Floral Designs by Andi Marquette

Floral Designs by Andi Marquette

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A lovely little story set during and around Valentine's day. The lead main character (and only point of view character) is content to be by herself - nein, she prefers doing things that others just don't understand, that really does like doing certain things sans companion. She's not asexual or aromantic, though, and has had relationships in the past.

One such relationship is now just a friendship. And that friend seems bound and determined to get her friend someone to love, and/or, at the very least, play with. Romantically and/or sexually. Debbie, the friend, remains Marissa's friend, the main character, despite this inability to stop trying to find said 'someone to play with'. The woman Debbie has picked to thrust at Marissa this time, for . . . was it months? is a 'too cute for her own good butch woman', Marissa's words (to herself), and too much of a 'flavor of the month' type (again, Marissa's impression/words to herself).

Things might have rested there, with Marissa having her friend occasionally thrusting people, or more specifically Gabriela at Marissa, with Marissa reacting with disdain and shudders. But then Gabriela, seemingly outside Debbie's influences ('seemingly?', well yes - she does something on her own, but I can't say with certainty that Debbie might not have provided a nudge one way or another), begins to interact with Marissa. Which, actually, initially reinforces some of Marissa's negative attitude towards Gabriela, though also begins to break down Marissa's wall.

Marissa is a florist. It's Valentine Season. And Gabriela has asked Marissa's help with putting together a special flower arrangement for a particular woman - who is not actually Gabriela's current girlfriend, but instead current potential.

Lovely little story, quite enjoyable.

Rating: 4.89

April 7 2018



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