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Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps

She’s as bisexual as the next person, but this is not some highly evolved plea for implied polyamory or whatever.

Alice Rue Evades the Truth by Emily Zipps

October 27, 2025 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Alice Rue Evades the Truth is lovely, but I’m struggling with it being labeled as a romcom. There’s romance and there is comedy, but there’s so much more focus on loneliness and isolation. The book is While You Were Sleeping, but make it gay and more Jewish. I want to be clear that I enjoyed Alice Rue and there are definitely funny parts, I just worry that people will expect a light romantic comedy and that’s not what this is. Alice Rue works as the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alice Rue Evades the Truth, Emily Zipps, LGBTQ, While You Were Sleeping

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alice Rue Evades the Truth, Emily Zipps, LGBTQ, While You Were Sleeping ·
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