I imagine that's how Claire felt as well, but just generally, though it's part of them, I wasn't really interested in the fleshing out of the difficulties of being a co-parents to a man who is horrible, yet your child's favourite. She was left out of many friend groups when she was younger, so she packed and moved out as soon as she could, following her passion for photography. This is what I’d been looking forward to most about the book as I am a sucker for romances where one of the characters has a kid and we follow the other partner meeting the kid and falling a little in love with them too.

So I’m happy to say that although Delilah Green was not the new favourite I hoped for, it still definitely lived up to the hype. I also felt the baby daddy (already forgot his name) got way too much of a pass considering he constantly skipped town and abandoned his child. I put this book off for so long because it was one of my most anticipated romances of 2022 and I was afraid of disappointment, this book exceeded all my expectations. Blake’s well-crafted adult debut Delilah Green Doesn’t Care combines everything you could want in a sapphic romance—snark, steam and sweetness—with an intricate exploration of what it means to love someone and how we choose to show it, all spearheaded by its unforgettable protagonist Delilah who you’ll simultaneously want to be and be with forever.For Delilah, there is internal conflict related to how she perceives herself due to the ill treatment of her step mother. And Claire’s irresponsible but well-meaning ex-husband gets his own little maturation arc that feels genuinely earned. Delilah bit her lip and grabbed the still gyrating phone, squinting at the name flashing on the bright display in the dark. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid's stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there's some fun (and a little retribution) to be had, after all. The story also has a really good cast of cool side characters and I can't wait to learn more about them in subsequent books in the series.

On the counter, the phone stilled, Astrid's name disappearing, only to pop back up like a greeting card from hell. In the end, Delilah slowly redeemed herself a little bit for me, but it took a very long time to get there and I still wasn't a huge fan by the time I reached the last page. Both our main characters yearned for love and connection in different ways and I loved seeing them find that in each other. At least, Delilah was pretty sure that's how it happened, as she was too busy freaking the fuck out that someone traded actual money for something she'd created. Charming and entertaining, Delilah Green Doesn't Care entrances the reader with the redemptive power of love.

I love a small town romance but I so rarely find good sapphic small town romances, so you can imagine my delight when I picked up Delilah Green Doesn't Care and had so much fun. I don't know what that really "does for others," really, beyond making them mad on Twitter, but fighting fate is a futile fixation.