The best novellas are the ones to make you wish they were full length novels. His collection of three butch/femme novellas has one I definitely wish was a full length and one borderline for me.

The one I enjoyed most was Aurora Rey’s Follow Her Lead. A butch and rather distant venture capitalist has to take dance lessons to not make a fool of herself at a big party. The chemistry is so fun between the mains, it’s just a cute story.

Just As You Are by Angie Williams is a story with such a soft butch, it’s super cute. But all the insecurities in this story make me like it a bit less. But the characters are super cute together.

Meghan O’Brien’s An Epiphany in Flannel is the last novella in the book, and for me this isn’t a case of saving the best for last. Aside from not really liking the story and the mains in this one, the writing was also somewhat hard to get into. Where I rolled from Rey’s story into Williams’ like there was nothing between them, just easy writing and a nice story. I just couldn’t connect with this last one.

Overal a cute collection of butch/femme stories with varying types in both “categories”, it’s fun to see the differences. I am partial to the soft butch in Williams’ story, I think it’s because I sort of identify with that type of character. Although I really don’t want to be labelled, but I guess it’s the label I’d get if you’d ask people. This story would also be my favourite if it weren’t for me not liking the the story as much as Rey’s.
This is just an easy read, 3 nice novellas for anyone who likes romance.

Really enjoyed these three stories. Wish we got a full-length story for all of these characters and I am so excited to read other titles by these authors.

This was a good read. Three novella stories.

I like that these stories were opposite attracts although it’s butch/femme trope which we don’t get a lot of in books.

Gabby and Jude I like that Gabby help Jude out of her comfort zone.

Carrie and Dylan although Dylan kinda got on my nerves I like that Carrie show her she great as she is.

Maisie and Aiden I say this was my favorite because I like that Aiden help Maisie follow her heart and be true to herself.

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Three different stories with different feels. Steamy scenes and plenty of romance. Something to keep you busy on a rainy day or a lonely night.

Thank you Netgalley, the authors and publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I have read and enjoyed books by two of the authors previously.

This started well.. Aurora Rey's story was interesting, entertaining and plausible. It draws the reader in and is well described and engaging. I The characterisations were well-drawn and likeable, the storyline fun and plausible, ably helped by well-defined secondary characters who enrich the narrative. I was disappointed when it ended and intend to read more by this author as a result.

I totally get the "Opposites attract" trope, but prefer to avoid stereotypical labelling such as butch/femme categorisations which was more prevalent in the next two novellas. I didn't feel it necessary to focus over and over on appearances and clothing instead of allowing the characters to speak for themselves by being themselves.

I've enjoyed previous works by both Meghan O'Brien and Angie Williams, but was left underwhelmed with their novellas here and I really struggled to read "Just as you are". So overall it was a disappointing read and that is why the overall rating is a disappoining 3 *.

These three stories certainly do a great job of celebrating butches and femmes in all their glory. Each story works to varying degrees. They all have some hot sex but due to the short story format, perhaps, at times the storytelling itself felt rushed or under-developed. There was a lot of telling the reader backstory or how each person was feeling that didn't really land for me.

I am sure plenty of folks will enjoy these stories and being introduced to new authors but I was left slightly underwhelmed.