Grace Porter has always been expected to be the best. Raised by a military father who tried to pressure her into studying medicine, she chose astronomy instead, and worked tirelessly to get her PhD. Now she’s expected to find the perfect job so she can change the world, but the world isn't quite ready for a Black lesbian astronomer.
On a celebratory trip to Vegas with her best friends, things go a bit awry. Grace gets extremely drunk and apparently marries a beautiful woman she doesn’t know. The woman leaves Grace before she wakes, and Grace can barely believe the events of the night before, yet there she is with a wedding ring and a picture of the ceremony.
Returning to her Portland home, struggling with the job market and feeling burnt out after all of the academic work she put in for years, Grace is at a loss. All she can think of is her wife, Yuki, a waitress and radio host in NYC. Their conversations provide an anchor for Grace but also more confusion and anxiety.
Unsure of what to do and chafing under parental pressure, Grace decides to go to NYC to spend the summer with Yuki. The more she gets to know her the more she falls for her. But they both know that this escape is simply a temporary respite from confronting all of the issues they face as a couple and that Grace faces individually. And at some point it all becomes too much for Grace to bear.
I’ve seen some mixed reviews of this book but I absolutely loved it. Rogers’ prose was romantic, emotional, and lush, and her imagery was just so vivid. I found so many of the characters to be so appealing, people I’d love to know. I was completely hooked on this story.
Park Row Books invited me to participate on the tour for Honey Girl and provided me a complimentary advance copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available!
Honey Girl publishes 2/23!
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