“Whether Cam is a man or a woman, does that really change your feelings?” – 3.75/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: faux fur, fake sideburns, grilled cheese sandwiches, invitations, fashion and a ton of cheese puns!

A funny, heartfelt YA romance about finding love—and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches—in the place you least expect it, from rising talent Deya Muniz.

Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without marriage. Well, without marrying a man, that is. But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit. So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can: She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the Kingdom of Fromage to start over as Count Camembert.

But it’s hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful Princess Brie, with her fierce activism and great sense of fashion, catches her attention. Camembert can’t resist getting to know the princess, but as the two grow closer, will she able to keep her secret?

A romantic comedy about mistaken identity, true love, and lots of grilled cheese.

Awnnn that was such a cheesy love story – yup, pun completely intended.

This is a really cute book! I picked it up randomly because the premise seemed cute, and I ended up having a great time reading it.

Let’s start with the elephant in the room: this book is full of cheese puns. This was probably one of my favorite things about this book. Not only do the characters have cheese names (Brie, Camembert, Ricotta), but the cities and brands also have cheese names. Cheese is obviously a big part of this story – I’ll talk about this in a second!

The romance between Cam and Brie was sweet, but I have to say the story doesn’t have a lot of substance. It didn’t bother me, but if you’re coming for a good solid story, this is probably not for you. I would describe this as more of a fun, light read just to pass time.

One thing that was a little unexpected was how there were moments that talked about relevant topics such as the use of faux fur to substitute the use of animal fur, and women being powerful by owning their own businesses. Unexpected, but an interesting addiction.

The ending was cute, but it ended up a little abruptly in my opinion. It was a “happy ever after” moment still, but Ricotta’s reaction deserved a conclusion in my humble opinion.

Now I have to tell you about the most surprising aspect about this book: it is biographic (kind of)! The author based this book on her relationship with her wife. Not only their looks, but some of the scenes were based on real moments. Also the grilled cheese sandwiches her wife made were a big inspiration to create this book! I just loved reading about this, because it made the book way more special and interesting.

Just as a side note, I thought it was funny that even though this was a regency kind of story, you still have modern elements that appear here and there like Cam’s Nintendo Switch, fridges, etc.

Was the story super solid? Probably not, but it was still a cute queer love story that made me smile!