Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Ratings157
Average rating4.1
None of the problems in this book would've been that big if they all had just talked to each other
Bechloe fan-fic, is that you? I like my romance novels as tropey as possible and this definitely scratches that itch, though it also veers into romance cringe sometimes. Also, if this story was an AITA post, everyone would be the asshole.
I really wanted to like this as I'm on the lookout for good sapphic romances. However, this was a flop. I intensely disliked everyone in this book. They all seem like toxic messes and I avoid that like the plague. So it's a hard dnf from me.
I don't know why I took so long to finally get around to reading this one, but I'm absolutely regretting it. Because Delilah Green Doesn't Care is absolutely fantastic. By far one of the strongest supporting casts I've ever seen in a romance novel, and a main romance that starts off absolutely incredible.
Unfortunately, the last few chapters were a little disappointing to me. The shift from a casual relationship to a serious one felt a little bit rushed, even if the build-up to that shift had been very well established. Part of this is that there are sort of two separate third-act conflicts, without enough time to properly explore either afterward. I'm sure that the sequels will help quite a bit, but the ending fell a little flat for me. Which is a shame, because I loved absolutely everything else.
Still recommended, and I'm definitely going to check out the sequels, because everything I loved here I absolutely loved, even if I was a bit disappointed by the ending.
this had me kicking my feet, giggling, and grinning. soooooo adorable I ordered the other books 15 minutes after finishing
I related to Delilah while reading this book. Feeling disconnected from family and just desperately wanting to belong somewhere? And caring when you really wish you didn't? This book was so relatable in that way.
Then the relationship that builds between the two FMCs is so sweet and spicy. I absolutely enjoyed this book and cannot wait to read the rest of this series. 4.5⭐️
Everyone in this book kinda sucks b/c they're all late twenty-somethings that need therapy.
This third act breakup is devastating if you've ever considered yourself the invisible or backup friend. 10/10 no notes
Reminded me why I love romance books.
Beautifully real and queer people finding a home with each other.
I totally get the hype. I love this book and every character. Definitely in love with Delilah...but I love Iris too. I'm so excited this is a series so I can continue to be around these women. The miscommunication trope in romance is one of my least favorites, but when it's between sisters, UGHHHH. I loved that Delilah and Astrid just wanted to be there for each other, but without the help of an intermediary, they didn't know how to communicate. I hope the story revisits Ruby and her friend and why there was tension because that was just left open. I want to jump right into the next one, but I have other books on my tbr list that I promised I would get to first. T-T
3.5 stars
Pretty cute little rom com! Loved that it was WLW which seems harder to find in this genre.
2.5
this makes me so sad. thought i would love this book but it put me into a huge slump and took me way too long to read. i love the characters and all the funny stuff between the friends and delilah but the romance just did not hit me like it should. i found myself not caring abt anything after the 50% mark, nothing really happend and it was a bit boring :/
okay. this was a serious rollercoaster for me. at first, i couldn't stand astrid or iris because of how they treated delilah. i love delilah & claire. but the last like 85% really solidified my love for all of them so much. at the beginning ruby also annoyed me because i didn't like the attitude but then i realized she was literally exactly how a lot of teens are when their parents aren't together so i understood. i delilah and ruby's relationship because it was just so wholesome to have the heavily tatted one to genuinely get along with and help her. it was super sweet.
i really can't wait to read the next one.
“She couldn't change anyone's mind, couldn't make someone love her who had no interest in doing so, and couldn't keep someone from leaving her if that's what they wanted to do.”
I am sad to say that it's been a while since I read an LGBT book and I am so happy that this was the one I picked up.
Small town, tattooed photographer and a single parent? This was magnificent. I ate this up. When I say that I annotated this from cover to back, I mean it.
The characters of this book are what drew me into loving it as much as I did. Delilah was a character I didn't expect to love and relate to so much. It felt like I was falling in love with her along with Claire. She had a feisty and take no prisoners attitude on the surface but underneath it all, she just wanted to feel like she belonged. Delilah had been hurt so many times in her life and had begun to believe it was because of her own doing. It was so refreshing to see her learn to accept herself and the love she deserves. Claire was such a beautiful character and I loved seeing her also realise she deserved good things too.
I would love a book about Iris. I found her hilarious and would just devour anything with her present in it.
I loved that underneath, this was more than just about the romance between Delilah and Claire. It was about friendship and family and forgiveness. The important lesson I got from this was that people aren't always what they seem, sometimes they are fighting their own battles.
I am so excited to read Astrid's story and hopefully see her get the happiness she deserves.
I think this is now my favorite romance novel and favorite book I've read so far this year. The way that the characters are so clearly defined and feel real is something that I feel is missing from most romances. With that being said, the relationship that surprised me the most was not the main romantic pair of Delilah and Clair, which I will get to, but rather the relationship between Delilah and her step sister Astrid. I have at times been on either side of that sibling dynamic, the one not understanding and the one not being understood. I almost cried at then where instead of the expected romantic interest that shows up to the big event it was her, working to extend the olive branch.
Of course it is the relationship between Clair and Delilah that we are all here for and it was done wonderfully. Usually I am not a fan of the “sisters best friend” trope, but it works very well here. Their rough history with eachother is acknowledged throughout instead of being brushed aside. And the tender moments and other scenes are done very well, with emotion and tension between them a driving force.
Ruby was also a surprise to me, as it is extremely difficult to find well written children characters that act their age. There were even a few moments that I even sided with Josh, don't get me started on how Clair invited her friends to his and Ruby's camping trip!
The one thing that I didn't particularly care for was the ending with Josh and the house, as it didn't really make any sense to me.
Overall, I loved this book and the characters of Bright Falls! I have Astrids book on my shelf that I'm saving for the future, and am very excited for Iris' book!
4.5, rounding up, small town romance but make it super gay, already reading the second book!
A bit more than 4 stars. Really liked it.
(A review will follow as soon as I got some sleep)
tell me why 16 year old me rated this 4.5 stars but wrote this
I loved the book but the writing style really wasn't for me and the way things seemed to just happen wasn't for me. But the overall plot was strong and the characters were amazing
If i read that now i would probably assume a 2-3 star book not nearly 5
3.25 // so i had really high hopes for this book, sadly it missed the mark for me; i love delilah so much! i love her personality more than anyone else's in this book tbh & her love for photography is so beautiful
besides that, the romance between her & claire felt like it wasn't even there, it felt underdeveloped in a way, i didn't feel as much chemistry between them as i hoped i would
it was like the entirety of the book revolved around delilah, iris, and claire tryin to get astrid to call off the wedding to her terrible douche fiancé—along with astrid & delilahs step sister drama, which don't get me wrong i enjoyed it as a subplot (the development between the two sisters was nice ) but it just took up so much of the story & it felt like the book was more about astrid & delilah more than anything. the subplots felt more like main plots opposed to the romance bein the main plot which bothered me
it felt like i didn't really get time to watch the romance between delilah & claire come to fruition, it was just a lot of sex that honestly didn't make me feel anything because it felt like there was no genuine connection between the two women.
all in all i wish it was executed better but hey at the end of the day it was a fun book and i still would love to read astrid parker never fails
Cute little romance story. I'm always in when a bookstore is part of the backdrop.
Very quick to read, finally got me out of my reading slump!
It was okay
Deliah Green Doesn't Care wasn't bad, it was just okay.
It could have been better. To be honest, this book should have been more about Deliah's relationship with her family or Astrid and her journey from a posh obedient woman to finding out who she really is and standing up for herself, especially against her mother. With that said, can't wait to read the second book.
I thought Deliah and Iris, especially when they were interacting with each other was very childish and immature. I really didn't like Iris, she was the overly sexual best friend character and I hate that type of character. It just comes as bland, annoying and lazy to me.
The book also made me realize how much I don't like the relationship bet trope. At the beginning, Deliah and Astrid, make a bet that Deliah can make Claire fall in love with her. Really, the bet makes no difference, it could have been written out and the book would have been exactly the same. It was just there to drum up more conflict in the third act.
I don't know I just didn't like this book as much as I wanted to or really cared about Claire and Delilah's relationship.