Love is Love !

I went into this book blind like I do most reads and did not know what I was getting myself into ( my bad)

This was my first time reading this author and my first LGBTQIAP+ read!! So thank you 🙏

Triple Sec is a very fast paced read that had humour, drama and a little spice 🌶️ and the author left me with a bit of a cliffhanger thinking that this could be a series 🤷🏻‍♀️!!

If you like a little spice and cat and mouse chase romances then this is a read for you !!

I feel like there’s a new type of online queerness that I just do not understand where everything is so literal, everything is so black and white, with a clear right and wrong answer to every question. It’s a book that doesn’t quite work for me and this fell into the trap.

Triple Sec a romance novel follows Mel, who hasn’t been interested in dating after divorcing her wife. She meets Bebe at the bar where she works and instantly feels a connection, only to find out that Bebe has a wife. However, she finds out that Bebe is polyamorous and the rest of the book follows the three of them trying to figure out what they want from each other. I wasn’t expecting a breakdown on polyamory or queerness or an exploration of how different dynamics can function, but there’s a lack of tension and genuineness to this book that made it difficult to care about anyone or any of their relationships. There are multiple scenes where characters get mad at other people, but they’re so simplistic that it feels like a slap on the back for being a good person. I don’t know what these scenes are meant to convey. Breaking up a loud, drunk argument between two straight NHL bros with therapy-speak and getting them to admit to having feelings and hugging adds nothing to the story. Yelling at someone for using the wrong pronouns and having statements about undiagnosed ADHD making people special doesn’t feel necessary. I could easily be missing something and maybe these are important to demonstrate the importance of something, but I find it hard to read books that feel so simplistic about how the world functions. I don’t mind romances that deal with realism and I know the world sucks, but it’s hard to buy into a novel where people aren’t people but are their sexuality, their gender, their trauma, and their mental illnesses. I know all of these are aspects of what makes a person, but when they’re nothing more than them and one more funky trait, it’s really hard for me to care. It feels like a caution against people who assume the worst, but it takes so much away from stories.

More specifically to this novel, I didn’t connect with any of the three main characters. The writing wasn’t bad, but some metaphors stood out from the cleanness of the rest, making parts of it clunky. It’s a book that I am sure will be loved by lots of people, but it did not work for me.

Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for giving me the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Absolutely delightful!

This is my second TJ Alexander book and I loved it! I read their debut and enjoyed that, so reading this has been a treat. Their writing has grown so much, making me love this cast of characters even more than I expected.

Triple Sec is a treat! Fun, sexy, and beautiful relationships. The entire cast is electric and it was so easy to envision them as real people. I had a blast and breezed through this is 24 hours

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-f/f/NB contemporary polyam romance
-this is just a hookup
-opposites attract
-snowed in
-what happens on the rooftop pool stays at the rooftop pool
-denial

I adore TJ Alexander's writing and they are just such a relaible read of well drawn characters, incredible chemistry and a great plot. When Triple Sec hit my Kindle I had to start it. This book had me laughing out loud with Mel's staunch denial of being in love or a relationship but falling for Bebe and Kade. I won't give too much away but I loved how this book was paced, how things were broken up. Mel's relationship and caring about Bebe and Kade as individuals and then the ultimate HEA were so well established.

These three were just there for each other, gave each other what they needed, time, space, patience, and a great cocktail thrown in. I will read anything TJ Alexander writes.

Sweet, queer and proud!!
As much as I love to read queer love books, this was my first time reading a book with a non-binary main character. I loved that it was with TJ Alexander. They crafted such a wonderful, spicy and unique story with an interesting plot. I loved Bebe(so much), Mel was incredible and Kade was such an interesting enigma. It was so interesting to see the dynamics from Bebe and Mel to Bebe and Kade, to Kade and Mel and then all of them together.

This was spicy, sweet and tender. Such a good book!