This is my first time reading a Maggie Fortuna novel and enjoyed this new adult romance. There was a wonderful insight of the hidden emotions of negotiating the overwhelming “firsts” of living away from home for the first time, dealing with college life and developing strong feelings for someone. Making new friends is always hard, but when you also have to come to terms of who you really are as an adult, it can be a very emotional time and this story captures that in a heart warming way.

I enjoyed Ginny and Natalie’s journey very much.

Rainbow Overalls was a quick cute read that had two perspectives, Ginny and Nat, and followed their journeys over the course of a semester. This book was a classic friends to lovers storyline and ut showed alot of coming of age type character growth. Nat is a second year art student at the small university and struggles with relationships and showing her true emotions, I found Nat to be a more relateable character as she discovered how to be honest about her feelings. Ginny is a first year student and learns to be proudly bisexual through her queer friend group, and even comes out to her parents. I really enjoyed the chapter Ginny came out because it captured how it feels to come out and how you perceive peoples hidden meanings. The couples budding relationship hit home and made me remember the beginning stages of my current relationship, alot of nervous energy for small twin XL beds. This book also featured non binary characters and all characters except the parents and queer.
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it if your looking for an easy sapphic read.
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute friends to lovers college romance! Sometimes people write stories about college aged characters a little too dramatic for me, but this one did a great job of keeping it realistic. Both characters had their own issues but were self-aware enough to realize it, and they made difficult but mature decisions which is an aspect I really liked. I also enjoyed how they didn't jump into a relationship right away, there was a lot of build-up into their friendship first. As well, their shared friends were all great characters who felt like more than just comic relief props, they were written as actual caring friendships. Overall, this book was pretty solid and I would recommend giving it a try! 4/5 stars.

I really appreciated the casual queerness of this book and how it explored young queer communities, coming to terms with identity, and presentations of queerness. It reminded me a bit of an aged up Imogen, Obviously. For me the best parts were the internal arcs of the MCs and the side characters, who all felt unique and personable.

I received an ARC on NetGalley to review the novel. I was really excited to read this story. As a queer adult, so much of this novel resonated with my former self and took me back to my own coming out. The imposter syndrome in particular was something that is so relatable. I enjoyed the story of Ginny and Nat’s friendship that blossomed into romance. The support characters were fun and personable. It was definitely a slow build to romance, but there was definitely character growth along with the growth of the intimacy between these two and that was really beautiful to watch unfold! 4/5 stars from me. I would personally prefer a bit of spice, so that was a little lacking for me. Otherwise, I enjoyed this book and would absolutely read more from this author!