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What’s the Most Bonkers Old Skool Plot You’ve Ever Read?

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Book Review

The Very Virile Viking by Sandra Hill

The Very Virile Viking

This is a very silly book. You could even call it ridiculous. Absurd even! So why was I charmed by it? I have no defence! For charmed by it I was, despite it containing many things that in my more serious real life I find very very annoying: sexism, misogyny, dubious consent, prescribed gender roles, fatphobia, etc. Magnus is a Viking in the year 999 and he has 10 children. He decides to do two … Continue reading The Very Virile Viking by Sandra Hill

Book Review

Guest Review: Cat House by Michael Peak

Cat House

This WTF guest review is from Courtney Milan, who gives fair warning that this book is bonkers. Here’s her intro so we can ease on into this thing: At RT, somehow I mentioned that one of the first sexy books I ever read was a non-romance novel. I was 13. My sister had just turned 15. She liked fantasy novels and cats, and so one of her friends found what looked like the perfect birthday … Continue reading Guest Review: Cat House by Michael Peak