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The Woman in 3B
The challenge was supposed to be simple. Spill a drink on an airline passenger and be one square closer to winning the company’s secret bingo card game. Twenty-five different challenges, at various levels of difficulty, had to be accomplished within a month’s time. After nearly eight years of being a flight attendant, Alice Kaminski had spilled drinks on plenty of passengers, mostly on accident and during rough air. She didn’t particularly like the idea of the bingo card, but she had massive student debt; the financial incentives were enough to make her momentarily forget the questionable ethics of it all. The challenge was supposed to be simple—that is, until Alice saw her intended target—the beautiful woman seated in 3B. And after that, nothing was simple ever again.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 28, 2020
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Eliza Lentzski
30 books852 followersEliza Lentzski is the best-selling author of sapphic fiction, romance, and erotica including the Winter Jacket and Don’t Call Me Hero series. A historian by day, Eliza is passionate about telling the stories of marginalized communities.
Born and raised in the upper Midwest—a landscape that often shapes her novels—Eliza now lives in Boston with her wife and their cat, Charley.
Born and raised in the upper Midwest—a landscape that often shapes her novels—Eliza now lives in Boston with her wife and their cat, Charley.
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July 14, 2020
A silly bet leads to a life-changing meeting. The premise of this book is quite simple but the way it’s told and the characters make all the difference.
In the hope that it would help her repay her student loans, Alice takes part in a flight attendant bingo that includes such challenges as to procure a passenger’s phone number or accidentally drop a drink on another. But when the woman in 3B looks at her, Alice has to change her plans. Anissa travels for work almost as much as Alice – she’s an HR consultant – and as luck would have it, their paths cross a lot. Unlike Alice, Anissa is not shy in acknowledging what or who she wants.
I didn’t read the blurb before opening this book. My friend Carrie recommended it and that was enough. I think it was my first book by this author, and it really made me want to read more. The story is told in first person, in Alice’s point of view. I loved Alice’s awkwardness and found her very relatable. She’s lovely and earnest and ready to fight for the people she cares for, even if she’s sometimes clumsy in her attempts to do so. A Lebanese American, Anissa is strong and sexy and comfortable with herself yet vulnerable at times. I loved how she schools Alice in a loving but firm way on racism and how to respond (or not respond).
This book is far from perfect, some things don’t really make sense and I almost rolled my eyes at the very predictable twist around the 80% mark but Eliza Lentzski made it work. All in all, I found this story sweet, tender and, yes, really hot.
In the hope that it would help her repay her student loans, Alice takes part in a flight attendant bingo that includes such challenges as to procure a passenger’s phone number or accidentally drop a drink on another. But when the woman in 3B looks at her, Alice has to change her plans. Anissa travels for work almost as much as Alice – she’s an HR consultant – and as luck would have it, their paths cross a lot. Unlike Alice, Anissa is not shy in acknowledging what or who she wants.
I didn’t read the blurb before opening this book. My friend Carrie recommended it and that was enough. I think it was my first book by this author, and it really made me want to read more. The story is told in first person, in Alice’s point of view. I loved Alice’s awkwardness and found her very relatable. She’s lovely and earnest and ready to fight for the people she cares for, even if she’s sometimes clumsy in her attempts to do so. A Lebanese American, Anissa is strong and sexy and comfortable with herself yet vulnerable at times. I loved how she schools Alice in a loving but firm way on racism and how to respond (or not respond).
This book is far from perfect, some things don’t really make sense and I almost rolled my eyes at the very predictable twist around the 80% mark but Eliza Lentzski made it work. All in all, I found this story sweet, tender and, yes, really hot.
July 30, 2020
Thanks Carrie for recommending this book. It's on KU and so worth a look. I enjoyed this inside look at the world of flight attendants and the games they play. Alice and her bingo game with hopes of paying off student debt and the glamorous Anissa who logs as many hours in the air as Alice are the stars. The square involving "spill a drink on a passenger" pushes these two together and the reader gets to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Enjoyed the writing, well developed characters, humour, sexy times and the efforts by the author to point out the subtle racism prevalent in our society.
Nicely done.
Enjoyed the writing, well developed characters, humour, sexy times and the efforts by the author to point out the subtle racism prevalent in our society.
Nicely done.
September 15, 2020
I read this awhile ago. I really enjoyed it and recommended it to all my friends. I see they have all written nice reviews since then. It is probably well beyond time that I post one too.
What I told everyone then, is that this book is a quick read to get you out of a reading slump. So you should keep this one in mind for that exact moment when nothing is else is satisfying you.
I thought that the premise of a secret unofficial work bingo card was unique. I totally believed that people would do that type of thing to take out the monotony of the job.
I liked the main characters and for as short this book is, it had a bit of depth.
There hasn't been an Eliza Lentzki book that I didn't enjoy. This one is no different.
I recommend this to those who like to read about romance, travel, business class, baseball, and airport food.
What I told everyone then, is that this book is a quick read to get you out of a reading slump. So you should keep this one in mind for that exact moment when nothing is else is satisfying you.
I thought that the premise of a secret unofficial work bingo card was unique. I totally believed that people would do that type of thing to take out the monotony of the job.
I liked the main characters and for as short this book is, it had a bit of depth.
There hasn't been an Eliza Lentzki book that I didn't enjoy. This one is no different.
I recommend this to those who like to read about romance, travel, business class, baseball, and airport food.
July 4, 2020
An enjoyable read that I finished in a day at the cottage. The characters somewhat lacked the connection that Ms. Lentzski's other books have had, and I wasn't all that invested in either, but the story moved along fine. There's a whole lotta airplane/flight/aviation/airport details, which also makes me extra glad a career in the air was never in my future. 3.5/5.
July 11, 2020
Short and enjoyable read. I really liked to step into the world of a flight attendant, something you don't see a lot in lesfic. I think Eliza Lentzski is a skilled author. Personally, I would have loved to see Alice and Anissa have a bit more time together to explore their relationship, but the book wasn't long enough to really dive into all that. The sex was hot though!
f/f explicit
Themes: Detroit, the life of a trolly dolly, two workaholics, will they join the mile high club, bingo card, first class, racism, I don't have time to date.
3.5 stars
f/f explicit
Themes: Detroit, the life of a trolly dolly, two workaholics, will they join the mile high club, bingo card, first class, racism, I don't have time to date.
3.5 stars
June 9, 2020
3.5 ⭐️ An ok read.... Flight attendant Alice Kaminski, a Polish American, and HR consultant Annis Khoury, an Arab American, met on a flight where Alice was meant to spill water on a passenger who sat on seat 3B just so that she can take it off her bingo list (underground game for flight attendants) but inadvertently spilled the drink on herself cos she was just so in awe of the stunning lady in 3B... They kept meeting each other while on flight and eventually fell in lust. Some bumpy flight along the way before they have their HFN... I liked that the book raised some not so lightweight issues; bigotry, racism & how people generally stereotype people of different ethnicity or colour, which in this story the author raised a couple of times on what Annis had to endure because she was an Arab and a person of colour.
August 7, 2024
I recommend taking a pass on this one. The main characters are not especially likeable or relatable, and their characters are not well developed. But the big issue here is the ending. Without any spoilers, I can only say that it is totally implausible, out of character for both of the leads, and - frankly - disgusting. It feels tacked on, as if the author couldn't figure out how to end the story and she was getting tired or bored, so she decided to try her hand at bathroom humor. Romance novels are supposed to leave you feeling emotionally satisfied. You're not supposed to close the book feeling physically dirty ... or cheated.
May 13, 2025
This one didn’t work for me. Too many preposterous goings on with the flight attendant bingo. An outrageous faux pas which made me wonder why Anissa would consider trying again when she needed so much convincing to date Alice in the first place.
I enjoyed the Winter Jacket series much more than this one - even though one of the mains in that was a complete mess. And she was supposed to be the mature one!
I enjoyed the Winter Jacket series much more than this one - even though one of the mains in that was a complete mess. And she was supposed to be the mature one!
September 23, 2020
This was an entertaining lesbian interracial romance book with a light premise that somehow leads to an exploration of discrimination against Middle Eastern Americans. If you are looking for an enjoyable, fun and hot read with some food for thought, then this might be your book.
Alice Kaminski is a flight attendant with a huge debt who decides to try to complete the secret company’s bingo card game in which she has to accomplish different tasks while in the air. One is to spill a drink on the passenger in 3B. The problem is that the woman in 3B is as mysterious as alluring and after meeting her, life will never be the same…
‘The Woman in 3B’ has an interesting premise which is an airline bingo to complete several tasks to win, like spilling a drink or joining the mile-high club. I admit that I wondered if this bingo was real or an urban myth and asked two close friends who worked in airlines about it. They said that they never heard of it but wouldn’t discard the possibility. Ultimately, real or not, the premise works ok in the universe the author created.
The author explains in her blog that she came up with the title after the post-World War II lesbian pulp fiction novel ‘The Girls in 3B’ by Valerie Taylor. Even though the similarities end up there, in the 1959’s novel the lesbian character has a happy ending, which was unusual for that time.
As you can expect from any Eliza Lentzski’s novels, there are lots of chemistry between the leads and hot sex scenes. Even though the ‘black moment’ at the ubiquitous 80% mark sounded a bit contrived, it was overall fun and entertaining to read and I hope it is eventually released in audiobook with Lori Prince as a narrator, as she read Lentzski’s ‘Don’t call me hero’. 4 stars.
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Alice Kaminski is a flight attendant with a huge debt who decides to try to complete the secret company’s bingo card game in which she has to accomplish different tasks while in the air. One is to spill a drink on the passenger in 3B. The problem is that the woman in 3B is as mysterious as alluring and after meeting her, life will never be the same…
‘The Woman in 3B’ has an interesting premise which is an airline bingo to complete several tasks to win, like spilling a drink or joining the mile-high club. I admit that I wondered if this bingo was real or an urban myth and asked two close friends who worked in airlines about it. They said that they never heard of it but wouldn’t discard the possibility. Ultimately, real or not, the premise works ok in the universe the author created.
The author explains in her blog that she came up with the title after the post-World War II lesbian pulp fiction novel ‘The Girls in 3B’ by Valerie Taylor. Even though the similarities end up there, in the 1959’s novel the lesbian character has a happy ending, which was unusual for that time.
As you can expect from any Eliza Lentzski’s novels, there are lots of chemistry between the leads and hot sex scenes. Even though the ‘black moment’ at the ubiquitous 80% mark sounded a bit contrived, it was overall fun and entertaining to read and I hope it is eventually released in audiobook with Lori Prince as a narrator, as she read Lentzski’s ‘Don’t call me hero’. 4 stars.
See all my reviews at www.lezreviewbooks.com
August 25, 2022
Stupid game leads to a changed life. It sounds pretty fun, but I just found it a bit lacking.
You have one of the mains who’s trying to have difficult conversations about a serious relationship and the other just avoiding the question or being “smart” by evading it. I mean, I kinda like both of them, but it’s also slightly annoying.
There is all this tension and you wonder if they ever will get there. It was off to a slow start and when the fun finally started I checked and I was already over the 50% mark. I think that’s just it, the book starts too slow and the ending seems abrupt. And somewhere in between those two there isn’t enough communication but lots of flying and planes, so that’s fun, for some maybe?
You have one of the mains who’s trying to have difficult conversations about a serious relationship and the other just avoiding the question or being “smart” by evading it. I mean, I kinda like both of them, but it’s also slightly annoying.
There is all this tension and you wonder if they ever will get there. It was off to a slow start and when the fun finally started I checked and I was already over the 50% mark. I think that’s just it, the book starts too slow and the ending seems abrupt. And somewhere in between those two there isn’t enough communication but lots of flying and planes, so that’s fun, for some maybe?
July 6, 2020
Sexy and fun! so worth my time.
4.25 stars
4.25 stars
September 28, 2021
Eh. Was expecting a cutesy romance, got a toxic fling that turned into a relationship based only on lust.
There’s a lot of miscommunication or even lack of. The consent is questionable.
The MC is clingy and manipulative. The love interest is flippant and condescending. I honestly don’t see this working out in the long term.
This book just has a lot of wish fulfillment. An insanely rich, insanely attractive “exotic” Arab falling for a broke flight attendant with the personality of a stale piece of bread? I don’t know about that.
I feel like the main character has a white savior complex, always there to valiantly defend the love interest from racist comments. It’s fucking Detroit. As an Arab who’s been there, I assure you people there aren’t nearly as racist as this book wants you to think. The “racist” women are almost like Twitter caricatures with their “go back to where you came from” vitriol.
The love interest’s race almost seems fetishized, always being referred to as “exotic” and “ethnic”. Her “golden skin” and “tan” skin is mentioned at least every chapter. It just rubbed me the wrong way.
August 4, 2020
A short and sweet book; a delight to read!
This was the first Eliza Lentzski book I have ever read, and I was pleasantly surprised! It was a well-written book with good story-telling. She definitely did her research on airline work. The author had the tendency to repeat certain lines, but I didn't mind. There were a lot of nice banters between the characters, and I live for those interactions.
Although the book is short, I felt like the author was able to create likable characters that had depth. I also appreciate that one of the leads is a POC, and the author was able to highlight some of the difficulties they face being part of a cultural minority. As for the chemistry between the two characters, you could already feel it even from the moment they first met. The supporting characters were also amusing and funny.
If I had any complaints, it's that this book could have been more. It had such a potential to be a great romance book, but it was limited due to its length - it ended before or just when they fell in love. I wish they had more dates; more moments to bond and fall in love.
There was also a scene that didn't sit right with me, it's when
Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It made me feel so giddy, and I slept with a smile on my face :)
This was the first Eliza Lentzski book I have ever read, and I was pleasantly surprised! It was a well-written book with good story-telling. She definitely did her research on airline work. The author had the tendency to repeat certain lines, but I didn't mind. There were a lot of nice banters between the characters, and I live for those interactions.
Although the book is short, I felt like the author was able to create likable characters that had depth. I also appreciate that one of the leads is a POC, and the author was able to highlight some of the difficulties they face being part of a cultural minority. As for the chemistry between the two characters, you could already feel it even from the moment they first met. The supporting characters were also amusing and funny.
If I had any complaints, it's that this book could have been more. It had such a potential to be a great romance book, but it was limited due to its length - it ended before or just when they fell in love. I wish they had more dates; more moments to bond and fall in love.
There was also a scene that didn't sit right with me, it's when
Overall, though, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It made me feel so giddy, and I slept with a smile on my face :)
June 5, 2020
The story felt too short and rather rushed to me. While I liked both characters, I didn't feel that I got to really know them... as though you only learn the surface of Alice and Anissa, which made it feel a tad superficial.
I'm always looking for new books by Lentzski, so when I saw this was available I got it straight away and perhaps my expectations were too high and that's why this fell short.
I'm always looking for new books by Lentzski, so when I saw this was available I got it straight away and perhaps my expectations were too high and that's why this fell short.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 16, 2020
Love is in the air
This is the first book I've read by this author and it was fantastic. I liked both main characters. Alice was a bit lacking in her confidence, but she was persistent in getting Anissa to date her.
This is the first book I've read by this author and it was fantastic. I liked both main characters. Alice was a bit lacking in her confidence, but she was persistent in getting Anissa to date her.
October 7, 2020
Disappointing - and lost a star with the brick wall ending, leaving more questions than answers. Didn't really connect with either main character and the epilogue was just gratuitous. I expect more from EL.
November 23, 2020
Aw I wanted to love this so much more than I did :/ I found this while browsing through Amazon's Kindle Unlimited section and was so excited about the plot. Lesbians! In planes! Hotel room romps! It's such a cute concept. Unfortunately, it fell short in way too many areas for me to give this a higher rating.
The Woman in 3B is a short book following Alice, a flight attendant likely in her late twenties/early thirties, as she tries to complete a monthly bingo challenge with her coworkers. Basically they each contribute $20 (mostly unbeknownst to the higher-ups) to get a card filled with fairly harmless challenges, like spill water on a passenger or speak in a fake accent throughout a flight. There are a few tougher challenges, such as join the mile high club or get a passenger to buy you dinner. No one has ever won the jackpot prize for filling out an entire card, but Alice hopes to, so that she can use the money to pay off her student loans. One day, while attempting to complete a challenge, she tries (and fails miserably) to spill water on a gorgeous passenger-- Anissa. The two have a few more run-ins and spark a passionate relationship.
I'm going to write this review a little differently than I typically do. I'm just going to list what I liked and didn't like, because there were a lot of tiny things that annoyed me, adding together to make me resent the book by the end. I also thought there were some small things the author did well, so I don't want to disclude those.
Positives:
- The first-person narration was really authentic. Sometimes authors struggle to make their character's voice unique using this perspective, but Lentzski did a great job.
- Super cute plot idea. I'm really weird and LOVE flying (except during Covid obviously). I love airports, don't mind layovers, and always get excited during take-off and landing, no matter how many times I fly. So the idea of a flight attendant falling for a passenger was adorable. I also thought the bingo game was a refreshing twist.
- The book is very well-researched. I might like flying so much because my mom was a flight attendant when I grew up. So, we spent a lot of time in airports and catching free flights. I know so much terminology and background info from hearing my mom talk about her experiences over the years. There is so much info about working in the airline industry in this novel, and it's all super accurate, at least to what I've heard from my mom.
- There's a good conversation throughout the novel about race and racism.
- Steamy, well-written sex scenes
- I liked the tidbit that was thrown in about Alice's repression growing up. I, too, grew up in a Catholic family and didn't realize I was attracted to women until college, so Alice's experience was relatable for me. I also liked Anissa's reaction. She was like "well how did you not know that you wanted to make out with every hot woman you saw?!" and I get that all the time. It's so frustrating.
So yeah, The Woman in 3B did have some good positives. However, they were unfortunately outweighed by these negatives:
- There were three instances of language that rubbed me the wrong way. First, Alice refers to Anissa as "exotic" at the beginning. In the next sentence, she chastizes herself for assuming that Anissa had an accent because she's brown-skinned. So I'm not sure if the exotic comment was supposed to be lumped into her implicit racism? But it was never addressed, and it could have just not been included. Second, Anissa refers to Alice's genitalia as "perfect" in "formation" and "color." And then they have a quick exchange about the color. That just annoyed me. Women are already self-conscious enough about their bodies. There is no perfect genitalia. Anissa could have said "It's so cute!" or "Oh, I like x attribute of it" but saying the color is perfect is just uncomfortable. And finally, Alice calls herself an sjw for defending Anissa against a racist passenger. Is being anti-racist really equal to being a social justice warrior? Is that term even used nowadays? Eh.
- The characters were all unlikeable and shallow. I never felt a connection between Alice and Anissa, beyond lust. They had very different backgrounds and goals and I saw no way they could work out, or frankly, any reason they'd be romantically compatible.
- They both had creepy, stalker-like tendencies! Anissa follows Alice to her hotel room? That's weird. Then Alice tracks down Anissa's address through her airline? That's even weirder. At one point, when they're having an argument, Alice considers having her friend seat her next to Anissa on a flight, so she can't run away from her. That's not okay.
- This might be because the characters aren't super developed, but Alice just seemed ridiculously clingy, yet wanted nothing in every other area of her life. She is an airline worker (which is a cool job, I might have tried it had I taken time off in between degrees) for eight years, with no goals of moving up or saving to get out of her apartment she hates. She doesn't seem to love flying, but doesn't want to do anything else. I acknowledge that it's fine to like what you do and not strive for more, but Alice doesn't like what she does nor does she seem to care enough to try anything else. She also expects Anissa to want a relationship with her after a weekend fling, yet neither one ever expressed any interest in anything beyond sex. I had no idea why Anissa liked her, and I found Alice's lack of motivation, yet expectation for something serious strange.
- Lots of typos and minor inconsistencies (Ex: Alice says she misses the days when she was a kid and could ask someone to be her girlfriend over a passed note. Yet she doesn't know she's gay til college, right?)
- The writing is SO clunky and over-explained (yes I realize the irony of me saying this in my giant review, but I am not an author). The author clearly has favorite words and uses them over and over ("hummed," "bee-stung lips," "extra large t-shirt"), which gets old fast. Not every single minute detail of being a flight attendant needs to be described to readers. Lentzski even over-explains simple stuff. There are so many instances like this in the novel:
"I understood where her anger stemmed. She felt used. She felt like a means to an end instead of me genuinely having feelings for her." We all know what used means. We don't need an explanation of it. This happens maybe every five pages or so and gets tiring.
There are also many long paragraphs. There are very few instances of dialogue where there isn't a paragraph following the quotation marks. So, the book felt a lot longer than 200 pages. I think if Lentzski had broken up her paragraphs and put more spacing between dialogue, the book would have been closer to 250 pages.
- In fact, too many things are over-explained while so many more important things could have been explored in-depth. It felt like Lentzski was infodumping in order to make the book longer, when she could have just spent more time on so many things that were dropped after the beginning of the book. I figured there'd be a love-triangle with Alice's ex, Lara, who is in a big chunk of the beginning, yet disappears for most of the second half. There's a lot of mental health stuff sprinkled in, yet not explored (does Alice have a problem with her self-image and weight? Why does Anissa casually mention it yet not actually try to help?). I would have loved more time spent on both of the main women's backgrounds, too.
Certain parts of this book were fun, but after about 65%, I was ready to be finished. I actually thought this was the author's first book, because it definitely read like a debut, but was frustrated when I figured out Lentzski has been writing for years and years. A good editor or beta reader could have made a big difference here. I know this is a self-published book, so I don't expect it to be perfect, but even one reread by the author before publishing could have fixed some of the bigger inconsistencies.
If you're looking for a quick read with some steamy wlw scenes, this book does do that. It has some cute moments, and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited. You could probably skim through the second half and get the gist. But if this was not an LGBTQ romance, I would probably just recommend skipping entirely.
2 stars.
The Woman in 3B is a short book following Alice, a flight attendant likely in her late twenties/early thirties, as she tries to complete a monthly bingo challenge with her coworkers. Basically they each contribute $20 (mostly unbeknownst to the higher-ups) to get a card filled with fairly harmless challenges, like spill water on a passenger or speak in a fake accent throughout a flight. There are a few tougher challenges, such as join the mile high club or get a passenger to buy you dinner. No one has ever won the jackpot prize for filling out an entire card, but Alice hopes to, so that she can use the money to pay off her student loans. One day, while attempting to complete a challenge, she tries (and fails miserably) to spill water on a gorgeous passenger-- Anissa. The two have a few more run-ins and spark a passionate relationship.
I'm going to write this review a little differently than I typically do. I'm just going to list what I liked and didn't like, because there were a lot of tiny things that annoyed me, adding together to make me resent the book by the end. I also thought there were some small things the author did well, so I don't want to disclude those.
Positives:
- The first-person narration was really authentic. Sometimes authors struggle to make their character's voice unique using this perspective, but Lentzski did a great job.
- Super cute plot idea. I'm really weird and LOVE flying (except during Covid obviously). I love airports, don't mind layovers, and always get excited during take-off and landing, no matter how many times I fly. So the idea of a flight attendant falling for a passenger was adorable. I also thought the bingo game was a refreshing twist.
- The book is very well-researched. I might like flying so much because my mom was a flight attendant when I grew up. So, we spent a lot of time in airports and catching free flights. I know so much terminology and background info from hearing my mom talk about her experiences over the years. There is so much info about working in the airline industry in this novel, and it's all super accurate, at least to what I've heard from my mom.
- There's a good conversation throughout the novel about race and racism.
- Steamy, well-written sex scenes
- I liked the tidbit that was thrown in about Alice's repression growing up. I, too, grew up in a Catholic family and didn't realize I was attracted to women until college, so Alice's experience was relatable for me. I also liked Anissa's reaction. She was like "well how did you not know that you wanted to make out with every hot woman you saw?!" and I get that all the time. It's so frustrating.
So yeah, The Woman in 3B did have some good positives. However, they were unfortunately outweighed by these negatives:
- There were three instances of language that rubbed me the wrong way. First, Alice refers to Anissa as "exotic" at the beginning. In the next sentence, she chastizes herself for assuming that Anissa had an accent because she's brown-skinned. So I'm not sure if the exotic comment was supposed to be lumped into her implicit racism? But it was never addressed, and it could have just not been included. Second, Anissa refers to Alice's genitalia as "perfect" in "formation" and "color." And then they have a quick exchange about the color. That just annoyed me. Women are already self-conscious enough about their bodies. There is no perfect genitalia. Anissa could have said "It's so cute!" or "Oh, I like x attribute of it" but saying the color is perfect is just uncomfortable. And finally, Alice calls herself an sjw for defending Anissa against a racist passenger. Is being anti-racist really equal to being a social justice warrior? Is that term even used nowadays? Eh.
- The characters were all unlikeable and shallow. I never felt a connection between Alice and Anissa, beyond lust. They had very different backgrounds and goals and I saw no way they could work out, or frankly, any reason they'd be romantically compatible.
- They both had creepy, stalker-like tendencies! Anissa follows Alice to her hotel room? That's weird. Then Alice tracks down Anissa's address through her airline? That's even weirder. At one point, when they're having an argument, Alice considers having her friend seat her next to Anissa on a flight, so she can't run away from her. That's not okay.
- This might be because the characters aren't super developed, but Alice just seemed ridiculously clingy, yet wanted nothing in every other area of her life. She is an airline worker (which is a cool job, I might have tried it had I taken time off in between degrees) for eight years, with no goals of moving up or saving to get out of her apartment she hates. She doesn't seem to love flying, but doesn't want to do anything else. I acknowledge that it's fine to like what you do and not strive for more, but Alice doesn't like what she does nor does she seem to care enough to try anything else. She also expects Anissa to want a relationship with her after a weekend fling, yet neither one ever expressed any interest in anything beyond sex. I had no idea why Anissa liked her, and I found Alice's lack of motivation, yet expectation for something serious strange.
- Lots of typos and minor inconsistencies (Ex: Alice says she misses the days when she was a kid and could ask someone to be her girlfriend over a passed note. Yet she doesn't know she's gay til college, right?)
- The writing is SO clunky and over-explained (yes I realize the irony of me saying this in my giant review, but I am not an author). The author clearly has favorite words and uses them over and over ("hummed," "bee-stung lips," "extra large t-shirt"), which gets old fast. Not every single minute detail of being a flight attendant needs to be described to readers. Lentzski even over-explains simple stuff. There are so many instances like this in the novel:
"I understood where her anger stemmed. She felt used. She felt like a means to an end instead of me genuinely having feelings for her." We all know what used means. We don't need an explanation of it. This happens maybe every five pages or so and gets tiring.
There are also many long paragraphs. There are very few instances of dialogue where there isn't a paragraph following the quotation marks. So, the book felt a lot longer than 200 pages. I think if Lentzski had broken up her paragraphs and put more spacing between dialogue, the book would have been closer to 250 pages.
- In fact, too many things are over-explained while so many more important things could have been explored in-depth. It felt like Lentzski was infodumping in order to make the book longer, when she could have just spent more time on so many things that were dropped after the beginning of the book. I figured there'd be a love-triangle with Alice's ex, Lara, who is in a big chunk of the beginning, yet disappears for most of the second half. There's a lot of mental health stuff sprinkled in, yet not explored (does Alice have a problem with her self-image and weight? Why does Anissa casually mention it yet not actually try to help?). I would have loved more time spent on both of the main women's backgrounds, too.
Certain parts of this book were fun, but after about 65%, I was ready to be finished. I actually thought this was the author's first book, because it definitely read like a debut, but was frustrated when I figured out Lentzski has been writing for years and years. A good editor or beta reader could have made a big difference here. I know this is a self-published book, so I don't expect it to be perfect, but even one reread by the author before publishing could have fixed some of the bigger inconsistencies.
If you're looking for a quick read with some steamy wlw scenes, this book does do that. It has some cute moments, and it's free if you have Kindle Unlimited. You could probably skim through the second half and get the gist. But if this was not an LGBTQ romance, I would probably just recommend skipping entirely.
2 stars.
July 26, 2023
3 stars. This was fine. A quick read but nothing memorable. The challenge was so childish and while the main character Alice admits that she still went along with it. Anissa really should’ve made her grovel more at the end because I seriously didn’t understand what made her forgive her. The characters were okay but incredibly one dimensional. Alice was tolerable for the most par but she definitely was annoying at times. I found that Anissa was the more interesting of the two and I would’ve liked to see things from her perspective. Their romance was cute even if it did start from that dumb dare. I like Lentzki’s writing style but the plot of this was just a really hard sell for me. Three stars because it wasn’t awful and I did like that it addressed some important issues but it ultimately didn’t work for me as a whole.
February 7, 2025
I normally love Eliza Lentzskis's books but I was disappointed by the repeated body shaming throughout this one.
July 9, 2020
I really enjoyed this one. I’m a big fan of the author. The chemistry is hot. Highly recommend.
October 19, 2020
Wasn't feeling the story until the two protagonist had a layover and somehow the story turns up being dramatic and steamy. I think the author came up with great fillers to make up reasonable cases for meetups.
Also might i say learnt some new stuff about airplanes and airlines
Also might i say learnt some new stuff about airplanes and airlines
June 10, 2020
3.75 ⭐
July 7, 2020
2020 has been overall a crappy year BUT not when it comes to lesbian romances! I am very pleased to have read some really good romances this year and The Woman in 3 B is a good one. I liked both mains. I really liked that this is yet another romance where a woman of color is one of the mains. The mains have chemistry and Lentzski really know how to give us a really good sex scene. Just an overall enjoyable romance. 4 stars.
June 22, 2020
Overrated book. Such a silly juvenile storyline with the spilling of a drink over a passenger. The first part of the book was interesting enough, but then it got boring. It took an effort to finish.
August 25, 2020
I’ve read such great things on this book but it just wasn't for me. I'm not the biggest fan of 1st person point of view, plus I didn't especially like either of our MCs. I did enjoy the inclusion of racial injustice though.
A 2.5 star read for me.
A 2.5 star read for me.
July 15, 2020
Fun, easy, quick read.
September 26, 2020
Well Rounded
This story features likeable main characters with realistic personalities and a very good storyline. The hot sex was a gratifying bonus. :-)
This story features likeable main characters with realistic personalities and a very good storyline. The hot sex was a gratifying bonus. :-)
May 7, 2021
Nope. This book isn't for me. It started off well but I have no idea what happened later.
I have a genuine question though. Why do authors add POC characters and then remind the readers how the character is POC? If you're trying to be inclusive but still have your characters stand up to bigoted comments, are you truly being inclusive or are you just using that so your character can earn some brownie points for being a hero? Seriously, it doesn't work that way. It is something that can be mentioned in passing like - I made this traditional dish for us OR we're celebrating a festival then weekend with family, would you like to join? OR a different language while communicating with the family. All those are great ways of showing that your character is POC. Why do you have to resort to judgemental views about middle East and dark skin especially when it is not going to serve any purpose at all? If this was a book about a person from the middle East fighting for a place in the world, then including the judgemental views is justified by all means. But in a love story between an air hostess and a HR personnel, who is ultra super rich and successful, I fail to see the need to bring it up.
I would have much liked to read how Anissa suddenly had a change of heart at the end or what was in Lara's mind when she tried to rekindle the relationship.
The above mentioned things about inclusivity and judgements are my personal opinions. Please do not get into a fight/an argument with me based on my comments. If you do not agree with me, please know in advance that I've agreed to disagree on that point with you and leave it at that.
I have a genuine question though. Why do authors add POC characters and then remind the readers how the character is POC? If you're trying to be inclusive but still have your characters stand up to bigoted comments, are you truly being inclusive or are you just using that so your character can earn some brownie points for being a hero? Seriously, it doesn't work that way. It is something that can be mentioned in passing like - I made this traditional dish for us OR we're celebrating a festival then weekend with family, would you like to join? OR a different language while communicating with the family. All those are great ways of showing that your character is POC. Why do you have to resort to judgemental views about middle East and dark skin especially when it is not going to serve any purpose at all? If this was a book about a person from the middle East fighting for a place in the world, then including the judgemental views is justified by all means. But in a love story between an air hostess and a HR personnel, who is ultra super rich and successful, I fail to see the need to bring it up.
I would have much liked to read how Anissa suddenly had a change of heart at the end or what was in Lara's mind when she tried to rekindle the relationship.
The above mentioned things about inclusivity and judgements are my personal opinions. Please do not get into a fight/an argument with me based on my comments. If you do not agree with me, please know in advance that I've agreed to disagree on that point with you and leave it at that.
June 14, 2020
This was an okay read - but not as enjoyable as the Don't Call Me Hero series. The book started out strong and had me turning page after page but then, it sort of fell flat. The flirtation, teasing and sex between Anissa and Alice is hot - that's never the issue with this author. It just seemed like the characters, situation and ending were rushed. Full disclosure - I think I stuck with this book, without skipping quickly over pages, because of my nostalgia for home - Comerica Park, Detroit suburbs, Mackinac Island and VERNORS!!
This was available on Kindle Unlimited so, if you have it, I would recommend the read. Maybe you will find you rate this higher than myself.
This was available on Kindle Unlimited so, if you have it, I would recommend the read. Maybe you will find you rate this higher than myself.
January 20, 2023
Sometimes I give DNFs a star rating and that's when they're problematic.
Apart from the weirdly long inner monologue about how a plane taking off can be like foreplay (you do you, but that went on far to fricken long) in the first chapter was absolutely cringe.
The ableist language used in the second chapter made this an immediate DNF.
I thought the plot was okay before starting this one, but I knew even before the first chapter ended that this book was going to be bad. My gut feelings are never wrong.
So this book was published in 2020, and the audio published in 2022 - the language is absolutely inexcusable.
2020. For fuck's sake. Do fucking better.
Apart from the weirdly long inner monologue about how a plane taking off can be like foreplay (you do you, but that went on far to fricken long) in the first chapter was absolutely cringe.
The ableist language used in the second chapter made this an immediate DNF.
I thought the plot was okay before starting this one, but I knew even before the first chapter ended that this book was going to be bad. My gut feelings are never wrong.
So this book was published in 2020, and the audio published in 2022 - the language is absolutely inexcusable.
2020. For fuck's sake. Do fucking better.
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