Tag: romance
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Top 10 Bookish Pet Peeves That Make Me Dramatic
There are some bookish things I can handle with grace. A plot twist? Fine. A beloved character death? I’ll sob into my blanket but I will survive. A slow burn that takes 600 pages and three near-death experiences before anyone admits they have feelings? Annoying but delicious. Immediately buying it. But there are certain bookish…
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Book Review – False Play by Yinn Quirós
You ever pick up a romance thinking, “Cute, this should be fun,” and then suddenly you’re emotionally attached to a fictional hockey player who is built a red flag but acts like a weighted blanket? Yup. That was me with False Play. What It’s About In this interracial sports romance, Kennedy works as a PR…
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Valentine’s Day Special: Top 10 Romance Tropes Ranked From “Cute” to “Give It To Me Now”
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of my bookish besties who love love, hate love, tolerate love, or only want fictional men. Valentine’s Day is here, bookish besties, and in honor of this sacred holiday dedicated to love, chocolate, and delusional romantic fantasies, I’m counting down my Top 10 Favorite Romance Tropes – from the ones…
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Book Review – Only For The Week by Natasha Bishop
*Possible Spoilers* A Tulum getaway, a messy bridal party, a healing arc, and a man who actually understands the assignment? Yeah. I inhaled this one. Natasha Bishop delivered a romance that’s equal parts hot, heartfelt, and healing. This story had me yelling at fictional characters and swooning on my couch like “GIRL IT’S HAPPENING!!!” Let’s…
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Why Titanic (1997) Will Live Rent-Free in My Brain Forever
(or: how a three-hour historical romance disaster movie emotionally imprinted on me at age nine and never let go. Yes, I see what I did there.) I just rewatched Titanic a few hours ago, which means I am currently emotionally compromised, spiritually damp, and operating on vibes alone. This is not a review. This is…
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Why I’ll Never Apologize for Liking Romance Novels
Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not ashamed of loving romance novels. Not even a little. Not even when people roll their eyes and act like reading about love, yearning, or – heaven forbid – happy endings is somehow intellectually inferior to the latest 800 page “sad man wanders through existential crisis and calls it…
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