All You Need is Love
by Meg Macy
Book Details:
ASIN: B0F924KF64
Publisher: Grainger Press
Publication Date: June 1, 2025
Print Length: 362 pages
About the Book:
Longtime friends Jack Riley and Juliette (aka Jules) Baxter are now partners in a new breakfast café, but they are surprised to be confronted by a wave of homophobia in a town known for its inclusive and diverse LGBTQA+ community. Their romantic lives are just as uncertain. Jack, a gay former actor and fashion model, has failed at committed relationships due to his unsavory past – until he meets Reese Baxter, his partner’s handsome, closeted cousin. Jules juggles several polyamorous relationships due to major trust issues, until she’s drawn to an intriguing artist. However his jealousy of her bestie Jack is getting out of hand. Is the vandalism against their café from conservative hate groups, or is it a focused personal attack?
My Review:
All You Need is Love is the first book in the new Love is Love LGBTQA+ series. This story is complex, deeply emotional, and eye-opening. I learned a lot about gender identity and expression, different lifestyles, and relationships.
The author wove together a story filled with realism that features the wonderful and not so wonderful parts of relationships. This story includes the unfairness, unjust actions, and bigotry against those in the LGBTQA+ community. The author doesn’t skirt around those injustices and handles them with professionalism, care, and sensitivity.
Jules, Jack, and Reese have different facets to their sexuality and pasts. Jules is polyamorous due to broken relationships in the past. Jack is out and proud, but has a past filled with devastation that he’s still trying to work through. Reese is securely in the closet with extremely conservative, religious parents.
I loved getting to know Jules, Jack, Reese, and all the rest of the characters in this brilliantly written, wholly engaging story.
I was provided with a copy of this book. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
My Rating:
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