you’re allowed to—grief is funny like that. It’s more like a wave than something you, I don’t know, progress through in steps. It recedes, then hits you again, sometimes weaker and sometimes stronger.”

— G. Benson, All the Little Moments

[mssnekireads]

A lump swelled in her throat, and her eyes burned. Her head, for one second defeated by her feelings, dropped to rest on her palm, cigarette smouldering near her hair.

— G. Benson, All the Little Moments