Spoilers Ahead: 

This book was actually one of the first audiobooks that I wasn’t that fussed about, to be honest. I wanted to listen to a sapphic story, as I hadn’t listened to one yet, but I was sightly disappointed. 

We follow Ash, a divorced lesbian, and Gloria, a widowed straight woman. Ash is invited to a party of her mothers’, and Gloria, as one of her mothers’ closest friends, is also there as well. They start talking, and they really hit it off. They end up dancing together, and they both seem to think there’s a little more into it than they originally thought. 

They can’t stop seeing each other, despite the fact they think that they can’t be together. There is the issue that Gloria is perceived as straight and has been her whole life - not only that but widowed, also! And Ash is significantly younger (though still a consenting adult), and Gloria has children, and a lot of people would be shocked (particularly Ash’s mother!). 

They decide to try it, but they want to end it because they hate sneaking around, but they also find it too difficult to end. They end up slowly telling people, and some are shocked and a little bit nasty, but most of them are surprisingly happy for them. In the end, Ash’s parents are okay with it, and Ash joins Gloria’s little family with her two other children, and there’s a happy ending! 

There was so much I didn’t like in this book. Firstly, I find the characters inherently dislikable. Ash seems to have a lot of lesbian stereotypes, so I hated reading about her, and Gloria was just an asshole. She was allowed to do what she wanted, but Ash couldn’t, and they could only do things on Gloria’s terms. I know that she hadn’t come out yet, but there was also another person in that relationships, and her opinion felt overlooked. Ash herself, even though she was younger, she was easily the most mature. I physically couldn’t read some points! Gloria’s children are assholes, especially the younger one. All of that, and because she’s not as fortunate as other people?? Fuck off! How is this a problem now a rich person is in the photo, and why throw a tantrum? They also acted like children, although I gather they’re actually the age of university students?? And don’t even get me started on Adrian, Ash’s brother. The one person who should have been there for her, and he actually made her feel worse! 

Secondly, the plot was awful. Okay, so, personally speaking, there would have been a lot bigger of an uproar once they found out about Ash and Gloria’s relationship. You’re telling me that an age gap lesbian couple was accepted with open arms? It felt a bit like a fairytale, to be honest, and not even a good one at that. The sex and ‘spice’ in it was just the word clit being repeated over and over again, and it really didn’t do anything for me. Their connection didn’t even feel that strong to be honest, it felt purely physical and even impulsive at some points. You can’t live without her, yet you don’t want anyone to see her with you, and yet you want some? Yeah right, jog on! 

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed some parts of it. The ending (I’m just kidding!). I actually really liked the fact that Gloria was an older character (despite the age gap relationship) because I liked the idea of older people being able to explore and find their sexuality, even later on in life. However, there was just a lot of things that made it not as strong as I’d hoped, so that’s unfortunate.