Queen B’s Decree: Happy Endings would have been so much better had the romance and the Hero, Andre not existed.
Since she was dumped by a post-it note, Trixie has moved states and is now thriving with the support of her three best friends. She’s selling sex toys, but more importantly, she’s focusing on body and sex positivity and doing her best to educate women. It’s when she’s hosting a pop-up at a local soul food restaurant that she runs back into Andre, the post-it note guy.
Sparks immediately fly between the two. The steam between them was definitely hot and written well, but that was the only thing that was right about them. Their relationship is fraught with misunderstandings and poor communication. It felt like they ignored any past red flags and quickly jumped back into the lovey-dovey parts of dating. Andre…I’m looking at you. His past decisions were so terrible, I have a hard time understanding how Trixie could have ever forgiven him.
And yet, she kept forgiving him, as he doesn’t learn from mistakes. Despite how strong she was regarding her family and her business, she was a doormat for Andre and just let him continually treat her badly. It didn’t jive with the rest of her character so it felt out of place.
While I loved the variable representation and the normalization of body positivity and sex, Happy Endings was a good first effort from a debut author.
Book: Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: medium salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: second chance, interracial romance