I absolutely loved this novel! It had so many great elements to it - second chance family / friendships, coparenting, estranged sisters reunited, and great queer romance and representation.
All the characters were so great and although flawed were so real. I loved seeing all the relationships develop and LOVED that the two leads in the romantics relationship were open and honest with each other. I thought this was so powerful and I loved the queer representation in their relationship and the book in general.
I really enjoyed reading this and it was so entertaining and just all round a brilliant read. Highly recommend!

Thank you to Netgalley and Piaktus for this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed Delilah Green Doesn't Care. It was very easy to read and the conflict did make sense. The 'villains' were a bit underdeveloped in my opinion but it worked in the context of the story. I liked Delilah and Clare's relationship, especially Delilah getting to know her daughter. I even ended up really liking Josh. Overall, a good plot with good characters that was written well.

☆☆☆½

It was a really cute book, I liked Delilah’s character and it was a fun read although I felt it dragged a little at times and there was a scene we didn’t see but I wish we did (spoilers so I can’t say) other than that it was an enjoyable (and fast) read.

I wasn’t expecting to love this book as since I’m not a big romance reader, but I ended up loving it a lot! It’s an amazing steamy, sapphic romance with so many humorous moments that make you laugh. It’s such an addicting read, I couldn’t put it down.

I especially liked how we got to learn more about the characters history without it being shoved in your face. We got various flashbacks gradually throughout the book and they fit really well into the story. Although I feel like this was on the thicker side for a romance novel, I wasn’t bored at all and I think that it was paced perfectly- not too fast but not too slow- so it inclined me to read more.

The chemistry- platonic and romantic- between the characters is written really well and it made the story very interesting to read. I also love the main cast of characters and their character development throughout the book.

I can’t wait for this book to be released because I know everyone will love it just as much as I did! I’ve never read a book by Ashley Herring Blake before, but I’ll definitely be reading more by her! I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️

This book was so amazing omg and I am SO obsessed. I have to wait a YEAR for Astrid's book??? Ahhh. God, the writing was so breathtaking. I'm in love. I found my new always-buy author.

A NEW FAVOURITE BOOK? Yes please.

Tropes: sisters best friend, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, single parents.

This book is everything I wanted it to be and more. It is fun and romantic but with a depth that makes it relatable. A lot of this is due to the incredible characters and their chemistry/relationship with each other. Delilah is a badass, confident artist that all 'weird' teens want to grow up to be. Claire is a loving single mum, fiercely loyal to her friends and dedicated to growing the book store she has inherited. They shouldn't work together but they do - each one brings out the best in the other without losing any of their own identities.

Delilah and Claire are surrounded by a cast of also complex characters - Astrid (Delilah's estranged sister and Claire's best friend) and Iris (an outspoken but funny best friend) being the most important. This book tackles modern family dynamics in a refreshing way, without falling into any stereotypes. When reading, you feel like the characters are real, acting like anyone else would in their situation.

THE REPRESENTATION!! I have never felt so seen by a book. It does bisexual and lesbian representation so well. There were no harmful stereotypes and, honestly, the queerness was treated as irrelevant. The focus was on the love story, not the gender of the couple. I always worry with a small town romance that homophobia is going to be the conflict, but in this case the conflict came from internal character reflections rather than external bigotry, resulting in a small town queer romance that is actually fun to read!

I loved this book and have nothing negative to say about it at all. I 100% recommend picking it up if you want a fun, steamy, romantic read.

Thank you to Net Galley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

4⭐️

Delilah green is a 30 year old photographer in nyc just trying to pay rent. When she is offered 15k for a shoot she agrees… despite it being her step sisters wedding.

Delilah would do anything to mess with her step sister, even try to hook up with her best friend.

I wasn’t expecting to feel so sad with this book… i really feel like I related a lot to Delilah and not with just photography! She has this reputation that she doesn’t care when really she cares too much but isn’t allowed to show it.

I really loved Claire’s and Delilah’s chemistry and how she opened up to Claire about a lot of things that she was never able to before.

This book did drag a little in the beginning; the monologues didn’t really need to be that long and as often. And I feel like some of the characters (iris) was a little toxic. It was pushed aside as she sort of apologised but she just seemed like she did what she wanted and she was just a mean kid. Sometimes she was funny but I don’t think I enjoyed her as much as I should have.

This has spice, good chemistry and all around a good book!

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read an arc of this and review!

Ok, I have DNF'D this one at 76% which is so disappointing because this was one of my most anticipated books of February 2022. While the sapphic sex scenes in this were 100% 5 stars, the story around it was poor dragged on and I just didn't want to pick it up anymore. Also if the two grown up women had have just SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER earlier on a lot of the stuff could be worked out!

This was a fun but also emotional romance, filled with characters I couldn't help but love, that also explored complicated family relationships.

I adored both of our MCs. There's Delilah, who's badass but secretly soft underneath, and Claire, who's soft but secretly badass underneath. Both of them come alive on the page from the very beginning, and I quickly felt like I knew them and their wants, fears and dreams. I couldn't help but root for them throughout the book, even if I did find myself saying 'yeah sure' to myself anytime one of them insisted it was 'just casual.'

I also loved the exploration of the complicated Parker-Green family dynamics, and how the terrible step-sister trope is inverted here. Delilah's step-sister, Astrid, is introduced as a stereotypical pain-in-the-arse snotty mean girl with little concern for Delilah. But through the POV of Claire, one of her best friends, we quickly see there is two sides to the story of their childhoods, and more to Astrid than how Delilah see hers. Blake does a great job of exploring their childhood grief, the pressure put upon Astrid by her mother, and Delilah's feelings of exclusion, and how this lead to the distance between them, with both & yet neither of them to blame.

On a much lighter note, I adored the creative swearing throughout the book & will definitely by using some of it in RL!

Overall, this was a great read I highly recommend for anyone looking for a Sapphic romance which is both fun & fluffy, but also ground in very human connection and experience, good and bad.

This was a delightful Sapphic romance that was full of moments that made me smile. The was great banter and lots of funny and uncomfortable moments that made for great reading. The steam level was also brilliant and I really felt the chemistry between the characters.

The character development was really well done as we got a real sense of the characters history without it being overdone and slow moving. in fact this was a really good pace and one I wanted to keep picking up.

I am looking forward to the next book in this series.

I didn't even have to read the synopsis to know I was going to love this book, the gorgeous cover itself told me all I need to know! Held as one of my most anticipated reads of 2022, Delilah Green Doesn't Care did not at all disappoint. It was steamy, sexy messy, romantic, and who can suppress themselves from a sunshine/grumpy trope? The relationships were all too die for; romantic, familial, friends, etc. The personal development within the characters were really well written and I couldn't have adored this story more.

First things first, that cover is gorgeous.
I've been waiting for this book since I first heard about it, and was not disappointed at all.
I liked that all of the characters in this book were flawed, and thought the significance placed on the different types of relationships was beautifully done.
I loved the way both sides of Delilah & Astrid's relationship were revealed, and the way the book left their narrative at the end.
The central relationship was great, beautifully developed and really sweet. This is the first in a series, so I'm glad we'll get more of their story, even if it's in the background.
I look forward to seeing this book get the hype it deserves!
(18+)

Love sure is messy! And in all its forms. While the sapphic romance (grumpy/sunshine, what more to ask for) was what made me want to read this book, I absolutely adored all the messy relationships parts. Between Delilah and Astrid, estranged stepsisters due to childhood misunderstandings mostly, between Astrid and Claire and Iris, the best friends group, and Delilah and Claire and Iris, Delilah realising that actually, these women are her friends? Even between Claire and her daughter, Ruby, with the unreliable but trying dad, Josh. Relationships are messy!!! And that's what makes it real. It was a pleasure to read these characters (Ruby, the bestest kid ever I swear), in these funny and messy and steamy scenes. Some things were predictable (I mean, a bet. Really?) but that didn't make the story less enjoyable. And after reading that sneak peek from Astrid's story coming out later this year, I'm hooked for more!
4.5/5

Thank you Piatkus and Netgalley for sending me Deliah Green Doesn't Care By Ashleigh Herring Blake.

LIVE READING REVIEW:
From the first page I am hooked by Deliahs personality, she is everything I ever wanted to be. I am really warming to her and want her to win at everything.
By chapter 3 I am predicting this book as a 5 star read.
Her history is really quite sad, and I can see that it didn't dampen her adult life. I feel inspired that despite loosing her parents, gaining a step mother that didn't want to be called mum. It's sad, her relationship with Astrid is hilarious, how she winds her up had me laughing. I feel she watched Astrid with the coven (Claire and Iris) from afar and wanted, longed to be involved with her stepsister.

Claire flirting with Deliah is so funny, I read it twice. Deliah's commentary is genius.

Oh wow this is steamy but an enticing, exciting sexy. I throughly enjoyed it, Ashley's writing here was gentle and cozy I almost felt like I was reading more slowly to take my time. Streamy award 2022 was earned in this book.

Absolutely loved this book, it was a quick read because I couldn't put it down. Would recommend this book to everyone that enjoy a tug of war in love and emotions. A beautiful sapphic love encounter.

#DelilahGreenDoesntCare #NetGalley

This book was amazing. A queer love story with a pinch of spice and beautiful characters! I found myself amazed by Delilah and Claire and how they slowly became friends. I love Delilah as a main character, which is something that rarely happens in my case. I usually find main characters annoying, but Delilah was wonderfully written and her mind was just as beautiful to discover through every page and through Claire’s eyes.
This story was realistic, truthful, easy to love and think about. I found myself wanting to read more and more of Delilah’s life and everyone around her.

Thank you to NetGalley, Little Brown Book Group UK and to the amazing author Ashley Herring Blake for letting me read this book and appreciate it. I’ll make sure to buy a copy as soon as this amazing novel hits the shelves!

A must read!

This book had everything I was looking for it. It was fun, but had it’s serious moments, and it’s sexy moments!

I was gripped from the start and couldn’t put this book down. A must read for anyone wanting a fun and sexy read.

5*’s.
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing a copy of this for a fair and honest review. This book was delightful. I loved Delilah. She was messy and angry and petty and hot and I loved her. I loved Claire and her bookshop and her loyalty to her friends and her daughter. For once I did not hate the kid which is a big issue in so many single parent romances I’ve read. The familial relationships were interesting to read about and I wish there were a few more steamy scenes, the overall execution was excellent and I cannot wait to own a physical copy of this book in my hands.

I loved this book! It was so cute and wholesome that it gave me a book hangover! This is potentially one of my favourite romance novels ever. It follows the story of Delilah and Clare, a natural portrayal of a lesbian romance, as they meet (again) in the small town of Bright Falls. The perfect mix of hot and sweet, prepare to shed a few tears, smile, laugh and reread the book 4 more times (if you are anything like me).
Not only a romance I think it is an incredible story of acceptance and overcoming family barriers, moving on from the past and growing. The dynamic between the 4 main female characters: Astrid, Delilah, Clare, and Iris, provides a lovely development of friendship and sisterhood throughout the story adding a layer of complexity to the novel, making it more than a romance. Personally. I think this book ticked all of the boxes. I read it in one sitting, despite this not being my original plan, because once I started I just couldn't stop!
Delilah Green is now my newest book girlfriend. She has tattoos, amazing outfits, a badass attitude as well as a softer, more vulnerable side that creates artwork and photography. Her wit and humour really draws you in as you read, Ashley Herring Blake has created a wonderful main character.
The book has a dual POV so that you can experience both sides of the story, from Clare's family woes, and compassion, to Delilah's vulnerability. I really enjoyed this aspect to the book, as I felt like I could experience both sides falling in love. One of my pet peeves is overuse of the miscommunication trope, and I was so happy when this book did not fall into this trap. It is worn out by romance novels, and I am so glad that Herring Blake has not used miscommunication as an easy way to create angst and tension, that ultimately could be resolved easily, and goes on too long, leaving the reader sweating and frustrated.
This is such an empowering novel not only to queer people but to women in every situation, and honestly it made my day seeing a group of women recognise their worth and not stand for anything less, wear what they want, become what they want, and liberate themselves from personal constraints that have been holding them back.
I would recommend this book to a mature audience as it does include graphic scenes. It is a wonderful novel and I hope that everyone who reads this enjoys it as much as I did. This was my first time reading a book by Ashley Herring Blake, however in future I will be following her work and hope she can produce another stunning novel.
Thank You to netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Not gonna lie, I’m not feeling this one like I thought I would.

The friend group sounds fun, and the wedding theme is obviously a whirlwind.
Claire’s issues with single motherhood and her baby daddy are understandable, but she comes across as an overbearing parent. That really makes her less likeable to me.

Anyway, still going. Will update with more thoughts,

This was my first time reading a Sapphic romance and it absolutely will not be my last as I really loved this book!
The characters were fantastic and Delilah being mischievous was just too much fun. I loved the play on the “bad boy” trope and also best friends sister. Both done very well!

I really can’t wait to read more by this author!