The second book in the Bright Falls series starts off with a BANG with one the most memorable meet-disasters ever!! I ADORED Jordan and absolutely LOVED seeing Astrid finally shed the image of herself she felt she needed to live up to - finally embracing the things that truly made her happy (as opposed to what her mother wanted for her)!!

A wonderful opposites attract, enemies to lovers, dual perspective Sapphic romance set in the same small town setting we all fell in love with in Delilah Green doesn't care. The whole queer coven is back, fully supportive and wonderfully quirky.

HGTV fans are going to enjoy the reality television renovation parts of the story and I highly recommend it for fans of Maggie moves on or Written in the stars. I couldn't put this book down and can't wait to read Iris's story next. Much thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Romance for my advance review copy!!!

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I have a real soft spot for the long-suffering, misunderstood sister, so I knew I’d love Astrid’s book from the second she hit the page in Delilah Green Doesn’t Care. And I was right! I loved this book - the whole thing felt very soft and tender, as Astrid explores her sexuality and Jordan works through the recent loss of something herself. I think I’ll never 1000% love an AHB book, her writing style tends to get a little too bogged down in detail for my taste, but this was just a delight to read. I cannot wait to read Iris’s book!

I love this book!!! Delilah Green Doesn’t Care is one of my favorite books from 2022 and I was thrilled to get the next in the Bright Falls series. Astrid Parker is a blonde perfectionist, trying to keep her design business afloat in a small town. She also has a mother that would give the most well adjusted child mommy issues. Given the opportunity to be the designer for a local historic inn on a renovation tv show may be career making and she is up to the task. Jordan Everwood is the Inn owners granddaughter. Her life is a mess since her wife’s cancer. But she loves her family and using her talents in carpentry she is going to bring her own vision to the project.

These characters have deep emotions and insecurities. On top of the pressure of the job Astrid is drawn to Jordan. Even with her queer best friends and half sister, she has never considered herself anything but straight, until now. Everything is written beautifully and with feeling. I love these two women and being back in Bright Falls. I was so happy to be with this supportive friend group too.

If anyone reads this far in my review there is a moment when Astrid takes four romance books from her friends bookshelf. I easily recognized three by the descriptions as some of my favorites. But if anyone knows the title to the book that features two Dominican women on the cover please share in my comments. And I may need a necklace and predict there is going to be a run on Etsy stores.

I can’t recommend this book enough. The book can stand on its own but I would suggest reading Delilah’s story because these are characters you are going to fall in love with. Thank you to NetGalley, Berkley Publishing Group and Ashley Herring Blake for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. And please, please add me to your waiting list for Iris’s story. I can’t wait.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

With this second Bright Falls book, Ashley Herring Blake has easily become one of my favorite romance authors! Astrid and Jordan are such a joy to read about! It felt really important to see a cold and closed off character like Astrid open up, And of course I loved Jordan from moment one. Basically this book was an absolute delight to read and it has left me even more excited to see what the girls in Bright Falls get up to next! (Looking at you, Iris!)

When I read Delilah Green Doesn't Care (the first book in the Bright Falls series), I never imagined that perfect blond stepsister Astrid Parker would be back with her own story. But here we are, and it's excellent. Astrid's struggling interior design business gets a much-needed boost when she's asked to reimagine a classic local inn as part of an HGTV-like show. Things are going great until she literally crashes into the inn owner's granddaughter Jordan Everwood, the overalls-wearing lead carpenter for the project. One ruined linen dress later, the two are at odds on every aspect of the remodel. Jordan has her own ideas for redesigning the inn without losing its character, but the rest of her family seems to be on board with Astrid's generically modern approach. Throw in some nosy friends, meddling exes, and a mutual attraction that both women are determined to ignore, and you have a great, fun book.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review. All opinions are my own.

I *loved* DELILAH GREEN DOESN'T CARE and couldn't wait to read the next romance from Ashley Herring Blake. Couldn't wait, as in slammed the request button the second it was available on here. ASTRID PARKER DOESN'T FAIL is a perfect romance. It's funny and sexy and sweet. Jordan and Astrid are full, complete characters who you love from their first prickly meeting and only love them more as you watch them fall in love.

Ashley Herring Blake is quickly becoming my favorite romance author. Her books are an auto-buy for me and I recommend them to everyone I know.

Ashley Blake did it again! I am just as OBSESSED with this book as I was Delilah Green Doesn't Care. I could not put this book down and I didn't want it to end. I feel like the characters are ones that I would be friends with in real life. Everything in this book is so relatable especially for the girls who have never been with another girl before and are figuring themselves out! This book had just the right amount of spice! This book was everything I hoped it would be and more!

words can’t describe how much I loved this book. i was lucky enough to receive an arc and I dropped everything to read it immediately. i loved Jordan and Astrid from the jump. the roll of the two of cups tarot card had me absolutely bawling during the scene (iykyk). i also loved the references to other queer romance novels (written in the stars and love and other disasters to name a few). I love these two and their story. i can’t wait for iris’s, I know it’s gonna be a doozie.

I love this book. Love, love, love it!

I maintain that Ashley Blake is physically incapable of writing a poor novel. This book took all the wonderfulness that she established in Delilah Green and just flat out ran with it, it was phenomenal. Our returning characters were wonderful, especially the new focus on Astrid, and seeing her internal battles. And then we have the new characters, particularly Jordan and her family. Jordan...oh, Jordan. I can see why Astrid falls for her, it's clearly easy to do. As damaged as she may be, and absolutely feels easy to love.

I also love how this book talks about compulsory heterosexuality, how often people can be conditioned to think that same gender attraction is ANYTHING else...admiration, envy, what have you. It's done so well.

Any qualms are just minor things...the turning and running into/getting surprised by the love interest gag that kind of kicks off the story is used many more times in the 1st half of the book, maybe too many? And...that's it. That's honestly all I could think of.

I devoured this book, staying up until 2:30 in the morning because I just couldn't put it down. Now I can't wait for Iris' story! ^_^

The Bright Falls series follows such a well written group of characters, I want to be friends with them in real life! Astrid and Jordan have such a great love story throughout this book. Blake manages to use tropes in such a fresh way that makes the romcom genre beautifully queer-er.