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Any horror recommendations? in c/books@lemmy.ml
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 22 hours ago

@Brotha_Jaufrey Thornhedge is more on the fantasy side, though has some horrific elements. She writes both. @Postmortal_Pop

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#TopicOfTheDay Have you ever read a couple follow up or sequel that you really wish had never been written? (romancelandia.club)
 

#TopicOfTheDay Have you ever read a couple follow up or sequel that you really wish had never been written?

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#WhatchaReading ? I Think They Love You by Julian Winters was a nice Valentine's Day read - a second chance/fake dating romance with a good growth arc for the lead. Lots of sweet pining and a big in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@notTheAudience Oh, I read "Catfishing" last year and really enjoyed it. Did you know there's a sequel?

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#WhatchaReading ? I Think They Love You by Julian Winters was a nice Valentine's Day read - a second chance/fake dating romance with a good growth arc for the lead. Lots of sweet pining and a big (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I Think They Love You by Julian Winters was a nice Valentine's Day read - a second chance/fake dating romance with a good growth arc for the lead. Lots of sweet pining and a big wacky cast of family and friends.. If you yearn for romcoms with black and queer characters, this was literally written for you.

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#WhatchaReading ? I started the follow-up to Out On a Limb (my review of that: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/out-on-a-limb-by-hannah-bonam-young/) . It's supposed to stand on its own but (romancelandia.club)
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#WhatchaReading ? I started the follow-up to Out On a Limb (my review of that: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/out-on-a-limb-by-hannah-bonam-young/). It's supposed to stand on its own but OOaL is worth reading first anyway.

Also sampled The Next Best Fling by Garbiella Gamez and it looks really good. Moving it up on the TBR. Will I ever not be stressed about having too many books to read?!

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#WhatchaReading? I finished It Takes a Thief by Anne Stuart and even though it needed a good editing, -- far too much repetitious internal dialogue -- I still enjoy her storytelling. Some great (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading? I finished It Takes a Thief by Anne Stuart and even though it needed a good editing, -- far too much repetitious internal dialogue -- I still enjoy her storytelling. Some great pining.

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#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@Tiffany I enjoyed that one very much also. Planning to read the second book soon.

Third act breakups have gotten kind of terrible, haven't they? Sometimes they just seem so forced and obligatory.

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#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? (romancelandia.club)
 

#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think?

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#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. 🤔 in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@lenoreo It's just driving me up the wall! Don't we get enough of entitled people in real life?

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#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. 🤔 (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. 🤔

Also listening to Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis, which is a bit of a downer but in awesome British accents. ;-) Really tired of contemporary romance characters who have no concept of personal responsibility though.

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#WhatchaReading ? It's damn hard to enjoy billionaire romance these days, but Most Eligible Billionaire by Annika Martin is so engaging, I got through. And he is a very good billionaire, who likes to (romancelandia.club)
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#WhatchaReading ? It's damn hard to enjoy billionaire romance these days, but Most Eligible Billionaire by Annika Martin is so engaging, I got through. And he is a very good billionaire, who likes to craft and treats everyone like family and uses reclaimed wood, which I guess makes up for all the private jets? Anyway, in the realm of fantasy it was a fun read, with lively, sparkling characters and believable relationship development.

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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 1 month ago

@subtext I haven't tried her yet but I'm happy for you!

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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable (romancelandia.club)
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#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable way. A lot of the reviews say the book gets really stupid in the *second* half, so I decided to cut my losses.

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ooo! I just found out Mhari McFarlane pulished a follow up to Who's That Girl in 2024! Does it answer the all important question about the secondary characters?! We wanna know! (romancelandia.club)
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ooo! I just found out Mhari McFarlane pulished a follow up to Who's That Girl in 2024! Does it answer the all important question about the secondary characters?! We wanna know!

My review of Who's That Girl: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2022/10/05/whos-that-girl-by-mhairi-mcfarlane/

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#AmReading Cate C. Wells' latest, The Wild Wolf's Rejected Mate, and admiring how she comes up with new stories for the same trope. (I suspect current events may also be influencing her view of (romancelandia.club)
 

#AmReading Cate C. Wells' latest, The Wild Wolf's Rejected Mate, and admiring how she comes up with new stories for the same trope. (I suspect current events may also be influencing her view of shifter politics, and I appreciate it.)

The level of PTSD and anxiety felt by the heroine, who calls herself "a half-dozen coping mechanism in a trench coat," is a LOT, be warned.

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#WhatchaReading ? I found Cruel Winter With You sweet, but with a constant edge of creepy. The MMC persists in sounding like a little boy -- when he talks about all he wants to give her, I'm imagining (romancelandia.club)
 

#WhatchaReading ? I found Cruel Winter With You sweet, but with a constant edge of creepy. The MMC persists in sounding like a little boy -- when he talks about all he wants to give her, I'm imagining a Barbie dream house. The FMC has commitment issues deeply rooted in... almost nothing, as far as I can tell. Most of the main relationships in her life seem remarkably stable.

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#AmReading The Nightmare Before Kissmas, and though the writing is engaging, I find the premise -- heartless corporate holiday families controlling their kids lives -- very alienating. Just makes me (romancelandia.club)
 

#AmReading The Nightmare Before Kissmas, and though the writing is engaging, I find the premise -- heartless corporate holiday families controlling their kids lives -- very alienating. Just makes me want to rewatch "Arthur Christmas." Keep going or not?

Had a similar issue with The Friend Zone Experiment but K.J. Charles' review convinced me to keep reading.

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#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning your in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 4 months ago

@notTheAudience I tried her historical and didn't care for it at all so I'm glad I gave her another shot.

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No, no, it's too cruel! in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 4 months ago

@wendypalmer It doesn't necessarily have one, but I'm not that far in yet. The similarity is more meta.

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. 😂 Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 5 months ago

@notTheAudience I also liked Wildfire better than Icebreaker. And was really interested in the main character of this.

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. 😂 Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between a in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@notTheAudience Oh dear. I've been looking forward to it but you're not the first I've heard say it was disappointing.

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#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Art of Scandal by Regina Black, an older woman/young man romance about a Black woman who gave up her art and interests to help her white politician husband, and has to in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy, a romance with middle-aged characters! (Though still in great shape.) FMC is trying to save her father's ski hill, which her evil in c/romancebooks@lemm.ee
[–] willaful@romancelandia.club 1 points 8 months ago

@ScribblingSandy Oh, I have read at least one - Scorpio Summer. TV setting. Gonna try a few more I found at Open Library. @romancebooks

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