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Jeu, set et love: Roman lesbien by Audrey Girard de Gabbia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


There not enough stars for this book.
I will write my review on Amazon in French, as it is a French book, but here I'll keep to English.

I knew from the first three chapters, that this romance was in a class of its own. For some reason it spoke to me more than any of those I have read before. Maybe the difference was, that it is written in the first person,what I do myself, also, but truly I think it was the French language, that made all the difference.

The book is unusual in a lot of respects, the depth of exploration of the characters' feelings and thoughts, the real life feel one is quickly immersed in, the actual romance itself, nothing follows established lines or tropes. Even though I was slightly more drawn to the main character (the narrator) her love interest touched me just as deeply. Camille nevertheless is closer to my own fashion of going about things than Martha, but her fears I have known myself, too, only I didn't let them rule my life for too long. Life kicked my butt in time, even though I could not see the actual kick as a boon for a couple of years.

To say more I would have to write spoilers and that certainly would not match the respect I have for this book and its author. I hope that some genius will one day (or has?) translate this book into English, but I myself cannot really envisage a way how to translate this book into English without loosing a bit of its impact, and I write romance in English myself.

This book is a lesbian romance, yes, but I really recommend to read it to anyone who has enough French to do so, no matter what sexual orientation or preference you may have.



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