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Love & Other Natural Disasters
368 pages
A delightfully chaotic summer rom-com where fake dating schemes snowball into genuine feelings.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a sun-drenched, delightfully chaotic summer where nothing goes according to plan. It is a breezy, fast-paced queer rom-com that leans fully into the delicious drama of the fake-dating trope. The narrative crackles with playful energy as well-intentioned schemes and mounting lies inevitably snowball into a messy, entertaining disaster. Beneath the comedic hijinks and glamorous fauxmance, there is an earnest emotional core exploring heartbreak, longing, and the surprise of unexpected connections. The prose is lighthearted and engaging, perfectly capturing the dizzying highs and dramatic lows of teenage romance. It is an absolute treat for readers who devour messy, trope-heavy sapphic love stories that balance laugh-out-loud chaos with genuine, swoon-worthy sweetness.
- Mood
- sun-drenched
- chaotic
- romantic
- breezy
- Tone
- playful
- comedic
- earnest
- lighthearted
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- fake dating · summer romance · messy schemes · unexpected love · queer romance
- The writing
- Breezy, engaging, and delightfully dramatic, perfectly capturing the heightened emotions of a teenage summer.
- The arc
- Moves from calculated, hopeful scheming to chaotic entanglement, ultimately landing in genuine, unexpected affection.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love messy, trope-filled queer YA rom-coms where well-intentioned schemes inevitably go off the rails.
Content notes
- heartbreak
- deception
About the book
This delightfully disastrous queer YA rom-com is a perfect read for fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon.
When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind.
That was before she met the perfect girl. Willow is gorgeous, glamorous, and...heartbroken? And when she enlists Nozomi to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi is a willing volunteer.
Because Nozomi has a master plan of her own: one to show Willow she’s better than a stand-in, and turn their fauxmance into something real. But as the lies pile up, it’s not long before Nozomi’s schemes take a turn toward disaster...and maybe a chance at love she didn’t plan for.
Description from Open Library.
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