3.5*

I’m still not 100% sure how I feel about this book. I started with the audio and switched back and forth between that and the ebook. I think if I ever read it again, I’ll stick with the ebook version. The narration was fine, but I liked the voices in my head – the inflections, specifically – better.

Starting over is hard. Falling for her gorgeous butch roommate might make it impossible.

When a tall, stunning butch protects Mira from her ex-boyfriend at the club—and offers her a safe place to stay—Mira should be relieved. Not flustered. She’s not into women.

Yet this tough electrician with curves for days makes Mira’s heart race like never before.

But Isabel, wounded by grief, forces Mira to keep her distance. Until Mira’s desperate to win a union election at work—and only Isabel has the experience to teach her how.

Soon they’re lingering over dinner, teasing each other as the apartment heats up. And Isabel is making her coffee every morning, hanging her shelves, giving her smoldering looks before bed…

But Mira can’t afford temptation. Not after living with her nightmare ex.

No matter how well Isabel takes care of her…or how much Isabel needs healing, too.

She can’t risk her freedom—or her heart.

Make Room for Love is a steamy slow-burn romance starring a trans woman discovering she’s bi and finding her happily ever after.

Okay, so there’s lots of angst and a fair amount of non-communication but not in the standard “I know I should talk to X about this but nah” sort of way. This is about two women who have been hurt and have a lot of responsibility laying on their shoulders. Different types of responsibility but crushing at times for each of them.

While there was plenty of sex in the middle-ish of the book, the real focus is about each woman learning to trust and to rely on themselves, and each other.

I think I’ll probably read it again at some point. I struggled at times to stay engaged and to understand some of the choices, but I’d like to see how I feel about it a second time.

I think this is my first sapphic romance with a transwoman as an MC. It wasn’t portrayed as a big deal and I liked that, too. Mira is who she is, and she’s loved and respected for that.