This guest review comes from Aarya Marsden! Thanks, Aarya! Aarya Marsden is a pseudonym for an Indian-American college student and long-time romance reader. Her favorite authors include Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Lucy Parker, Alisha Rai, Jeannie Lin, Lisa Kleypas, Alyssa Cole, Tessa Dare, Meredith Duran, Mina V. Esguerra, Kate Clayborn, and many more. You can follow @Aarya_Marsden on Twitter, where she gushes about romance novels and is a firm advocate for a happily-ever-after. … TW/CW: … Continue reading Guest Review: Stealing Luna by Carla de Guzman →
Deadly Silence by Rebecca Zanetti is $1.99! This is the first book in the romantic suspense Blood Brothers series. This is a spinoff of her Sin Brothers series, but it can be read without reading anything else. There are a lot of plot threads happening, which frustrating some reviewers, but other readers didn’t want the book to end.
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If the Dress Fits is a body-positive romance set in the Philippines. I loved the cultural elements, the food, and the body positivity. However, I was often exasperated by the heroine, who hurts a lot of people by believing that she cannot be loved in the romantic sense. Although this book is body-positive overall, TW for some discussion of fat shaming and internalized fatphobia. Our heroine, Martha Aguas, is an accountant who travels a lot … Continue reading If the Dress Fits by Carla de Guzman →
To quote Kate, one of the hosts of What Would Danbury Do?, a podcast examining the Bridgerton world, the marketing for the Netflix Bridgerton show has been very subtle. It’s not as if it has it’s own hashtag icon, or that publications like Architectural Digest of all places covered it. Wait, no, it was everywhere and so many of you asked us about it. We were watching? Oh, yes. Over the holiday break we’ve been … Continue reading Bridgerton →
I’m so happy to announce that I will be moderating a virtual event tomorrow, December 8, for East City Book Shop at 6pm ET with eight amazing romance authors: James Bailey Alexandria Bellefleur Elizabeth Hoyt Marina Adair Michelle Major Sarah Morgenthaler Carla De Guzman Jenn McKinlay The authors will be split into two teams, where they will answer holiday pop culture questions. I have a feeling it’ll be quite cutthroat and I’m positively looking forward … Continue reading East City Bookshop Romance Head to Head Event! →
Time again for one of the most challenging recommendation features we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. And no more than two sentences as to why. Just One. And our theme this month? It’s Thanksgiving in the US today, a complicated day that in the beforetimes might have been filled with complicated family … Continue reading Ready Set Go: Best Food P0rn Romance →
Time for the most evil recommendation feature we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. ONE. ONLY ONE. And no more than two sentences as to why. This month, I was chatting with the crew at Bitchery HQ about which of many options to choose from, and Shana said, “Travel romances, or Fish out … Continue reading Ready, Set, Go: Virtual Travel – Fish Out of Water Romances →
The Ripped Bodice is back with another round of Summer Romance Bingo. Visit their site for a printable bingo card and rules on how to win prizes! We’ll be playing along in our Goodreads group and helping one another out with recommendations. You can also follow The Ripped Bodice on Twitter for more recs. If you’re not on Goodreads, that’s okay! We’ll be giving some suggestions here and opening it up to the Bitchery for further … Continue reading Recommendations for The Ripped Bodice’s 2020 Summer Romance Bingo →
Time for the most evil recommendation feature we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. ONE. YES, ONE. And no more than two sentences as to why. It’s a challenge! Which one book do you pick to fill that rec? This month we have a guest request from Susan T: “Since I don’t have to … Continue reading Ready, Set, Go: Un-Putdownable Romances →
In case you missed it, we’re doing Whatcha Reading twice month! If you missed Part One, you can find it here. This post is where we can talk books (obviously) and discuss all the good and bad we’ve read. Your TBR piles will never be the same and I inevitably end up adding at least two books from the comments section. Let’s get started! So, whatcha reading? Carrie: I’m almost done with The Bird King by … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? April 2019 Edition, Part Two →
