title: Baby Bank
author: Sarah Robinson
publisher: books by Sarah Robinson
publication date: September 19, 2023
pages: 320
peppers: 3 (on this scale)
warnings:
- talk of nausea
- talk of past sexual assault and maternal death
summary: Mila, current lawyer and up-and-coming stand-up comic decides to use an app to find a donor so that she can become pregnant. At the same time, journalist Ari is hounding her about revealing information about a hypocritical, evil, anti-choice senator her firm represents. Too late for her not to already have caught feelings for the journalist, Mila discovers that the journalist is the sperm donor's sister.
tropes:
- funny, domineering mothers
- repeated chance encounters
- doing what's right and paying the consequences
- found family
what I liked:
- The main characters both had to get over a lot and learn about themselves.
- Pro-queer messages and cast of characters
- funny side characters
- supportive family
what I didn’t like:
- The two main characters aren't on-page enough for me to believe their relationship
overall rating: 3 (of 5 stars)