A review by shelby1994
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was raised on Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations was one of the few shows with profanity and 'adult themes' that my parents chose to ignore in favor of making sure that their kids understood that food and travel and drinking and making friends with the people you meet at 1am while gorging yourself at a street stall are the things that make life worth living. 

This book is for those Bourdain lovers, who get lost in the food and wine sections of bookstores, whose cookbooks are taking up all the walkable space in their apartments, and who are wondering why there doesn't seem to be a room within the binary sexual system we have that fits them. 

This would have made the ultimate Kristen Stewart/Heath Ledger romance (who is today's Heath Ledger? Surely not Austin Butler (too serious), or Nicholas Galitzine (I say this with love, but too easily softened into the most easily digestible parts of himself.) Is it...Glenn Powell? Idk why, but that upsets me.